Central Ohio Home & Garden Magazine - Autumn Edition

NOVEMBER 2009

AUTUMN ISSUE

Wine HOUSE

ROOMS AT THE TOP

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Collecting, Storing & Enjoying Wine At Home

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From the Editor The change in seasons brings with it many wonderful things, from landscape transformations to cozy family togetherness to holiday entertaining. But we hope one of the most inspiring things it brings is the second issue of Central Ohio Home & Garden magazine. So, if you enjoyed our premiere issue, and are ready for more fresh perspectives on trends in and around the home, settle in for a great read.

This year’s BEST of Fall Home Show (Sept. 11-13) featured more than 200 exhibitors offering innovative, quality home and garden products. If you were not able to attend but have some home projects that require professional advice, visit DispatchEvents.com/FallShow.php and click on the exhibitor listing button.

Central Ohio Home & Garden’s staff took a tour of the BEST of Fall Home Show, and we share a few of our favorite finds on page 32. Another crowdpleaser from the show was the Designers Showcase, presented by Granite Transformations. Local professionals provided attainable inspiration with their show-stopping room vignettes. Turn to page 34 to view some of their rooms, along with decorator details to help inspire design solutions in your own home.

The Columbus chapter of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals was also on hand at the show. On page 27, you’ll see how chapter president Nancy Byer, along with other members, took an empty Grandview Heights house and transformed it into a sale-ready home. You’ll also learn the differences between staging a home for quick sale versus traditional interior design.

I was on-site when homeowners Pam and Rob Held arrived for their first look at the changes. I felt as though I were taking part in a “reveal” staged for an HGTV show. The Helds’ overwhelmingly positive reaction was rewarding to see. Change is always an exciting thing of which to be a part.

Like spring, fall is a popular time to make big changes around the home and garden. Residential wine cellars are an exciting renovation that a growing number of homeowners are tackling happily. Today’s home cellars are custom-built rooms that express a wine enthusiast’s individuality while protecting his or her investment.

Writer Katherine Harben explores just what goes into creating a beautifully appointed wine cellar. Turn to page 8 to learn the basics of turning almost any space into home sweet home for a dedicated wine collection.

Whether you are planning change this autumn with a new room project or décor update, or whether change takes you by surprise, we hope whatever changes the season brings are for the better.

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CONTENTS COVER STORY House Wine

8 We invite you to drink in

three beautiful wine cellars and sample a generous pour of Wine Cellar 101

FEATURES Perfect Pairs 23

Vino Vino and The Burgundy Room wine and dine readers with pairings they can drink to

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Valerie and Joseph Chornyak’s 1,200bottle stone wine cellar, built by Steve Heinlen and located in the basement of their Powell home, embodies an Old-World aesthetic. A wine barrel has been converted into a rolling cabinet to house glasses and linens, and acid-washed concrete floors give the space a modern-rustic edge. Just out of frame, angled French doors feature glass created by Franklin Art Glass in German Village.

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Wine RESIDENTIAL WINE CELLARS

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A great bottle of wine is something many people can appreciate.

But how about 600 great bottles of wine, or 6,000? A growing number of central Ohioans have taken wine appreciation to the next level by creating a professional-quality wine cellar at home.

So, for those whom the idea of a home cellar causes salivation followed by the desire to swirl, sip, roll and spit — or for those who are still in the first blush of wine appreciation — Central Ohio Home & Garden pours Wine Cellar 101 from the experts to really pop your corks and perhaps provide the confidence to start planning a cellar of your own.

“People think there’s a lot of mystique about wine,” says Mary Frobose, event coordinator and consultant for Camelot Cellars Winery in the Short North. “We always tell our customers not to be intimidated.”

By keeping a few expert do’s and don’ts in mind, the wine cellar of your dreams could become a deliciously achievable reality.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Wine storage is easy if effort is poured into the right space

An effective wine cellar is more than a room with a few wine racks and some ambiance. There are important attributes a cellar needs to have to do its job.

“Proper storage is key to a wine’s ability to age,” says Chris Meutsch, design consultant and outside sales representative for Wine Cellar Innovations, a wine cellar builder and outfitter serving central Ohio and elsewhere.

