One Room Challenge: Week Two
It’s week two of the One Room Challenge and our bedroom makeover is underway! If you were following along on Instagram over the weekend, you may have saw that Chris started on the construction framing out our largest wall, the wall where our new king sized bed will be. Can I get a what what
Rules are (sometimes) meant to be broken
Rules can be the enemy of self-expression, and as many of you know, being a self-employed creative empowers us to live outside the box. When I first started my staging career, I was wary – I had to remind myself that I was going to do this MY WAY, which meant releasing any “rules,” about
One Room Challenge: Week One
The day has finally arrived! It is the start of the One Room Challenge and I am both excited AND scared! If you are unfamiliar with the One Room Challenge is is a widely anticipated bi-annual event where designers have 6 weeks to completely transform a space. But in actual real time, this really is
How To Cover Those Windows
Let’s talk CURTAINS. An often over-seen element of home decor, these can be done *soooo* right, or super, super… not right. More often than not, the homes I see are breaking all of the curtain-hanging rules. What, you didn’t know there were curtain hanging rules?! OH, there are curtain hanging rules. Let’s dive in…
Being A Creative In A Business Role
It turns out that when you combine that situation with someone who’s a right-brain creative (hiiii, that’s me!) and you have recipe for major overload, and a brain that juuuust won’t quit. Like, ever. Sleep-planning is a thing, right? I’ll be suuper honest — when I started my business, I didn’t know anything about running an actual business. I knew
Designing Your Dream Office
Summer is wrapping up, and the team has been BUSYYYY! We’ve spent our summer days designing a few workspaces for some incredible small businesses, and are super excited to share the end result with you. In the meantime, it’s really made us think about the value of an aesthetic workspace. How can we design something
Before: Blah. After: Ahhhhh.
We follow the same four basic steps when we begin our space transformation process, and looking back at the results is one of our absolute favourite practices!
How I started a six-figure business with $0
When I was in my 20s, I was a motivated, passionate and hardworking creative doing ALLLL the things. It’s so easy to jump from idea to idea when energy seems endless and the spooky, elusive “future,” seems faarrrr, far away. I was living paycheque to paycheque and having a savings account seemed like a literal
Styling from Start to Finish | A Sneak Peek into Our Process
When getting ready to style a space, knowing what you’re working with is *SO* key, and receiving photos or measurements from someone else just won’t cut it. Visit the property (yes, IRL) to take photos of every possible angle of each room and take your own measurements as necessary. This will give you real hands-on
Behind the Business | Getting to know the Re:Creative team
What sets Re:Creative apart from other staging firms? We pride ourselves on creating beautifully well-styled spaces using modern furniture and carefully curated accessories. We design a custom plan for each property — we do this so no two spaces we design ever look the same. We are always on the hunt for cool and unique