I hired Raine last year to decorate my pad and, I have to say, she did a phenomenal job. I'd always found excuses to avoid cleaning up and decorating my place. Fast forward seven years after college and my apartment, pre-Raine, was still a dusty, post-collegiate mishmash of shapeless futons, lame-o movie posters, x-box controllers, and a kitchen that inspired me to cook little more than Spaghetti-o's. If I had to describe my pad's decor, I'd say it was a poorly cobbled-together mess of necessities mixed with uninspired artistic touches (i'm looking at you, Pulp Fiction poster!).
Needless to say, any time I brought a lady back to "Chateau Spaghetti-o", she was none too impressed. I used to think girls were attracted to abs and maybe a winning personality - but it turns out it also helps to not live in a hovel. To that end, my place was in dire need of some decorative CPR, and that's where Raine came in and saved the day.
She came over and assessed my apartment: what I had, what I wanted, what I needed, what my budget allowed, what I liked and what I didn't, and then she worked her decorator voodoo: coming up with clever and elegant solutions to transform my pad from a pizza box-littered dungeon to a beautifully simple, modern, super-comfortable living space that I'm now proud not only to come home to, but to show off every chance I get.
I can't tell you how nice it's been to come home after a crazy day at work and relax in my born-again pad - and best of all it doesn't look like a generic, paint-by-numbers IKEA catalogue - Raine used her expertise to give my place a unique, personal feel, and it really does look like it should be in a magazine. Now I just need to learn how to cook something other than Spaghetti-o's. Thanks, Raine! read more