A wine cellar’s primary function is to store wine as it ages to maturity. How long that might be depends on the wine. Many collectors also store a variety of everyday wines meant to be drunk young.

Immature wines that require aging will taste as if their various attributes are not yet integrated.

As they mature, different processes take place that

BOXED WINE

Wine refrigerators can be a practical addition to a wine cellar or a substitute for those who don’t have one.

Temperature control is the most important element of wine storage, but wine refrigerators do more than chill.

“Wine is like a baby, it doesn’t like change,” says Mary Frobose, consultant for Camelot Cellars Winery in the Short North.

Excessive humidity, vibration and light can damage wine as well. Most wine refrigerators defend against all of these taste transgressors.

Wine refrigerators often are used within a cellar to store ready-to-drink whites.

Frobose says traditional refrigerators are too cold to store whites for more than a day without doing some not-so-tasty damage. Dual climate zone models, such as those from Sub-Zero, also can store a small wine collection in lieu of a cellar, while simultaneously chilling whites to drink.

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TOP LEFT: This Muirfield Village cellar holds about 5,000 wines. Unstained but richly colored redwood racking holds up especially well to the humidity and cold required to properly store and age wine. Although the homeowners created an adjacent tasting room (above), the cellar also houses a large tasting table with extra wine storage underneath and an estate wine opener attached. The couple marks the racks with numbers and letters to keep track of their wine collection. ABOVE: The homeowners were inspired to create this tasting room by their frequent wine trips to Europe. They say European wineries encourage wine enthusiasts to linger, taste wines and relax. The large mural is an amalgamation of elements from different wineries and growing regions they have visited in their travels, such as the Bordeaux area of France. TOP: The lower wall of the tasting room features carved wood panels from Italy. Each panel illustrates a different stage of the traditional winemaking process, ending with a very tipsy monk.

1. Traditional fridges are too cold for wine storage.

2. Red wine should be kept at a constant temperature of about 55 degrees.

3. Many wine fridges have multiple temperature zones.

4. Temperature fluctuations damage wine with time.

5. Wine refrigerators maintain recommended 60 to 70 percent humidity levels.

6. Wine fridges protect against damaging vibration.

7. Wine refrigerators come in a variety of finishes, including wood to match racking.

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cause components to mellow and come together as a whole.

To store and age wine properly, Meutsch says a cellar should be housed in a wellinsulated and ventilated space that is temperature-, light- and humidity-controlled, and vibration-free as much as possible. In essence, a wine cellar should be an isolated environment.

“Wine wants to lay quietly on its side, in the dark, at about 55 degrees,” he says.

Exposure to light will deteriorate wine, while vibration also will age it prematurely.

Many people build wine cellars in basements, but a converted closet or other room on an upper floor can be just as effective. Though a basement’s low lighting and cooler temperatures are convenient, insulating a room upstairs can prove easier as just a few inches of fiberglass or form insulation equal a few feet of earth insulation below ground. Insulation is important because it minimizes temperature fluctuation within a wine cellar.

Search out a homebuilder or renovator who is familiar with the basic building blocks a wine cellar requires. In addition to companies such as Wine Cellar Innovations, many local specialty builders and renovators have divisions dedicated to wine cellar creation such as Home Improvement by Rosati Windows.

GETTING IT JUST RIGHT Temperature and humidity are elemental to wine storage

It generally is accepted that wine should be stored at about 50 to 59 degrees, with 55 degrees being optimal. Most cellars have their own temperature control systems, some of which alert homeowners if temperatures fluctuates.

Frobose recommends homeowners install a wine refrigerator in their cellars to store ready-to-drink whites. Traditional refrigerators are too cold to store white wine for more than about a day, she says. Most important, she adds, is to keep wine temperature consistent. Wine stored at a constant temperature a little too high or too low will fare better than wine stored at a variety of temperatures.

Meutsch says it also is crucial to install only exterior-grade doors and windows with weather stripping. Generally, leaded glass alone is not adequately insulated to maintain the steady temperatures wine craves, he says.

