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2014
The Ardsley house that I renovated for the market has just been listed for $649,850. You can take a look at my before pictures from my earlier posts: http://activerain.com/blogsview/4442553/work-completed-and-ready-for-market--ardsley--ny-10502 http://activerain.com/blogsview/4324892/staging-a-ho...
07/31/2014
Smithsonian magazine has named Chautauqua, N.Y., as the No. 1 "Best Small Town to Visit in 2014" in the cover story of its April 2014 issue. The feature, by former New York Times "Frugal Traveler" columnist Susan Spano, cites Chautauqua Institution's mix of lectures, classes, recreational activit...
07/29/2014
One of the most famous sentences in rock 'n' roll history came forth in 1968 from the typewriter of a critic named Langdon Winner. Winner wrote: The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released. At the time, ...
07/15/2014
So, the Ardsley house that needed some renovation to get it market ready?? Well, it's ready!! Just wanted to share some before and after photos so that you can see the value added of a westchester county interior decorator and home stager: Bathroom Before ...
07/15/2014
As a Westchester County interior decorator and designer, I see homes that run the gamut of taste. And when this lovely client from Pleasantville called me, I could immediately discern that she had no taste. Oh, I don't mean that she had bad taste-she just didn't know what style she really liked ...
07/10/2014
Our lives are filled with mundane moments and then suddenly, a shining one. When does this moment come and how can we hold on to it? Mandy Greer captures the magical - The Ecstatic Moment - at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. Fabrics and objects from the natural world are her mediu...
07/03/2014
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Joanna Cohlan
Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes