One of my favorite things to do when the holidays are over, is to re-stage my living areas that were decorated for the holidays. I find that the necessity of moving all the furniture to remove pine needles and pine cone debris is a good reason to really clean and renew my living room/dining room. A Continue Reading
Home Staging and Vomit Be Gone
Carpet Cleaning Rockville Maryland by Frederick Md Publicity, on Flickr Home Staging cleaning/deoderizing tip: We recently had a middle-of-the-night vomit-on-the-carpet episode at our house. We spot cleaned within the hour of staining, but couldn't get the stain out. Luckily we were due for our Continue Reading
Home Staging: Don’t Get Backed into a Corner or Up Against a Wall
I just wanted to share the simplest of home staging "rules." Never line up the furniture around the perimeter of the room, pushed right up to the wall. It would seem that this would be the best way to maximize space, especially in smaller rooms, BUT it is not! Always leave a little room between the Continue Reading
Setting the stage does not only mean furnishing…
Staging has become such a buzz word in today's real estate market. The word is thrown around a lot, but at the end of the day, what does it really mean? I look at staging almost literally...when you "set the stage" for a theatrical production, you are setting the tone, conjuring emotions and Continue Reading
Home Staging:Entryway neat and organized
Home Staging includes closets, entryways, mud rooms, breeze ways, foyers...whatever door you come in is right where you need the most help in organization and de-cluttering. Personally I could spend all day moving shoes around my front hall...which tells me that my system isn't working. In any Continue Reading
Home Staging: Disgusting Odor vs. Welcoming Aroma
pie by ellyjonez, on Flickr Home Staging and the sense of smell. The roast from last night, the cat box, that "basement smell," overpowering deodorizers and air fresheners, vinegar, pine cleaner, ammonia, sweaty sports gear...all of these temporary odors really do distract potential buyers from Continue Reading
Home Staging: Crabby over crab grass
One component of home staging is cultivating curb appeal. Fresh paint, a bright front door, pots of color and green are especially showcased by a neat, trim and hopefully green lawn. That can be a bit of a chore when there hasn't been but a drop of rain in...forever. It seems that hot and dry Continue Reading
Home Staging Rules Broken:Rule Breaker and Rain Maker!
Home Staging Rules are meant to be followed with common sense. And sometimes, home staging rules are meant to be broken for the best result. I have said it before and I am saying it again (and most likely again, and then, again after a bit): Rules, though helpful, are meant to be broken. I can Continue Reading
Home Staging and Buyers:What Women Want
Home Staging for the Buyer-a woman in most cases.The latest buzz in home building, re-design, and re-modeling is build with the woman in mind. Market studies show that women, indeed are the buyers with a capital B in new home purchases. It would follow, then, that women-centric staging is essential. Continue Reading
Home Staging in the backyard:the transformation from seedling to eating
I wanted to share my excitement at my family's little patch of heaven in our own backyard. We feel very green (thumb-ish) and proud of the bounty of our crop this summer. The success of our garden is due in large part to keeping the furry critters from the backyard free lunch program of years Continue Reading
Home Staging: August trim
Home Staging and the lawn and garden in August. This is the time of year when the grass stops growing and the weeds begin to rage, when your neat little vegetable plot becomes a veritable jungle of greenery that needs to be tamed, and everything looks a bit overdone and under kept. Mowing, weeding, Continue Reading
Home Staging color choices:Brown and Green…and red!
What I have discovered in the way of universal, neutral, and lovely in the way of color is that what pleases my eye mimics what I see in nature...Brown and green, in many shades and textures make a perfect backdrop for a few punches of color, my all time favorite being red. Orange and deep plum also Continue Reading
A stinky high efficiency front loading washer…
This is both a word of warning and a fix for the already afflicted... If you are in the market to buy a new washer I highly recommend avoiding the HE (high efficiency) front loaders. Despite how sharp and hip they appear, beware of foul odors, mold and mildew, detergent build up and towels that Continue Reading