when kids grow up – organizing and updating
When kids get older – the cute pink & white scheme with the flowers can seem too “baby-ish” for them and most will want a change. This is an awesome time to give them the opportunity to not only get a more “grown up” room but to organize! This little girls room just went from […]
bring lots of plastic bags when you take your dog to work . . .
I had to meet the painters, get the trailer to destage a house, hit the PO box, meet up at a flooring store to talk about an upcoming staging seminar, and run by the bank drive through. Perfect time to take my 20 month old chocolate lab out on the rounds, right? Well, she WAS […]
staging seminars: teaming up with stagers to educate and network
I am really excited – I’ve teamed up with 3 other area stagers to teach some classes on staging. Our market is, of course, realtors, but also home owners and sellers. We’re hoping this will not only be really educational but some great networking as well. We’re inviting a lot of the professionals we work […]
creative way to make a bolster style “pillow”
I was doing a staging job recently and really needed a bolster style pillow for a chair. I didn’t have one that looked just right so I was trying to be creative and hit upon a cool idea to create a “pillow”. In that this was a vacant house, I wasn’t too worried about it […]
holiday party at Beth Haley Designs
Tuesday night, we headed out to East Nashville to Beth Haley Designs for a holiday gathering. Beth is not only a great interior designer, but lots of fun as well. It was a really nice time, even if it was cold and rainy. Met several interesting people including Shawn who writes, photographs and paints under […]
project folders save the day
Anyone that I’ve ever worked with in their office knows that I love project folders. I’ve had many clients say “well, I don’t have any projects”. Oh yes, you do. Everyone has projects – you just call them by a different name. It can be an event you are helping with like a charity auction […]
freecycle.org – get rid of stuff FAST! Some tips on this really cool group . . .
Helping a client stage but they’ve got lots of stuff hanging around and don’t want to mess with a rummage sale? Have a bunch of your own stuff hanging around? There’s things that are great to sell if someone will buy them, and then there’s stuff that just isn’t or you don’t have the time […]
vignettes – economical and effective staging for vacant homes
A lot of times when I look at staging a vacant house, it can get somewhat cost prohibitive to fully stage everything. It’s the biggest problem for many home owners and realtors – who’s going to pay for it. Staging can be done on the cheap but unfortunately, often a cheap stager can make a […]
staging vignettes
A lot of times when I look at staging a vacant house, it can get somewhat cost prohibitive to fully stage everything. The rule of thumb is to highlight the great features, do the main living area, entry areas, dining room and eat in areas, bathrooms and the kitchen. I recently did a vacant house […]
freecycle – it works!
So we thought about having a rummage sale recently but we didn’t have a whole lot of stuff – and what we did have wasn’t really great. No furniture or kids things, you know, the type of stuff that most rummagers want. We had some cases of caulk, some lawn equipment, a mini fridge in […]
