The Houzz Community Voted Simplicity Interiors “Best of 2013″ in Both Categories!

Simplicity Interiors of Huntersville, NC Receives

Houzz’s 2013 ‘Best Of Houzz’ Award

Annual Survey and Analysis of 11 Million Monthly Users

 Reveals Top-Rated U.S. Professionals

[CHARLOTTE, NC]  –  January 21, 2013 – Simplicity Interiors of Huntersville, NC has been awarded  “Best Of Houzz” 2013 by Houzz, the leading online platform for residential remodeling and design. Ally Whalen was chosen by the more than 11 million monthly users that comprise the Houzz community.

The Houzz “Best Of Houzz” award for 2013 is given in two categories: Customer Satisfaction and Design. Customer Satisfactionaward winners are based on homeowner members who rated their experience working with remodeling professionals in 12 categories ranging from architects, and interior designers to contractors and other residential remodeling professionals.  Designaward winners’ work was the most popular among the community of 11 million monthly users, also known as “Houzzers,” who saved more than 124 million professional images of home interiors and exteriors to their personal ideabooks via the Houzz site,iPad/iPhone app and Android app.


“Houzz provides homeowners with an in-depth, 360-degree view of building, remodeling and design professionals through images of their work, reviews and an opportunity to interact with them directly in the Houzz community,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of community. “We’re delighted to recognize Ally Whalen among our “Best Of” professionals for design and exceptional customer service as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”

With Houzz, homeowners can identify not only the top-rated professionals like Ally Whalen, but also those whose work matches their own aspirations for their home. Homeowners can also evaluate professionals by contacting them directly on the Houzz platform, asking questions about their work and evaluating their responses to questions from others in the Houzz community.

View Simplicity Interiors Best of Remodeling Photos here:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/bestofhouzz2013

Simplicity Interiors Houzz profile: http://www.houzz.com/pro/allyrm99/__public

About Houzz

Houzz (www.houzz.com) is a leading online platform for home remodeling, providing inspiration, information, ‘advice and support for homeowners and home improvement professionals through its website and mobile applications. Houzz features the largest residential design database in the world, articles written by design experts, product recommendations, a vibrant community powered by social tools, and information on more than 1.5 million remodeling and design professionals worldwide who can help turn ideas into reality. @houzz_inc

*Less than 3% of the professionals on Houzz receive this award

DIY Framed Bathroom Mirror

I know it has been a long time since I blogged, but I’ve been one busy girl the last few months and with the Holidays, time just got away.  I can’t recall if I posted a picture of my master bathroom after I painted the cabinets a pretty aqua color, but I’ve slowly been making updates without spending a whole lot of money.  This particular project only cost me $51.  I toyed with the idea of completely removing the contractor grade mirror, but I love it’s scale and wanted to reflect as much light as possible seeing it’s not that big of a space.  So the solution… frame it.

Items Needed:

• Tile : I chose ones that were longer and not too wide as I didn’t want to have to replace my light fixtures (just yet!).  Glass tiles would work great too

• Liquid Nail-  or silicone adhesive

• Hot Glue

• Wet Saw-  My neighbor happens to have one, but if you only have a few pieces to cut, you can probably take to Lowes or Home Depot and have them do it for you.

These are the tiles I used:

This is what liquid nail looks like- you will need caulk gun if you go this route. I also used my hot glue gun because I found the hot glue allowed tile to stay in place while liquid nail set up.

Not a whole lot of instructions here- just glue the tile and hold until they stick in place. When you get to corners that’s when you’ll need to measure and use a wet saw if necessary.

Here is the before – (even before I painted cabinets)…

and here is the after:

A very easy do-it yourself project for little money!  Next up… cork floor:)