Natural corks require humidity levels around 60 to 70 percent. Wine cellars should have a through-wall or ducted humidifier system with a digital sensor monitor, or

humidistat. If wine storage is not humid enough, corks can dry out and shrink, thus exposing wine to air that would deteriorate it. Because a wine cellar needs humidity and cold, Meutsch says it also is crucial to install a vapor barrier within the walls, ceiling, and perhaps flooring, to help with moisture resistance. Building materials should be moisture resistant, and proper ventilation is a must.

SIDEWAYS Racking style can affect the quality of aging wine

Most of the wine cellars Meutsch works on start with a storage capacity of about 1,000 bottles. Typical room construction, materials and installation of a cellar that size start between $10,000 and $15,000.

There are many racking styles on the market. They vary in material, shape and bin styles. However, all racks require wines to be stored on their sides in order to keep natural corks moist.

Meutsch’s favorite racking material is redwood on account of its resistance to humidity and its natural beauty. Avoid using aromatic woods such as some types of cedar, which will affect the flavor of wine with time.

Donniella Winchell, executive director of the Ohio Wine Producers Association, says it also is important when configuring

StartYourWining Create a signature house wine for your home cellar Wine can be made at home using little more than a wine kit, fruit juice and a little know-how, or it can be created under the guidance of local winemaking shops such as Camelot Cellars Winery in the Short North.

Mary Frobose, event coordinator and consultant for Camelot Cellars — and its former owner — says the shop’s winemaking services range from around $175 to $450, and yield about two and a half cases, or about 30 bottles of wine. That comes out to about $15 or

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less per bottle. Prices are based on where that wine’s grapes are harvested, and customers can choose to split their cases between different wine styles. As far as what wines customers most often choose, Frobose says red varieties are most popular, with red wine blends, such as cabernet merlot, also gaining popularity.

Camelot Cellars’ process for creating a signature vintage of one’s own follows a winery model, Frobose says, and is deliciously simple for guests: • Sample from 40 different styles of wine to determine which to re-

create or blend together.

• Begin fermentation process by adding fruit juices and other ingredients such as yeast — called “pitching.”

• Once yeast is added, the wine officially has an alcohol content.

• The care of wine is then left to the in-house winemaker, who will monitor and continue its creation for about eight to 12 weeks, depending on the style of wine.

• Choose or send in an image to be printed onto custom wine labels.

• Bottle personalized wine at the shop, and slap on custom labels.

• Enjoy!

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storage to house everyday drinking wines more accessibly than those that will be laid down for years.

Remember also to include a bit of storage in your cellar for white linens — to view a particular vintage’s color against — nonlinty towels for wiping down glassware, and good quality wine glasses and decanters.

MATERIAL WORLD In a well-designed wine cellar, building materials and décor often are one in the same

There are no do’s or don’ts concerning cellar décor. Popular design styles range from rustic modern, with metal and reclaimed wood elements, to Old World European with a French or Italian flair.

Popular trends often involve reusing materials related to wine production, such as cork for flooring and art, or wine barrels for tables, flooring or storage.

Coffered wood ceilings provide a cellar with a cozy yet upscale feeling, and chandeliers and candelabras add an elegant touch while maintaining ambiance and low light. Scented candles should be avoided as they could affect wine’s flavor.

Meutsch says distressed finishes are a popular way to achieve a classic European vibe, and are incorporated into racking, ironwork, walls or flooring.

“Some people want it to look as if it’s been there for 100 years,” he says.

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TOP LEFT: John and Sharon MacLaurin’s wine cellar holds about 950 bottles of wine in their Marble Cliff home. Mahogany racking contains a variety of storage sizes, including bins for magnum-sized wines and the ever-popular diamond-style bins, which hold multiple bottles. The MacLaurins’ son, Kurtis, painted the pastoral winery scene. ABOVE: Bottle tags are an easy and inexpensive way to catalogue and keep tabs on wine cellar stock. Tags come in disposable paper or reusable plastic dry-erase styles and can be custom printed or include a bar code. TOP: Donniella Winchell, executive director of the Ohio Wine Producers Association, says it is important to have a high-quality estate wine opener on hand to open older, possibly fragile corks. Winchell also reminds enthusiasts to decant their wines properly by placing aged bottles upright a few hours a day for a few days before opening, so any sediment can settle. Be sure as well to aerate wine before serving.

