Kathryn Peltier Design

12/04/2021

Rental unit in NJ. Inexpensive renovation with all new flooring, new paint, new tile in kitchen, new lighting. We opted to paint the kitchen cabinets rather than replace since they were solidly built. The countertop is p.lam., selected unfortunately by the contractor. The grout here was supposed to have been taupe, but like so many other things these days, not available within the time frame.
It is definitely clean and bright now, even with the concessions we had to make.

12/08/2020

This renovation was of a small unheated porch off the back of the house. With a family of 5 - especially in the winter - general storage was needed as well as coat and boot space. All design work was coordinated with the homeowner online.

12/08/2020

Remodel of Kitchen, Dining Room and Laundry. The impetus for this remodel was a cramped and non-functional kitchen for a family of 4 1/2!

12/07/2020

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05/19/2020

03/02/2020

Virtual Staging Project

03/02/2020

Virtual Staging Project

03/02/2020

Virtual Staging Project

10/25/2019

Green Grove Avenue, Keyport, NJ: This is a renovation by a new contractor with whom I've started working. This was a rather low-budget project, retaining the kitchen cabinets and countertop and bathroom tile and fixtures. Exterior and interior paint colors are new.

In the kitchen, because the cabinets and countertops stayed, I selected a light, bright and popular white subway tile, but ran a line of small accent tile - in the tones of the p.lam. countertop - in between each course. This "married" the backsplash and the counter.

In the Living Room, lightening the paint color made a huge difference and tied in nicely with the sandy tones of the kitchen and dining areas.

Lightening the master bedroom paint made this look like a different room! The tile in the master bath was all existing, and the contractor wanted it to stay. The walls were originally a dingy gray color. Simply by painting the walls white, it looks fresh and new.

10/13/2018

These photos that I post here, of staged houses, are all done completely online (some of the houses are ones I've designed - they're being flipped by investors - and some I've never seen before). I receive the photos, upload them to the virtual staging website, and then "furnish" the house from their library of images. Everything can be manipulated: size, orientation, location, etc, although there are some limits to the technology. For instance, sometimes an image won't "hide" around a corner, but rather overlaps a wall in the foreground. Then I either have to get creative and use something to cover part of the image that isn't working by overlapping another image (lots of big floor plants haha) or it just cannot be done. That is why, sometimes, a room seen from different angles doesn't completely match: a lamp disappears over here, or there is no rug shown over there. These are usually small differences though, that the casual viewer probably does not notice. Besides, these photos are used to inspire, not to deceive, so it's all good. There are images of furnishings for every room, from couches and chairs to the art on the wall, kitchen accessories and patio furniture. Not all of the images are useful (many weird curtains, tabletop accessories, etc) but there is certainly more than enough there to pull a room together. These photos are then used in the real estate listing so that potential buyers can see what the house could look like. If you know any Realtors who could use this service, please refer them!