Give Your Home a New Look for the New YearYou don't have to be selling your home to need a home makeover. If it's been five or more years since you painted or rearranged the furniture, it may be time for a new look.Many of my Home Staging clients have told me that they wished they had hired me lo
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12/29/2014
Getting a family photo is not easy, but it's especially challenging when children are involved.I've said it before, and I'll say it again....taking group shots of children is liketrying tonail jello to a tree!This year I was determined to get a picture of the four grandbabies in their Christmas p
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12/26/2014
It is so hard for me to believe that in less than two weeks it will be two years since I started my vegan adventure! It's been much more than a diet....it's been a lifestyle change. I no longer refer to myself as "vegan" because I'm not 100%, but that is the term that best describes how I eat MOS
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12/21/2014
I saw this idea on The Chew.... It's a quick and inexpensive way to make a holiday serving plate, bowl or platter.All you need is a bag or two of Starlight Mints, a baking sheet and some parchment paper. Preheat your oven to 300° Place parchment paper on baking sheet.Arrange the mints on paper-c
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12/18/2014
As a Home Stager in New Hampshire I help sellers prepare their homes for sale. I educate home sellers and listing agents on the power and importance of preparation. Preparing a home for sale is important because most buyers can't see potential. They determine a home's value based on what is pre
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12/15/2014
It's gift wrapping time again! I found this video on YouTube for handmade gift bows last year and shared it. I think it's worth sharing again this year.These bows are so easy to make, and they are really beautiful. The thing I like most is that they are so unique.The bows are made from scrap pie
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12/12/2014
Every year right after Thanksgiving I gather bare tree branches and greens to use for exterior seasonal decorating. Finding the branches is easy, but the greens have always been harder to find. This year I had the idea to "go green" with my greens. Rather than finding and cutting, I decided to
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12/07/2014
Buyers' perception of a home's worth comes from it's current visual appearance, not it's future potential. That's because only ten percent of people can visualize. Ninety percent of buyers are not capable of seeing a home any other way than how it is shown to them. Home Staging is best known as
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12/04/2014
I know, it's the holiday season. The Christmas holiday season. So, why am I bringing up Halloween now? Two years ago I wrote a tutorial, How To Make A Dinosaur Costume. This year I got a comment on that post from Inna Ivchenko . I would like to thank Inna for her comment. Had I not received a n
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11/30/2014