Meutsch works with many homeowners who want personalized architectural details such as high-end entryways featuring stained glass or wood-carved doors, and tasting tables with granite or custom tabletops.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of wine cellar design can be choosing art.

Winchell believes every cellar should have personalized art that tells the story of that homeowner’s relationship to wine. Some of her favorites include personal photos of wineries and wine-focused art from around the world. There are even kits for creating art from corks and a device for lifting bottle labels to display in frames or albums.

Stained-glass art and painted murals also remain popular and are available custom or ready to purchase.

TASTE TEST

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS Tagging, journaling and inventory tracking tell the tale of a wine cellar When collecting hundreds or thousands of bottles, it’s imperative to keep track. A

TASTE TEST

Host a perfectly delicious wine tasting in your home cellar

1. Start with a clear wine glass. It should have a rim that bends inward to funnel aromas into the nose and allow swirling without spills. Be sure wine bottle has aerated and any sediment has settled to the bottom.

2. Pour an inch or less of wine into the glass.

3. Begin with lightest wines and progress to heavier varieties. For instance, start with a sparkling rose; then a light white, full-bodied white, light red, full-bodied red; and last, a dessert wine.

4. Notice the wine’s color. Hold the wine up to a light or white background such as a napkin or tablecloth. Red wines brown as they age, whites gain color.

5. Swirl wine a few times while holding the stem of the glass. This aerates the wine and releases its vapors.

6. Put nose over wine glass and breathe in the bouquet. Much of a wine’s appeal comes from smell. The more experience a wine drinker has, the more adeptly he or she can identify a wine’s characteristics this way.

7. Take a sip, not a gulp. Before swallowing, roll wine across the tongue to taste sweetness, acidity, red wine tannins, body quality, alcohol content and the wine’s balance of elements (or not).

8. If desired, swallow a small amount to taste any lingering finish. If tasting multiple wines, provide a vessel for guests who might wish to spit out their wines instead of ingesting them.

9. Take a sip of water between wines to help preserve the palate.

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large wine collection can be challenging to manage without an organized system.

Labeling wine bottles with hanging tags is the easiest and most cost-effective way to catalogue a cellar, Winchell says. Tags hang from the necks of stored bottles and list whatever pertinent information the homeowner fills in or has printed, such as name, style and origin of wine; bottling year; and year of maturity. Blank tags can be homemade or purchased through wine sellers, online and from wine cellar builders.

They come in reusable plastic styles used like a dry-erase board, can be color-coded, if desired, or printed custom or with barcodes. Many cellar owners use tags in conjunction with an Excel spreadsheet they regularly update.

“A computer or tag system is important because you want to understand the wine and its potential,” Winchell says.

For those with larger collections, there is computer-based tracking. For less than $100, collectors can purchase off-the-rack software from a range of companies to organize and locate their wines, track bottles as they come and go, monitor maturity dates, import wine data from other sources, list pairing suggestions and more.

For a bigger investment, collectors can purchase a sophisticated stand-alone computer wine-tracking system, such as the eSommelier system, which Meutsch says starts around $5,000. Systems such as these come with touch-screen monitor, bar code scanner, label printer, import features and optional, in-depth subscriptionbased services. The eSommelier system even can include a temperature and humidity sensor, or a representative to catalogue a homeowner’s wine inventory.

Wine wants to lay quietly on its side, in the dark, at about 55 degrees.”

Or for those who seek a computer management system without the cost, free tracking systems such as VinCellar offer many of the same features as pay software and hardware systems, though some services require upgrading to a paid membership or involve individual fees, such as barcode label printing. These online management tools also tie into a vast social networking site with a large community of users. Many computerized tracking methods also include applications to tie your collection into portable devices such as an iPhone or a portable barcode scanner.

Winchell’s preferred method of keeping tabs on her own wine collection is fairly low-tech: a wine log. This is a handwritten journal, in which collectors can keep information that pertains to their relationship with particular bottles of wine, including when and where wines were purchased, when they were enjoyed, and any other details that tell of a wine’s journey to the rack or glass.

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Does the question “Would you like to see the wine list?” make you balk? Many budding wine enthusiasts fret about matching the right food with its soul mate libation. But choosing an appropriate wine accompaniment doesn’t have to be intimidating. People have been pairing food and wine for centuries, and most wines go well with many, many dishes.

