SHARON CHARBONEAU's (upstager) Blog

This is title of an article on healthcare in our national newspaper, the Globe & Mail, on September 14th, p. A15 In summary, the authors state:      "The hysterical tone of the anti-medicare rhetoric among Republcans would make one think Canada is North Korea.  But there is an inconvenient truth ...

  For the skeptical realtors still out there, here is a very thoughtful post from one of your own on the value of home staging. I am pleased to re-blog it and pass on these valuable words.     Home Staging to Sell your Home in Tulsa Oklahoma -  Following is an article home-stager Susan Atwell sha...

THE LAST TIME I WROTE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, I HAD NO PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU; NOW I HAVE A FEW TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE. THE RENOS ARE CONTINUING AND THE CLIENTS ARE PLEASED WITH HOW MY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TURNING OUT; WHICH OF COURSE MAKES ME HAPPY.   BELOW IS TRANSFORMATION OF CHILD...

While I wait for the renovation projects to be completed on my upstaging project in Halfmoon Bay, I visited CA, and had a wonderful time. For me that includes being with friends & their family members, seeing their homes, as well as getting in some shopping and doing some work.  I had a design pr...

  This is a great post that says it all about the value of home staging to both home owners and realtors.       Selling a house is a stressful process.  Preparing a house for sale is a lot of work.  Living in a house for sale can be very inconvenient.  You may have to rearrange the furniture or e...

This is a very valuable post for all to read, especially wanna be home stagers. Beware!!!Today I received an email from a coworker and about fell out of my chair reading it.  I'm not really sure why, since I took my position as Executive Director of Certified Staging Professionals it seems that I...

As I was pondering short, easy to understand descriptions of what homestagers do, and an explanation of why home sellers and realtors should not hesitate to include a homestager on their team, for a presentation to realtors, home sellers and buyers I was preparing, it dawned on me: It's not rock...

Hi Everyone, If u haven't seen our poster yet or heard about this evening seminar, let me tell you about the fun evening we have planned at the Mosaic Market in Davis Bay. The evening starts off with presentations on home staging & re-design, colour theory, value of professional home photos, Feng...

This article in our national newspaper made me proud.  I fell in love with Vancouver when I stepped off the train in August 1971.  I never returned to Ottawa, my hometown, as much as I loved growing up there.  There is just something very special about Vancouver, and of course the Sunshine Coast...

These are the before pictures of the entry hall. The new homeowners loved the hardwood flooring, the two mini windows and the spaciousness of the entry hall, but not the colour, which they felt made the hallway to appear darker than necessary.  I agreed. They also wanted to update the balustrade,...