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3 Nope, you don't have to edit, edit, edit.
Spread things out, or even rotate them, Jane says. "The edit, edit, edit mantra has people going crazy thinking that if they display their favourite collection of plates on a wall that they have no style. That's just not so. Although we love many things, we must be careful not to fill our rooms with all of these things!" says Jane. If anything, Jane added a few more things to my living room, bringing them in from other rooms. I love that she regrouped accessories in my house by colour. Pink accents on the dining room console table complemented the hot pink of Benjamin Moore's (bemjaminmoore.ca) Peony 2079-30 shade on the wall.
 Before | 4 Enlist help. Don't decide one weekend you're going to move around armoires and heavy sofas all by yourself. That's a recipe for an injury and frustration! Enlist help, which means you can try a few arrangements instead of exhausting yourself after pushing things around only once. Jane, for instance, teams up with sister and fellow redesigner Margaret Long to help move things around. (Like her sister Jane, Margaret is a redesigner, too. Her company is called Simple and Sophisticated (simpleandsophisticated.com)). |
 After | 5 Put together your "stylist's toolbox," so you can move furniture and paintings with ease. In Jane's redesign toolbox, you'll find: • a drill, • EZ movers (to help slide furniture around) • picture hooks • level • putty • screw drivers • light bulbs • batteries • sewing kit |
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Visit the Canadian Redesigners Association Website for a list of Certified Redesigners across Canada at http://www.canadianredesignersassociation.org/