If you are a home stager, real estate agent, remodeler or flipper, and you don't know about Van Dyke's Restorers you should. Its available as a print catalog or an online catalog here. Why is this such a valuable resource for Los Angeles home stagers, real estate agents and remodelers? They have
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05/12/2010
As a part of the series My Favorite Home Staging Photos, I'm posting my favorite before and after home staging transformation photos. These photos were part of a Pasadena home staging project in which I was hired not only to stage, but also to help the homeowner get organized and get rid of years
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05/10/2010
A Hong Kong Architect Gary Chang designed a series of moveable walls to create 24 different rooms within his 330 sq. ft. Hong Kong apartment. It sounds crazy and impossible, but once you watch the video, it makes total sense. The sliding walls are layered like sheets of paper standing on edge.
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05/08/2010
Yes, you can grow blueberries in your Los Angeles garden. I've been growing blueberries for 5 years now (OK, 6 years, but the first plants died since I didn't know what I was doing:o(( My first blueberry harvest of 2010 There is nothing more delicious than freshly picked blueberries that you grow
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05/08/2010
11 Steps For Getting Your Home Sold - Even in this market. I first wrote this post a little more than a year and a half ago. I've updated it and added another important step. The real estate market has gotten even more challenging since then. But despite the challenges, many of our Los Angeles st
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05/08/2010
This week Los Angeles home staging company, Moving Mountains Design, staged a beautiful new construction townhome in Glendale for a builder. The development, located at 817 East Palmer in Glendale has very pretty common spaces which the builder furnished with wrought iron furniture. Spanish arch
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05/07/2010
I just read this blog post by Jay Schmidt, a Prudential Realtor in Gettysburg, PA, titled Cleaning for a Reason - Helping Women Undergoing Cancer Treatment. His post briefly discussed an organization called Cleaning For A Reason.Their tag line is "We focus on your home so you can focus on your h
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05/07/2010
This past Sunday, I spent the afternoon at the Los Angeles County Arboretum Garden Show. The theme of the show was "Living Green" creating a sustainable garden. There were several "green" gardens created by landscape designers just for the show and there were a ton of vendors selling everything f
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05/06/2010
This is a very nice commentary, obviously heartfelt, from a real estate agent who has just discovered that "there may be something to this staging thing" . I'll be turning off commenting on my reblog of this post, so please post your comments on the original post. Lets show her some stager love
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05/05/2010
Penelope Cruz, call me...We need to talk! Penelope Cruz just listed her Hollywood Hills home for sale for $3,695,000 according to Realtor.com. If you click on the link, you can see photos of the home. According to reports I've read on-line, Penelope hasn't spent much time time there, as its been
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05/05/2010