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Renovating Ideas From a Celebrity Home Expert

February 5th, 2012

Many factors influence our taste in fashion and style. Most celebrities set these remarkable trends and tease us with elegance that comes with their luxurious lifestyles. They make it to keep up a reputation thus having everything at the top of the rank. Among these are homes that cost a significant amount from a celebrity’s fortune.

Celebrity homes come in all sizes, styles and locations and most of them are personally conceptualized. However, change is inevitable when it comes to style. Most celebrities choose to vary their home design now and then. How do they keep up? They hire professional decorators and architects for advice and proper implementation. With the help of some experts, renovation is reasonably expensive but the quality and satisfaction they get is more essential for most celebrity home owners.

Redecorating a house is not as simple as it looks. If you want to change something to suit your taste, you must be properly oriented. If you don’t have any idea where to begin, here are some useful tips from an experienced celebrity home designer.

Prioritize. Allocate more in areas essential for your daily activities like bathrooms, kitchen and bedrooms. You cannot expect the designer to know every malfunction in your house. There is no exact measuring tool like an X-ray that could show the condition of the interiors. It is you, the home owner, who can always tell the possibilities. List the parts that you think need proper attention.

Stick to the Original. The decorations should fit to what is already there. Do not force installations of some design ideas that don’t rightfully fit into the walls, windows, doors or any part of the house. You can however redecorate rooms that don’t have particular use into something more useful.Transform a bedroom into a bathroom or an attic into an office.

Seek advice. Most architects are rigid when it comes to design while decorators are more liberal. However if you want a more exciting output, a combination of these two is a perfect idea. » Read more: Renovating Ideas From a Celebrity Home Expert

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The Real Deal Behind Having a Celebrity Home

January 17th, 2012

One of the major contributors to the success of the entertainment industry is the sales from the big screen. Nowadays, movies are becoming competitive in terms of animation, casting, setting and story. Most of us are fond of watching movies because we are amazed by the scenery in the movies that we do not usually see in the real world. We have seen a lot of houses from different movies where the story of the movie revolves. Let’s try to know the real deal behind some of the most famous “celebrity homes” setting that already hit the big screen.

The setting in any film is chosen carefully so that it matches with what the filmmakers want to convey to the audience at the same time fascinate them. Producers pay generous amounts to as much as $15000 per day depending on how long the shoot would take, on what type of house will be used and also on the homeowner’s negotiating capabilities. With this enormous amount paid and the publicity, houses become instant celebrities! Furthermore, having to brush shoulders with the big stars and get to see the live shoot of the movie is a thrilling experience for the owner of these “celebrity homes”.

Richard Pettler, owner of the house where Bee Season was shot decided to let in the cast and crew of the film after a three-day negotiation. Pettler and his wife were hesitant when they were given a flier about the shoot. They finally decided to say yes after the negotiation and when they realized that the famous Richard Gere will be roaming in their own home. However, it is a different story for Matt Leffers. Having his house in San Francisco opened up for the cast and crew of Just Like Heaven starring Reese Witherspoon, has been a big deal. When the film site manager of the movie offered to pay him $2500 per day for intruding in his home, the offer seemed tempting and so he agreed to let them in. Although the amount is a large earning for him, sacrificing his privacy has been one of his regrets.This may be true for Kohle Yohannan whose home is intruded by at least 100 people in the Julia Roberts’ movie Mona Lisa Smile but for him it’s a matter of preparation and expectation. He states that one has to be ready for anything when one decides to make his home be an instant celebrity. » Read more: The Real Deal Behind Having a Celebrity Home