Mona Lisa's Blog

This was the family home for 40 years. While well maintained, it was very personalized and somewhat dated. The target audience was the 30 something market. TWEAK was brought in right after grandma moved out. I consulted on paint, lighting, what to leave, what to keep. I used mostly the owner's it...

  This is the kitchen after tearout and putting in new windows.            

   What’s a Home Seller to Do???           Many folks hear the sensational real estate national news and think how fortunate they are that they do not have to sell their home right now. Others have no choice. They have to sell and sooner would be better than later. Locally speaking….. Fortunately...

Some of my favorite work is with investors who flip houses. I just love to take something that's been neglected and add new life to it. I am currently working on a flip that I'm so excited about.  It's an unusual property and the owner is very open to implementing most of my ideas for the propert...

As a home stager, I am always meeting folks in transition. I also have to shop alot. And I am the queen of bargain finders. All this brings alot of "deals" into my path. Especially deals on furniture. All these deals allow me to get good buys on my staging items, however, it also creates drama in...

I am addressing this blog to agents. I also happen to be an agent, however, I put most of my energy into staging now. I would like to know from agents who are not using a staging service now, what would it take for you to use one? It's hard to imagine an agent who would not like to have well desi...

I am first and foremost a home stager. My goal is to sell the house. However, I also do redesign occasionally. Redesign has a whole different goal. It's almost the opposite of staging. I have to work really hard to stay in "redesign mode" when working with homeowners. Do any of you other stagers ...

TWEAK Home Staging has the numbers that agents are looking for. I ran the numbers again this week for days on market for my homes that I stage. I computed the Days on Market for how many days it was on market after I staged and until it went under contract. All homes were in the Greenville SC mar...

If you have read a few of my blogs, you know that I recently staged a house that has had some great stories emerge. Well, it gets better. The agent on the house told me today that he has a verbal contract and the paper is on the way. YEAH!!! Less than 20 days on Market after staging. The house ha...

I mentioned in a previous blog on my page about the homeseller who said to "do whatever you need to do to sell this house, only don't touch the cuckoo clock", and left town. I staged and immediately started getting showings. (After 6 months on the market with no interest) Now I get am email from ...