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Personal Shopping - The Ultimate Luxury Service

When you do not have the time or the notion to shop for personal or corporate gifts, the experts at Gracious Living Home & Interiors, will make fabulous suggestions to fir your budget as well as the occasion or situation.

Perhaps you have been searching for the perfect oil painting for yourself or are confused over the correct way to share a tasteful statement of thanks to a special client. Allow us to review your list of needs from birthdays to holidays. Once you approve, we will even beautifully gift wrap and carefully ship to ensure your sentiments are properly presented and received.

The most often asked question---How do I start the designing process? Our answer-Begin by falling in love - with something - a vase, a photograph, pillow, or a family treasure, to establish your color spectrum and ambiance. Then you are ready to design a room or even your entire home.

The most common mistakes? Color: Instead of matching, explore layering tones just as you would in fine oil painting. Function: Be sure your essentials are interesting. Then fill in with accents. Scale: Don't be afraid to go vertically taller. Large scale furniture helps to define and emphasize the dream of your room. Competing for the spotlight: Now, most furniture fabric and even accents to play supporting roles to only a few highlighted features. Comfort overrides practicality - or consistency.

At Gracious Living Home & Interiors you can be your own designer and use us as your resource. We encourage you to bring us your vision - perhaps a sketch of your dream sofa, or a photo of the ultimate window treatment. We welcome your ideas and will help you achieve your heart's desire. Browse through our idea books while enjoying a cup of tea.

Or, should you not have the time or even the interest, we will gladly arrange an appointment for a professional design consultant to establish your needs and enthusiastically work within your your time-line and budget to completion. You may select from the finest fabrics, trims, wall coverings, furniture and lighting or allow us to guide you, from pre-construction floor plans to personally bringing a room full of accessories to your house. We have the ability to help you avoid making costly mistakes.

Canopy beds are common additions to many bedrooms today. But, at one time, canopies made more than a fashion statement. The best way to ensure a warm night's sleep is to create a cocoon-like bed. The practice dates back as far as the Middle Ages and made it's way to America with colonists. Those who could, adorned their beds with the finest fabrics and bed hangings of the day. The importance of the canopy bed was perhaps most apparent among royalty. The bed was the most expensive item in the house. Not only was it an emblem of state-mush like a throne- but it provided warmth as well as privacy. At Gracious Living our reputation for glorious canopies continues to expand. From Palm beach to Paris. Not only are we experienced with canopies, but also historical adaptations of draperies and our own custom upholstery to complement as well.

We at Gracious Living are proud of the talented craftspeople who execute our exacting qualifications. These are the people who construct the elegantly detailed headboards, footboards and coronas for beautifully dressed beds and who expertly upholster sofas, love seats, sleepers and chairs for reading, dining or sitting by the fire from our specifications.