“I am a big fan of choosing wines that are approachable,” says Peter Danis, owner of Figlio and Vino Vino restaurants. “For me, wine drinking is a personal experience.”

In general, remember that more delicate food flavors work better with lighter, more delicate wines. While spicier, heavier dishes often are paired with heavier varieties. So relax, choose wines you like, and with time and many uncorked bottles, you’ll learn what works and what doesn’t.

In the meantime, savor a few recipe and wine pairings suggested by Danis and Andrew Brannin, executive chef at The Burgundy Room.

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“It’s a very food-friendly wine,” says Ashley Sattler, general manager and wine buyer at The Burgundy Room.

“It has a medium body, which would hold up well with tomato sauce.”

Mussels with Chorizo and Tomato Broth paired with 2006 Aforado Albarino Andrew Brannin Burgundy Room Executive Chef

2 pounds Prince Edward Island mussels ½ shallot, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced ½ pound ground chorizo (If spice isn’t your thing, replace chorizo with sweet Italian sausage.)

1 red bell pepper, diced 8 ounces tomato juice 1 tablespoon unsalted butter Splash of white wine (pinot grigio) Salt and pepper to taste Crusty bread to garnish Heat skillet on medium-high heat.

Add chorizo and simmer until completely cooked. Remove chorizo, and drain and reserve fat. Pour ½ cup of chorizo fat back into skillet. Add mussels and red bell pepper, and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes. Add shallot and garlic, and sauté until garlic becomes aromatic. Add chorizo back to skillet and add white wine. Heat until wine is reduced.

Add tomato juice and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, and add butter.

Turn down heat and simmer covered for 3 minutes. Pour into serving bowl/s. Garnish with crusty bread.

Serves 4 as an appetizer or 2 as an entree.

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Holidays at the Conservatory, a central Ohio tradition, begins on Wednesday, November 25. Take part in holiday activities, pose for family photos, shop unique seasonal items in Botanica, pause for lunch in the Conservatory Garden Café and view Chihuly Reimagined.

A 15-foot poinsettia tree, along with festive, seasonal floral displays, provides a centerpiece for five-weeks of activities for all ages that include: Annual gingerbread house competition display Delightful model garden railroad Candlelight Nights on Wednesday evenings from 5 – 8 p.m. on November 25, December 2, 9, 16 & 23 featuring the glow of over 500 votives along with music, family activities, and holiday shopping Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 12.

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“Cabernet and beef is a classic combination,” says Peter Danis. “The protein in the beef really brings out the best in the cabernet.

The tannin in the cabernet is softened by the protein in the beef.”

Vino Vino’s Beef Tenderloin Medallions with Mushroom-Marsala Sauce paired with 2005 Peter Franus Cabernet Sauvignon Peter and Laurie Danis owners of Figlio and Vino Vino

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cup olive oil (to prepare sauce) ounce olive oil (to prepare beef) tablespoon butter cups sliced shiitake mushrooms, stems removed ¾ cup Marsala wine 1 cup beef stock 2 pieces beef tenderloin, cut into medallion-sized pieces 1 red bell pepper, chopped Blue cheese crumbles Parsley to garnish To prepare sauce, heat ⅛ cup olive oil in saucepan. When oil is hot, sauté shiitake mushrooms for approximately 2 minutes. Add Marsala wine to mushrooms and light with a match. Stir carefully until flame is extinguished, about 1 minute. Heat Marsala until reduced by one half. Add beef stock, and heat until reduced again by one half. Place sauce in container and refrigerate until use.

To prepare beef, heat 1 ounce olive oil in sauté pan. Season two pieces of beef tenderloin cut into medallions, and sear in sauté pan until medium rare.

Add 3 ounces shiitake/Marsala sauce and a tablespoon of butter. After butter melts, remove from heat. Pour sauce over beef tenderloin medallions before serving and garnish with blue cheese crumbles, red peppers and parsley.

Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans.

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Best of Home

How It Was Staged - Seating Area/Entry Originally a catch-all entry room without an implied purpose, this distinct seating area now defines the space. As the entrance for potential buyers, this room had to make a great first impression.

