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What is your home trying to tell you? {An exercise}
As many of you know, I recently led an in-person workshop, Find Your Bliss: Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life and Create Joy from the Inside Out. This was my capstone project for a leadership development program. One of the graduation requirements was to create a workshop that was free [...]
From bud to blossom {A story of transformation}
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anais Nin You may have noticed things are a little different around here - especially if you’ve followed Houseplay’s work for a while. Over the past year, [...]
New Project: Renovating at the Right Time
“Time is an illusion, timing is an art.” If you purchased your home knowing you wanted to renovate, you might be wondering: when is the best time?? The truth is that ANY time can be the best time to renovate! For this Jersey City home renovation, our clients’ goal was [...]
Project in Process: Love It or List It
Our clients were at an impasse. They had been renting out their Jersey City apartment, and they knew it needed some upgrades. When their tenants’ lease was up they had a choice to make: should they keep the apartment and rent it out again, keep it and move in, or [...]
New Project: Modernizing Space while Honoring History
They say that everything old is new again (and if you’ve seen the resurgence of high-waisted jeans, you know what we’re talking about!). The goal of this Ridgefield Park bathroom renovation and bedroom addition was to make the home livable for a modern family while preserving the historical charm of [...]
