Cindy Garruba's (cindy722) Blog

Now that we are all buying flat screen TVs, those old TV armoires need a new purpose.  You can reuse them a lot of different ways, a hidden home office, or craft center spring to mind.  I took one and turned it into a home bar.  I really don't like to add to the landfills, so repurposing furnitur...

Today I did a presentation for Coldwell Banker Premier Homes in Wading River, NY.  David Lunenfeld, Gail DeSantis and their agents were warm, welcoming and engaged in my presentation.  I appreciate their enthusiasm and look forward to helping them with their listings.  Coldwell Banker Premier Hom...

This apartment is the home of young professionals who recently completed their graduate studies.  They are transitioning from student to adult life and wanted to have a space reflective of their new lifestyle.  This apartment is in a Philadelphia, has a lot of charm.  We added window treatments, ...

Bookcases can be great focal points and design opportunities in your home, but cluttered bookcases are just distractions.  Take a look at your bookcases in your home.  Are they in the right room, are they positioned well.  What do you have in them?  Do you need that much stuff? When I am staging ...

Do You Need Help to Organize Your Home? •1.      Can you set your table without clearing it off first? •2.      Can you find your favorite blouse in your closet right away? •3.      Are your dirty clothes all in the hamper? •4.      Are your kitchen cabinets organized, can you find what you are ...

This cottage is lovely and the view out the sliding glass doors is a beautiful view of boats on an inlet.  This is the best feature of the property, in my opinion.  When I walked into the house for the first time the view was blocked by a couch!! The room was cluttered and out of date.  Paint, ne...

Several homes I have staged have baby grand pianos.  They are usually beautiful, but they can be overwhelming in some spaces.  If a room is big, the piano needs to be pulled out from the wall, staged as a main focal piece.  In this room I hung a violin the homeowner had tucked in a corner, pulled...

This client's home is a country cottage overlooking an inlet on a bay.  Very cute, but not completely functional.  The refrigerator was right next to the bathroom, openning up the wrong way.  Limited counterspace needed to be fixed, too.  I found an under the counter refrigerator in the garage, h...