If you haven't seen Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth", you must go out and rent it today. It will change the way you live and those you come in contact with. Real Estate Agents, Home Stagers, and Decorators, are inside peoples home's more than any other industry. We can all help save the pl
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01/11/2007
Things are changing very fast at Stage It Forward thanks to the many talented and creative members involved in elevating the essence of it's Image. As a direct result of our discoveries sparked by Judy Kincaid's blog I am rewording what was once the "Decluttering Phase" of Staging a Property for
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01/10/2007
How many times have you come across a junk room or an empty room that needs to be staged as a bedroom? In minutes you can have a beautifully dressed bed in any size including king...all from the trunk of your car! What you will need: 2 air mattresses - Uhuh, this is the instant bed in a trunk - $
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01/10/2007
As hard as that is to do in this business, you just never know who is going to be the springboard to your success. Case in point #1 - One day I was looking through some furniture catalogs in the design studio and I see these hairy legs walk by in worn shoes and a skirt draping below the knee. I s
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01/09/2007
I received this email from my sister...she saidLook what I get from my broker every day...what could be better than this?* One thing done is better than twelve things started. ~~Liz Strauss * The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. ~~George Eliot * Quality questions create a
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01/09/2007
I was reading one of my associates post's today and quivered for realtor's who yet do not know how to get their clients homes marketable as a product. As I am reading Neals experience's (he is an Agent/Stager) and he is heading to a listing that has not been staged...it has to a little un-nerving
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01/09/2007
If Jeff Foxworthy was at a convention for home seller's as the spokesperson for Home Stagers, what would he say? If you have Christmas lights on your house in July - you need a home stager! If you have a collection of beach bottles in your windows - you need a home stager!If you have 11 bottles o
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01/08/2007
If you have talent, if you believe in yourself, and if you have something to offer the world and nobody knows it, what are you going to do? All the great leaders in the world be it a president, teacher, philosopher, architect, preacher, they all start at the bottom with nothing but their God g
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01/07/2007
Here we are playing in the tidepools and the fish are coming in on the waves. What am I talking about? Who are we trying to reach out to...Realtors, right? Ok, here is my idea: There are potential clients coming to the rain every day and thousands looking in. I spent some valuable time this week
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01/06/2007
Here is a home staging technique that the sellers will love and want to keep. It is a knock out! Nothing cleans up a messy, busy, old, dated living room like fresh white slipcovers. They usually cost between $50 to $100. Sure beats the price of a sofa or chair and eliminates busy prints and dated
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01/04/2007