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Hi all, Well I finally found a furniture company that will work with me by providing furniture from their showroom.  Barbara Mann with Remax Realty Consultants called me and asked for my help on a Brownstone that she is listing.  It has been on the market for over a year with no interest.  This e...
08/06/2009
Hi fellow stagers, I found this cool wall art that I wanted to share.  If you want something different instead of framed art or canvas art, check this out.  The only thing is, you stick them to the wall, but it says they are with 3M backing.  As long as they don't pull the paint off, I would defi...
06/26/2009
Hi everyone, I'm having a dilemma.  How would you arrange the furniture in this room?  The fireplace is throwing me off.  I'm staging it next weekend.  Here are some pictures, and thanks in advance.  I admire all of your work and your comments and suggestions.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!...
06/20/2009
Hi Everyone, Hope all is well.  I have a story to share with you.   These pictures are of my neighbors home.  They are a young couple with two beautiful children ages 6 and 4.  They saved and saved and finally built their dream house.  Dave, the husband, had his best friend, who was the best man ...
06/13/2009
Hello, I had the sweetest lady call me and wanted some help with her home that has been on the market for 18 months.  She and her husband have separated and she didn't have a lot of money to spend.  I went over there and together we started re-arranging furniture and accessories.  I brought a few...
05/07/2009
If you had a chance to read my blog An experiment that will hopefully be a win, win, win for everyone.  We approached a furniture company and asked them if they would help us with furniture and in return, at close the builder would purchase a $5000 gift certificate to that store for the new home ...
05/03/2009
Literally...You save money when you stage your house. Sometimes, you make money.  How you might ask?  Say you put your house on the market for $350,000.  After 3 months with no bites you lower the price to $340,000.  Three more months go by and you lower it again to $335,00.  You finally get an o...
04/20/2009
Hi all, I just wanted to share with you some pictures of our first trade show.  It was a great experience.  Andrew Mayon, with Triad Real Estate Photography, and myself, Ready Set Stage home staging, participated in our first "Realtor Expo".  It was a great experience and great exposure for both ...
04/08/2009
Hi everyone, I just read a story in our local paper that caught my attention.  One of the big reasons is because the house it showed on the front page is in the neighborhood where I just gave a quote to stage a vacant new construction.  Apparently in this neighborhood, several vacant new construc...
04/02/2009
I have been approached by a builder that has a house that has been on the market for....are you ready.... 3 years.  She has all but given up.  I was referred to her through a contact I have in Roanoke, VA.  Needless to say, she really doesn't have any money to put into this house for staging.  I ...
04/01/2009
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