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How It Was Staged - Bar Area/Entry Stagers created this entertainment nook across from the entry’s seating area as a second focal point. A wire mini bar, wine glasses and martini-themed artwork give the space a youthful appeal befitting the young buyers the neighborhood attracts.

On a recent fall afternoon, nearly a dozen professional stagers honed in on their target like busy bees. Some four hours later, the house on Ashland Avenue in Grandview Heights was transformed.

Staged with rented furniture from the front door to the back, the home was now sale ready. Outside, a newly painted red front door matched the fresh look of an updated address plate, light fixture and siding.

“We use a lot of red in staging in general because the brain sees red and says stop, and that’s what we want people (driving by) to do,” says stager Jodi Poliseno, member of the Columbus chapter of the International Association of Home Staging All the bedrooms in the home were staged using furniture from Professionals (IAHSP).

Cort Furniture Rental, including blow-up mattresses dressed with Just inside the door, a “catchneutral but luxurious-looking bedding. Accessories and window all” room that once featured treatments were added, including blinds and sheer curtains. an empty fish tank and piano gained new definition and purpose. To draw in younger buyers the neighborhood attracts, the stagers created a combined pub and entertaining area. Two modern-shaped dark leather chairs offer an inviting spot to relax next to a wine rack, while a high-top table provides additional seating.

“Staging is all about presenting a home in its best possible light; decorating is about presenting the home in (the way) you’ll live in it,” says Nancy Byers, IAHSP chapter president and the real-estate agent representing the property owners.

She adds that rooms in vacant homes “show”

How It Was Staged - Bedroom

Staging is all about presenting a home in its best possible light; decorating is about presenting the home in (the way) you’ll live in it.”

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or appear smaller than they actually are to buyers.

Staging entire rooms or simply doing small vignettes throughout is preferable to taking buyers through a vacant home.

After taking the grand tour of their newly transformed house, the Grandview Heights homeowners affirmed the staging was a success.

“The rooms look bigger than when we lived here,” says Pam Held. “It’s ready for someone to just come in and live here. You can’t beat that.”

Comments such as these are exactly what Byers wants to hear. After all, people who seek fixerupper homes are in the minority, she says.

“Most buyers are putting most of their money into the purchase,” Byers says. “They don’t have the money left over to do a remodeling project on top of it.”

Byers, who handles a large number of home relistings, says in many instances the previous agents are doing their job, but the problem is found within the houses themselves.

And those problem areas go beyond old flooring and scuffed walls and into individual homeowner’s tastes.

Until it’s pointed out, homeowners can be unaware of how their personal decorating style turns off buyers. Or, they might be aware of

STAGE FRIGHT

Putting one’s home on the real-estate market can be an eye-opening experience, especially after potential buyers’ first impressions are tallied.

Buyers often provide more feedback on the housekeeping skills of a home’s occupants than the house itself. “People don’t want to buy spiders and cobwebs,” says Nancy Byers, an International Association of Home Staging Professional and Realtor with Real Living HER Northwest Office.

With this in mind, BUYERS OFTEN PROVIDE Byers shares her top three staging solutions: more feedback on the • Declutter and housekeeping skills of a depersonalize • Paint and update; HOME’S OCCUPANTS revitalize flooring than the house itself.

• Repurpose, reuse and restage to present a home in the best possible light “I had a client who thought I was nuts,” says Byers, who asked the homeowner to declutter the walk-in closet by placing winter clothes in storage. The home’s new buyer later told the original homeowner, “I just couldn’t get over how big your closets were.”

For before and after examples of professionally staged homes, visit ColumbusOhioChapter.iahsp.com/Members. php. The chapter’s work also was featured at the Designers Showcase, presented by Granite Transformations, at the 2009 BEST of Fall Home Show.

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Because every home’s needs are different, staging can be as involved as the homeowner wants it to be, Byers says.

Stagers painted the living room in neutral hues to match any Costs involved in decor style, but used neutrals with bright undertones to achieve a hiring a professional cheerful and interesting space. They refinished hardwood floors, stager can range from minimized clutter and added a few subtle accessories in order to a few hundred dollars help potential buyers imagine themselves in the space. into the thousands.

