Michelle's Home Staging Blog

Choosing a color scheme or theme for your home is an important part of bringing continuity and harmony to your homes interior space.  When remodeling or building a new home, selecting materials for some can be an overwhelming process.  Today, there is a wide variety of selections to choose from i...

While recently searching for an advertising campaign for a Hoover Vacuum, I stumbled across a vintage Holiday ad that grabbed my interest. Curious to see more of these types of great ads, I began my search for vintage advertising and fell in love with the style of artwork!  It's interesting that ...

  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, every where you go,... including right here on Active Rain!  Everything from posts on personal Christmas stories, Holiday charity events, to even pic's of some of the Rainers in their Holiday attire!  Last week, my friend  Kat De Long of Windermere, ...

Christmas, has always been my favorite time of year. When I hear some of the old Christmas classic songs being played, I can't help but reminisce about my warm childhood Holiday memories!  Some of my favorite Christmas classics are currently being played everywhere, for the Christmas holiday seas...

Checking my emails this morning I came across an email from Pat Starnes a member of Active Rain.  It read: You've received a contact message from your Contact Form on the ActiveRain network. Message details: From: Pat Starnes Email: pats@mcintoshandassoc.com Subject: you've been tagged Michelle, ...

Thursday, November 13th, The National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) gathered for their monthly business meeting and dinner at Antonino's in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.  The National Association of Women In Construction was founded in 1953 by 16 women in order to create a support network ...

 November has arrived and it's time to start preparing for the  holiday season!  Thanksgiving is November 25, 2010!        Will you be cooking the turkey this year?  If you're  entertaining the crew for Thanksgiving,...     WOW your guests with a Thanksgiving spread to remember!   Start by bringi...

The power of Active Rain Networking,has allowed me to build many new friendships and has given me many business opportunities to build upon. Today, was certainly no exception! Recently, my good friend Kat De Long, a special friend and associate from Active Rain, invited me to speak at one of her ...

Time has shown us some very different styles and trends throughout the century's, but there is one decade that really grasps the heart of America and introduces to us the new sound of Rock & Roll!     Let's hop back in our Home Staging Time Machine and travel back to the day's of bobbie socks, po...

Normally on any given day, in my profession of home staging, I am faced with several types of challenges...what to do with the homeowners lime green walls or how to convince clients that putting linoleum on their kitchen counter tops just really is not a good idea! These types of things!         ...