Phyllis Pafumi's (phyllispafumi) Blog

Well once again Kathy Nielsen, Stager Extraordinaire has got us all going down memory lane. It was hard, at first, to come up with a favorite room transformation but as I got to thinking, I thought about posting my last job just before Christmas. It seems that with every house I stage I say the s...

In today's market it so important to UPDATE your home to appeal to a larger number of potential buyers. Some elbow grease, a small investment and a professional home stager can dramatically transform your home. One of the FIRST recommendations I made for this room was that ALL mirrors and panelin...

As 2008 comes to an end and we anticipate the New Year, we all need a time to reflect back on this past year. Our blessings, our hopes, our dreams, our goals, our failures, our successes. The team of ReStyled to Sell has had a fabulous year with Stagings and Redesigns We have watched our business...

If you are like me you love those little tidbits of information that will make our life easier, while a lot more pleasant. Okay then, strong, stinky smelling paint, especially if it is oil based, what to do?? Well while staging a home last weekend my seller was amazing me at all her little tricks...

I want to thank everyone for all your valuable information and ideas that you so generously passed along to me with regard to setting up my table for the Home Buying and Staging Seminar that was held yesterday by KHovnanian . It was a HUGE SUCCESS and I was happy with the outcome of my table. I w...

This has been a long, overdue project, and as we all know in our business, First Impressions Matter Most, so it was killing me that this aspect of my business was never getting taken care of. Thank you TONY and SUSAN for helping me achieve the look I have always wanted. You matched my colors perf...

I received a frantic phone call from a realtor last week saying he needed to get a vacant condo staged IMMEDIATELY!! Okay, I do hear this all the time, everyone wants their job yesterday...but here was his dilemma... He had recently become the agent for a group of condos that were finally nearing...

Everyone I speak to these days have been singing the same old tune...things are slow around here, not much business going around, phones hardly ringing, etc. etc, etc. So what are you to do if you are running your own business? I have found this bit of down time THE PERFECT TIME to revamp my mark...

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. I love the weather, the color of the trees, the food and the festivities that go along with fall. Here in Old Bridge, New Jersey my favorite thing to do with my grandson is take an old fashioned hayride at Cottrell Farms. I just can never get enough of a...

I am not sure if this is happening in your area but in the past month I have been on several consultations where the SELLERS EXPECTED THE REALTORS TO PAY FOR THE STAGING OF THEIR HOME!! Is this happening to you, and if so what should you do?? Let me first say that I truly belive that realtors sho...