Some homeowners prefer to do some of the suggested fixes themselves to help lower expenses, while others prefer Byers make all the arrangements through the chapter’s affiliate companies. “In every case, where (the homeowners) let us do the final staging of the home, it sells quickly,” Byers says.

After seeing how the new paint, refinished floors and furniture staging transformed their former home, the Ashland Avenue homeowners reconsidered their starting sale price. By 8 p.m. that same day the homeowners had landed a honey of a deal from buyers who were scheduled previously to see the home. The offer was for the home’s full — and newly revised — asking price.

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Designed by Jenny Frederick, Spice It Up Interiors 1. Frederick mixed traditional elements, such as dark wood furniture, curved lines and mirrored side tables, with contemporary details such as fabrics and accessories in neutral gold, cream and silver hues; animal prints; and shiny metallics.

2. An upholstered headboard resembles a classic wingback chair and provides the space with a dramatic focal point. Upholstered beds conveniently match any species of wood selected for additional furniture.

3. Tone-on-tone color selection emphasizes textures to create a sophisticated, adult space.

4. Tailored-looking window treatments give the room a polished appearance, while metal grommets provide the curtain panels with a modern edge.

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Designed by Sherri Miller, The Painted Room 1. To the walls, Miller hand-applied a silver glass-bead striae texture in luminescent yet muted pearl and platinum.

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3. Bright yet subdued lime and aqua hues give the room a playful, contemporary feel.

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Crab apple, winterberry, hawthorn, chokeberry and other shrubs or small trees can brighten a landscape with showy berries and small fruits for weeks or even months.

A bird-attracting landscape doesn’t require acreage, merely careful plant selection and a measure of commitment.

Toni Stahl, a columnist for the Columbus Audubon newsletter, believes that anything one can do to help attract birds to the yard is a step in the right direction.

Stahl’s own yard on the Northwest Side is a mere 50-by-100foot lot, but it has played host to more than 30 types of birds since she developed it into an avian habitat.

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From a bird’s-eye view, backyards such as Stahl’s are islands of sustenance and shelter in a sea of grassy suburban sameness.

By mimicking nature with a rich variety of plant life, ground cover and trees, bird-friendly landscapes appear similar to the edge of woodlands where birds naturally find food, shelter and nesting spots.

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Stahl uses only native plants in her yard. Other gardeners, such as myself, aren’t purists. We carefully add noninvasive exotics.

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Many homeowners have heard it said that painting is an easy, inexpensive and effective way to update a room. Anyone who’s painted can attest to those truths; that’s why painting is the most oft-tackled home improvement. But however simple it might seem, there is a right and wrong way to paint a room.

Before any homeowner embarks on a painting project, it is wise to consider color carefully and calculate about how much paint will be needed. This way, the only surprise will be just how transformative a new color can be.

COLOR CONFIDENCE Choosing a color scheme is often the most intimidating aspect of redecorating, but it doesn’t have to be. To make it less daunting, homeowners should think about how they will use a room and the feeling they’d like it to invoke.

Is it a calm place to rest, an inspiring creative space, or a sophisticated area to entertain?

Pick a word or two to describe how the room should feel, such as warm, energized or inviting, then close your eyes and visualize those words. If the beach comes to mind when you imagine a peaceful bedroom, then you might use a subdued aqua and sandy khaki. If a summer garden inspires your ideal kitchen, your colors might be sunny yellow or bright blossomy red.

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After coming up with a few choices, decide which colors should be prominent and which ones accents. Group colors into warm and cool hues, then consider those choices against the backdrop of nearby color details and décor style. For example, if furniture is modern with metal details, cooler colors might be appropriate to the room’s overall style. After selecting colors, establish a tonal family. Blues are cooler in nature, but some are warmer than others. Even white comes in a range of undertones, from gray to blue to yellow, and so on.

Notice the contrast factor of adjoining rooms. If a newly blue bathroom will be viewed through a yellow hallway, be sure those colors will complement or contrast one another favorably.

Before painting, purchase a sample pint. Using a white surface such as foam core, paint a mega swatch you can observe throughout the day under a room’s different lighting conditions and against furniture and other nearby color details.

