Reimagine Your Workspace – 5 Secrets of Productivity and Feng Shui – with Designer Maxwell Alexander

Reimagine Your Workspace – 5 Secrets of Productivity and Feng Shui – with Designer Maxwell Alexander

Just a few months ago we featured Villa 9W – one of the Duncan Avenue Design Studio projects and analyzed it from the Feng Shui perspective. I like using Feng Shui concepts to make overly complicated scientific ideas more relatable and down-to-earth. It is fascinating how our knowledge of home design circled back thousands of years just to see that we’ve had it all figured out! Well, another thing just happened: the new generation of the workforce (Millennials) is in! They are very serious about health & wellness and […]

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Five Elements of Interior Design – by Maxwell Alexander

Five Elements of Interior Design – by Maxwell Alexander

Whether you are working with existing furnishings and fabrics or “starting from scratch” with an empty room, you should always use the elements and principles of design as a guide in choosing everything. The elements are your tools or raw materials, much like paints are the basics to a painter. The elements of design include space, line, form, color, and texture. The principles of design relate to how you use these elements and are balance, emphasis, rhythm, proportion and scale, and harmony and unity. Element […]

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5 Essential Steps to Choosing Wall Art – Interior Design Tips by Maxwell Alexander

A blank wall can be dead space, especially if you’re not going for a minimalist style. You might want your home to look homey and vibrant, and you might have already decided that the blank wall needs to be filled with some kind of art. But how do you choose the piece? Here are five steps that should be in your decision-making process. Measure the Space One of the most essential parts of choosing the wall art that will look great is finding pieces that […]

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Home staging is a crucial marketing tool when you are planning to sell your home

In a strictly rational world, buying a home would be largely an economic decision. Homebuyers would weigh the properties carefully, comparing factors like appreciation potential, relative value, and quality of life. But in the real world, the home buying experience is quite different. In the real world, home buyers shop with their eyes, and with their hearts, and that makes home staging an essential part of the sales process. And since so many home searches now start online, staging a house for sale is as […]

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Give Your Home Some Space! Interior Design Tips for Small Living

Give Your Home Some Space! by Designer Maxwell L. Alexander (Duncan Avenue Interior Design Studio) Whether your house is big or small, a stand-alone structure or an apartment, it will go through a facelift sooner or later. You will have to repaint the walls (or get rid of the wallpaper), jettison junk that as accumulated over the years, and perhaps go in for some new furniture. It is easier for us Millennials, just because we used to “living small”, however, it applies to everyone who’s […]

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Sold: Modern Hudson Valley Farmhouse in Marlboro, New York

Sold: Modern Hudson Valley Farmhouse Listing Details: Expand MLS ID : 5050862 Status : Sold Village/Town : Marlboro, NY School District : Marlboro Asking Price : $299,900 Property Type : Single Family Basement : Wine Cellar Year Renovated : 2019 Sq Ft : 1424 Sq.Ft Lot Size : 1 acre Year Built : 1879 Floors : 2 Bedrooms : 3 Bathrooms : 2 Listing Broker : Alexander Maxwell Realty Listing Agent: Maxwell Alexander (Licensed Real Estate Salesperson), Phone: 845-518-2750 Welcome to the historic (circa 1870) Hudson Valley Farmhouse in the heart […]

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How to design your kitchen like a Millennial – Kitchen Design Trends by Hudson Valley Style Magazine

How to design your kitchen like a Millennial – Kitchen Design Trends – Hudson Valley Style Magazine by Maxwell Alexander, Designer, Realtor®, Editor in Chief of the Hudson Valley Style Magazine Ah, Millennials, it warms my heart writing about Us – the most consciously awaken generation humans produced so far. We literally design the world around us in sync with Nature and the Universe. So what does it means to design a kitchen like a Millennial? Kitchen is the new Living Room As Millennials are […]

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Alexander Maxwell Realty has revolutionized Hudson Valley Real Estate Industry with its Strategic Marketing Approach

Press-Release: Alexander Maxwell Realty has revolutionized Hudson Valley Real Estate Industry with its Global Marketing Approach Kingston, NY, USA – June 24, 2019 Alexander Maxwell Realty has just opened its doors on Wall Street in Kingston’s Stockade District with a bold promise of taking Hudson Valley Real Estate Industry to the whole new level. Thanks to the advancements of technology followed by the influx of new generation of tech-, design-, and style-savvy consumers, the way people buy and sell things has inherently changed in the […]

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Sold: Chic and Modern Hudson Valley Style Farmhouse

Walnut Street (New Windsor, NY) Design & Renovation Project by Duncan Avenue Design Studio By Maxwell Alexander, Director of Marketing, Alexander Maxwell Realty This Kitchen really worth its own cooking TV Show! The kitchen is the heart of any home and this particular kitchen is 16 ft. long and is a perfect playground for a seasoned cook or aspiring cooking TV show host. It’s not just the size of the kitchen, but also the amazing contemporary features that are also spectacular. Hudson Valley Style Farmhouse […]

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It’s time to Reimagine Your Workspace – 5 Secrets of Productivity and Feng Shui from the Hudson Valley Style Magazine

Reimagine Your Workspace – 5 Secrets of Productivity and Feng Shui by Hudson Valley Style Magazine Editor, Designer Maxwell Alexander Designer Maxwell Alexander / Editor in Chief, Hudson Valley Style Magazine Just a few months ago we featured Villa 9W – one of the Duncan Avenue Design Studio projects and analyzed it from the Feng Shui perspective. I like using Feng Shui concepts to make overly complicated scientific ideas more relatable and down-to-earth. It is fascinating how our knowledge of home design circled back thousands of years just to see […]

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SOLD: VILLA 9W – Luxury Hudson Valley Style Villa in Balmville

Welcome to the magnificent Hudson Valley Villa located just minutes away from World-Class Travel Destinations such as Dia: Beacon, West Point, Storm King Art Museum, Newburgh Riverfront Fine Dining, Shawangunk Wine Trail, Farm Trail and much more. This designer home is an ideal commuter location with close proximity to I-87, I-84, Route 9W, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge and Metro-North train station and just 50 minutes away from NYC. Unique architecture, award-nominated interior design and unprecedented functionality & comfort make this luxury villa a true gem in the […]

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