melody's Blog

Home after home I see, there is a messy room or part of a room, that is the 'home office'.  Although we all need our home offices and many of us solely work out of our own, this area must be addressed when putting a house on the market.  Here are a couple office make overs - where the office is s...

In another blog I started recently, http://activerain.com/blogsview/1309578/disrespect-for-staging-when-a-client-trashes-your-design I discussed an alarming situation where a builder client rearranged our furniture layout.  His arrangement was very detrimental, in our opinion (view blog for pictu...

Whether you've sold 10 houses or are selling your first, I have a list of reminders that really help you stay on top of everything while your house is on the market.   I give this to all my sellers and they really appreciate this as it keeps them on task as they go through the selling process.   ...

Previously, I had this titled, What to do When A Client Rearranges your Staging.  But as time went on and comments came in, we realized this is a bigger issue.  - DISRESPECT for staging.  Many of us stagers, me included,  have had a lot of challenges in attempting to reach agents, builders and ho...

We recently consulted with some clients that had a very challenging master bath.  For some reason, when they were refurbishing this house, they were limited in that they were not allowed to change the footprint of the existing house.  So since they couldn't build out, this 1/2 bath is the master,...

This is a staging we did for a young couple with a baby (can you tell?).  As we stagers run into a lot, baby stuff can swallow a house so well, buyers who don't have children can't see past this to envision themselves in the home.  The property is located on a lake where many homes are second hom...

We all know that storage is a huge selling point, so the more a home has, the better.  I have to say, 9 homes out of 10 that I go into consult on, have greatly under utilized pantries.  They are, for the most part, catch alls.  Every square inch is full of stuff and floor space virtually hidden. ...

I recently started a blog that received about 30 comments the first couple of days.  I noticed my point total did not change, so checked the breakdown of my points.  Not a single point for comments received.  Is this a new system that doesn't give any points for comments?  I could've sworn, back ...

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It is SO important that all the components get on the same page.  Pangaea really defined this!  I wanted to reblog this because it sends an important message. Portland Home Stager, Pangaea, shares how the broker, the seller, and the home stager teamed up to get this Portland, Oregon Home SOLD in...