a fresh space :: home staging :: liz jenkins

Thursday night (the 26th) I hosted a staging seminar here in Franklin, TN - and what a great night it was!  I hope all of our attendees had as good a time as we did - and learned a lot as well.  We held our seminar at Church Street Flooring & Design in charming downtown Franklin.  I had invited f...

I'm co-hosting a free home staging seminar in Franklin on Thursday night (March 26th, 2009) and you are invited!  This seminar is called "The Nuts & Bolts of Staging" and will cover paint, lighting, flooring, and more.  Anthea Click of Fresh Perspectives, and Karen Jones of Jones Creative Home St...

I had a client recently who is putting their house on the market - during the consult, we discussed upgrading the appliances.  She asked why - the ones she has worked perfectly fine.  This is where I went into my discussion of the perception of prospective buyers.  In the $600,000 price range, pe...

Not sure if this was posted yet but Peter Walsh was on Oprah recently decluttering and organizing.  I don't usually watch Oprah but this was a pretty good show AND you can download a 25% off coupon for Container Store that you can use in the store, online or on the phone.  That's pretty awesome! ...

I've been using chocolate brown now for a while instead of black for front doors, bathroom cabinetry headboards when staging to sell.  And I just love it.  I have a current client who is building a headboard for their master bedroom (bed, white duvet, limp curtains, white walls . . . you get the ...

Posted by Seth Godin on March 17, 2009 - very pertinent to agents of all sorts but especially real estate agents in our market today, as well as other service people like stagers and inspectors.  I copied and pasted it in it's entirety - hope it doesn't break any A/R rules but this is his work - ...

So it turns out that twitter is really fun - quick, easy and to the point.  Love it. Linked In - nice way to keep a business face out there and requires minimal maintenance. Facebook - too chaotic and no way to really separate business and personal.  Think I'm going to pull it. Blogger - working ...