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 […]

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 […]

Pre-Listing Home Inspections – keep it sold after the sale

I’ve talked on my personal blog about pre-listing home inspections before, but I think this is such an important subject that unfortunately doesn’t get the attention it deserves when a house gets listed.  I feel so strongly about it that I’d rather someone had the inspection and fixed the issues found in the inspection than have me […]

procrastination vs. pajama casual

It’s interesting that the busier I get, the more I’ll get done.  Then, when I’ve got some down time, like this week, I end up putting off things that really should get done.  I was out of town for 5 days and didn’t schedule anything the first half of this week to catch up with […]

what to do when dead plants in urns just aren’t working for me

So I’m doing a staging at a vacant house last fall and the client had left two really nice urns on the front entry.  Unfortunately, she left two very dead plants in them as well.  The realtor had scheduled a realtor tour that afternoon and I’d stopped by to do some fluffing up of stuff […]