Kit Davey, Interior Designer
18 Years in business - Over 2,600 homes transformed!
Newsletter: January 2002
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1) Recipe
2) Great Source for Original Art
3) More Art Opportunities
4) Even More Art Opportunities
5) Classified Ad
6) Staging Booklet
7) Classes
8) Classes Through De Anza College
9) Website
1) Recipe:
Killer Toffee
(Recipe from a friend of a friend of a friends?¦)
Ingredients:
2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
3 cups chocolate chips
1/2 pound butter
1/2 pound brown sugar
Candy thermometer.
Directions: Spray 13" x 9" baking pan with Pam. Spread 2 cups nuts evenly over bottom of pan, followed by 2 cups of chocolate chips. In saucepan mix brown sugar and butter, stirring constantly until temperature reaches 300 degrees. Pour and spread hot toffee over nuts and chips. Quickly sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips evenly over toffee mixture. Use the back of a large metal spoon to smoosh chips into toffee so they melt. Cool, cut up and eat!
2) Great Source for Original Art
If you are looking for reasonably priced artwork for your home, visit the Pacific Art League Gallery, located at 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto (650-321-3891). They have monthly thematic shows with every medium represented. One-of-a-kind pieces sell for as little as $50! While you are there, look for one of my assemblage pieces---I have one or two pieces per month on display.
3) More Art Opportunities
Set aside some time on the weekend of May 4th and 5th to participate in the Silicon Valley Open Studio tour. Hundreds of artists across the Valley and Peninsula open their homes and/or studios to the public in order to show and sell their work. A map with open studio locations is available from SVVA. Call (650) 941-5337 or visit the website at svopenstudios.org. If you've never done this before, go for it---it's a fun way to meet artists in a low-key setting. I am participating in the event and will be joined by 4 other artists. Please visit me anytime on the 4th or 5th of May from 11:00 am, to 5:00 pm, at my home; 1539 Granger Way, Redwood City.
4) Even More Art Opportunities!
If you missed my open house last November, don't fret! Please come to my annual Arts and Crafts Sale and Open House on Saturday, November 16th (two Saturdays before Thanksgiving) from 12 to 5 pm. You are welcome to tour my home and also to shop for jewelry, paintings, sculpture pieces, greeting cards and other works created by 10 or more artists who set up tables throughout my home. This is a wonderful opportunity to pick up a special gift or something for you. Bring your friends! To be held at my home: 1539 Granger Way, Redwood City.
5) Self-Serving Classified Ad
For Sale: Queen-sized bed frame and mattress. Excellent condition. Frame is solid, warmed-toned pine with wrought iron decorative oak-leaf and acorn pattern on head- and foot-board originally purchased at Z Gallery. Mattress is 2 years old and has 15 year guarantee, purchased from Mattress Discounters in Menlo Park. (If you've come to my open house, you've seen this bed in our master bedroom). Paid $2300; will sell for $550 or best offer. Am willing to sell mattress and bed frame separately ($450 and $100). Photos available by email. Interested? Call me at 650-367-7370, or email me at KitDavey@aol.com.
6) Staging Booklet Will Make You Thousands!
I have written and published a home sale preparation and staging booklet which can help you get a quick sale at a great price. It includes home improvements you can make now to increase your home's resale value later, home projects to avoid, a room by room staging checklist and how to stage a vacant home. After interviewing dozens of realtors, reviewing remodeling industry surveys and over 10 years of staging homes, I have condensed what I've learned and what I share with my clients into a very valuable pamphlet. It can be yours by sending a self-addressed, legal-sized envelope, stamped with $0.55, and your check for $5 (which already includes tax) to: A Fresh Look, 1539 Granger Way, Redwood City, CA 94061.
7) Special Class: "Staging Your Home For Sale: How to Maximize Your Profits".
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002. 7:00-9:00 pm
Thinking of selling your home in the next few months or years? Find out how to invest your time, money and energy so your home sells quickly at the highest possible price. You'll learn what potential buyers are looking for in a new home, which improvements and updates give you the most bang for the buck, how to give your home "curb appeal" and how to stage each room of your house.
To be held at the Palo Alto Adult School, 50 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto ($25).
Call the Adult School to register: (650)329-3752.
Decorating Class:
"Transform Your Home in a Day---For Free!"
Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 7:00-9:00 pm.
Would you like a more comfortable, functional and beautiful home? Learn how to redecorate your house by creatively rearranging the furniture and artwork you already own. You'll discover how to define your personal style, how to create new furniture arrangements, and how to balance a room with color. Quick, easy accessorizing techniques for bookcases, artwork and displaying collections will also be shared.
To be held at the Palo Alto Adult School, 50 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto ($25). To register by phone, call the Adult School: (650) 329-3752. Call me at (650) 367-7370 if you have questions about either class.
8) NEW! Classes Through De Anza College:
Staging Your Home for Sale: How to Maximize Your Profits
Wednesday, May 16th, 7:00 to 9:00 pm Cost: $25
Room C-HC (California Historical Center Building)
De Anza College Campus
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
On line registration: www.ShortCourses.fhda.edu or by phone, call (408) 864-8817.
NEW! Classes Through De Anza College:
Transform Your Home in A Day - For Free!
Wednesday, March 20, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Cost: $25
Room C-HC (California Historical Center Building)
De Anza College Campus
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
On line registration: www.ShortCourses.fhda.edu or by phone, call (408)864-8817.
9) Check out my Website!
Please visit my website at www.AFreshLook.net. I update it every 2 or 3 weeks with decorating tips, newsletters, class information and photos.