If in doubt about selecting a particularly intense color, go one or two shades lighter on the same color swatch. Colors often look even more intense on walls. Also go a bit lighter if painting the ceiling to match walls.

Because ceilings are viewed in shadow, color appears darker there. Mixing about 25 percent wall color with 75 percent white paint will create a lighter version for the ceiling. Just remember to mix up enough of that shade to complete the project; a home-mixed color will be impossible to reproduce exactly should it run out.

You also might think of leaving the ceiling a crisp white. Color World Housepainting owner, Tom Hodgson, says white ceilings are once again the most popular choice.

Also consider the most appropriate paint finish for the room. Remember that a matte or flat finish often more effectively hides imperfections, while a gloss surface can be easier to clean and will reflect light. There also are environmentally friendly paints and

The Hot Pot

Still stumped about what color is right for your room? How about incorporating one or a few of the year’s hottest colors, or perhaps sticking to those that never fail? Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing at Sherwin-Williams, and Tom Hodgson, owner of Color World Housepainting, give Central Ohio Home & Garden the lowdown regarding what colors are on a roll(er) this year.

LATTE SW6108

RESTRAINED GOLD SW6129

“Our top colors are always neutrals,” Jordan says. “But the trend has been going to darker neutrals lately.” Some of the most popular, she says, include Latte (SW6108) and Restrained Gold (SW6129). Hodgson agrees. He says taupes are some of his most requested colors, paired with clean white ceilings.

DORIAN GRAY SW7017

AMAZING GRAY SW7044

“We’re really starting to see for 2009 and 2010 that grays are making a big comeback in interiors and paint colors,” Jordan says. Both cool and warm grays are gaining popularity, including cool-toned Dorian Gray (SW7017) and warm-hued Amazing Gray (SW7044).

WHEAT GRASS SW6408

TIGEREYE SW6362

As far as bolder colors go, Jordan says that yellow-infused greens such as Wheat Grass (SW6408) remain popular and spicy oranges such as Tigereye (SW6362) continue to be a popular way to bring a global, warm flair into the kitchen.

CARIBBEAN CORAL SW2854

OCEANSIDE SW6496

Sherwin-Williams recently released their color forecast for 2010. Caribbean Coral (SW2854), a dusty coral, and Oceanside (SW6496), a rich deep teal, made the list.

those that resist mildewing especially well.

Lastly, don’t feel like color selection must stop at the edge of the walls.

Though it is the favorite choice, white woodwork is not obligatory. Consider painting trim a lighter or darker shade of the wall color for added drama.

Blacks and dark browns such as walnut also are popular.

GET IT COVERED There are few home-improvement gaffes more frustrating — and preventable — than running out of paint midproject. Even a second batch of the same color paint could be slightly off-shade. So, it’s important to have enough paint from the get go. Conversely, copious leftover paint wastes money and takes up storage space.

So, don’t get caught with your drop cloths down. Use the following guidelines to estimate how much paint will be needed for any project.

First, add together the length of all walls. Then multiply that number by the height of the room from floor to ceiling to get the room’s square footage.

Next, determine how much of that square footage will be painted. If a different paint will be used on doors and windows, subtract those areas from the total. Subtract 20 square feet for each door and 15 square feet for each average-sized window. This should provide a number that is fairly close to the actual area to be painted.

In general, one gallon of paint covers 350 square feet. Slightly more will be needed if walls are naked drywall, which absorbs more paint. If wall surfaces are unfinished, patched or dark colored, plan on painting at least two coats.

Last, divide the wall area to paint by 350 (average square-foot coverage in a gallon of paint) to find the appropriate number of gallons. Round uneven numbers up or down. If the remainder is less than .5, order a few extra quarts to go with the required gallons; if the remainder is more than .5, order an extra gallon. NOVEMBER 2009

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Our Backyard

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Sometimes, Ohio’s seasonal displays simply demand that we take a seat and enjoy the show. And so, as we busily were digesting the ins and outs of wine this issue — and thus spending a lot of time underground — it suddenly occurred to us that other things were “falling” into place outdoors. With that in mind, we hope this image taken among the rolling Hocking Hills provides you with enough inspirational eye candy to discover a few perfectly placed seasonal moments of your own.

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