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the redecorator sugrsingr was talking about was me :-)
i couldn't tell if you guys have a chapter room or you just want to decorate a hallway... if it's a room, here's my story:
nobody had paid our room attention for a long time, so everyone was really eager to see some changes! something that can make the biggest difference is just rearranging the room. and cleaning! i started a cleaning schedule, and i think that kind of made people take pride in the room. i took the chapter president to a garage sale i found and bought a curio cabinet [to display awards], a cute little hexagonal table [our other end table was a hexagon as well] with doors for storage, a large oval mirror in a wood frame, and a short long table in front of our couch, all for $100. with a few additions from our house board [a table to go under the mirror to create an entry-way area to sign the guestbook and some lamps], the room was 100 times better! we created little sitting areas, and an alumnae made gorgeous window seat cushions to replace ours from the 1980's. we also installed wall-to-wall shelving on one wall for more storage and displaying area. before, our room was the frumpy one... at the end of the school year, one of the other sororities [the one that i tried to take inspiration from THEIR room] brought their alumnae to look at our room! it was great.
so basically, be creative and work with your house board. having a great room is amazing and can be a great recruitment tool. figure out the look you are going for [we chose classy], get opinions from the chapter [they should have plenty of ideas about their common area!], work with your committee, and keep your advisors up to date as you go along and see if they can help.
good luck!
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