Designer Secret# 63 The Big Companies are Big for a reason…They have everything.
It’s true, I love Lamps Plus… It’s my first goto site for my clients needs. Seems to easy? It is. Why the site versus the store, you ask? The site carries MUCH more than the store can inventory. Lamps Plus online has an amazing selelction and surprising designer lines… don’t assume because you’ve popped into one of their stores, you’ve seen their inventory. You havent seen anything yet! I have a very, umm, ”selective” client. I recently sent her some ceiling fan ideas from Lamp Plus… Shockingly she said, “This is from Lamps Plus? I love it!” Her new designer ceiling fan looks beautiful in her room!
Happy Shopping and be sure to comment and tell me how much you love your fan or light either below or on my new Forum Page! Talk to you soon B.Y.O.D’s (Be Your Own Designer’s – that’s YOU!)
Designer Secret #1 You MUST space plan before you do anything!
I would be doing you a huge disservice if I didn’t share what every designer knows – you MUST space plan each and every room BEFORE you buy anything, move anything, or remodel a room. If you can measure and can draw furniture beautifully, dont read anymore, start your space plan now. If you can use a tape measure but arent exactly artistic then you need to know about a tool I’ve created just for my B.Y.O.D’s (Be Your Own Designer’s), The Kelli Kit 
The Kelli Kit is a Magnetic Space Planning Kit including a grid, 250 furniture magnets, dry erase pen, color wheel, colored pencils and a complete How to DVD featuring myself showing you just how easy it is to space plan a room just like a designer! Save thousands of dollars on furniture that doesn’t fit and hours of time moving it!!
Used in Design Schools across the country, The Kelli Kit is hands-on tool that helps you “Be Your Own Designer”
Designer Secret#9 Know where to get the very best for less.
I am often asked by clients, social friends and friend friends…”How do you find the deals?” For most of us designers, we get special designer pricing from ”to the trade” only stores (some of us pass onto our clients, but most do not). And of course, you expect quality as well. When you do know the “real” prices of goods is becomes VERY difficult to pay full price for anything! One becomes a “deal detective” because you know someone’s getting a great price somewhere. So my staff and I spend a lot of time and effort searching out the very best products for the very best prices… And if I love the products so much everyone needs to know about it, I become their spokesperson. Simple.
For example, BedVoyage Eco-Luxury Bamboo Linens, not only do I love this product but I designed a new line of duvets, pillows and shams to debut this Fall…The Kelli Collection. One night on these sheets, you won’t want to change them….or do what I do….wash them and put them right back on the bed!
