home staging: WAS IT PARTNERS IN CRIME? - 08/17/09 04:20 PM
Often times as home stagers we find some real interesting things behind, over and under the furniture we move around.
At a recent staging, this particular find had me laughing out loud. As I was moving furniture around in the living room, I found a pile of small pieces of
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home staging: Speechless Sunday: Pillows Come In A Variety of Shapes & Sizes - 08/09/09 09:05 PM
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home staging: Home Staging...in Peacock Garden - 08/08/09 11:29 PM
This past week, the team at Empire Home Staging Solutions had the pleasure of staging this charming Santa Anita Village Park home in the beautiful city of Arcadia, CA. Some of the locals know this area as "Peacock Garden" because of the wild Peacocks that roam the neighborhood and are
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home staging: The Collection of CLUTTER...How NOT To Sell A Home! - 02/22/09 03:19 AM
A CLUTTERED and DISORGANIZED home pretty much sums up...
How NOT To Sell a home!
Americans...we just love collecting stuff. We can't seem to help ourselves when it comes time to buying things that we really don't need. We are bombarded with infomercials and the advertising of products that promise to make
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home staging: Selecting a Pleasing Color Scheme - 01/18/09 11:28 PM
Choosing a color scheme or theme for your home is an important part of bringing continuity and harmony to your homes interior space. When remodeling or building a new home, selecting materials for some can be an overwhelming process. Today, there is a wide variety of selections to choose from in cabinetry, lighting, flooring, paint and
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home staging: I GRABBED IT QUICK, and Couldn't Believe Their Eyes! - 11/21/08 12:53 PM
Checking my emails this morning I came across an email from Pat Starnes a member of Active Rain. It read:
You've received a contact message from your Contact Form on the ActiveRain network.
Message details: From: Pat Starnes Email: pats@mcintoshandassoc.com Subject: you've been tagged
Michelle, you've been tagged! Please follow this
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home staging: Inland Empire Home Stager Meets The Ladies Of Construction! - 11/15/08 12:14 AM
Thursday, November 13th, The National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) gathered for their monthly business meeting and dinner at Antonino's in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. The National Association of Women In Construction was founded in 1953 by 16 women in order to create a support network for women in the construction industry. Today
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home staging: I LOVE MY PROFESSION BECAUSE... a challenge from my dear, sweet, intellegent,kind, & did I mention beautiful?... AR friend - 10/18/08 07:02 PM
Normally on any given day, in my profession of home staging, I am faced with several types of challenges...what to do with the homeowners lime green walls or how to convince clients that putting linoleum on their counter tops just really is not a good idea! These types of things!
When my friend Kat De Long challenged
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home staging: ENTER: The Time Machine- Part III 1970's - 10/17/08 11:41 PM
It's time to hop back on the time machine and travel back in time to the past! Where the machine will stop, we never know. O.K.,so I know, because I.m writing this post!
2008...1990...1980...1970...Let's see what life was like for professional home stagers in the 1970's!
What would home staging be like
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home staging: ENTER...The Time Machine! Part I-1900's - 10/15/08 12:40 PM
Home Staging is the latest Real Estate craze sweeping the nation... but how would home staging have been for professional home stagers in the years past?
Well...your about to find out...enter the Home Staging Time Machine: 2008... 1980...1960...1940...1920... @#*X@#!..............
What's this, I think we have been transported to a different time...
Ooops..sorry we went a little too
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home staging: Home Staging International: A Peek At Home Staging In France - 09/22/08 10:21 PM
Ahhhh, the French...
Probably best known for their famous WINES,...
their fine PERFUMES,...
their COUTURE FASHIONS and...
...their decadent PASTRIES! Yum!
... NOW could it be that the French will someday be well known for selling their properties quickly?
The home staging business has been captured by
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home staging: Arcadia Resident Feeds Home Staging Professionals - 08/28/08 12:45 PM
Have you ever had clients hang around while you are staging their home?
It rarely happens to us at Empire Home Staging Solutions, but when it does, it usually makes for a longer day! Recently, a homeowner asked if we wouldn't mind her staying in the house while we staged her
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home staging: The 2008 Worldwide Staging Service Week- Professional Home Stagers Giving Back - 08/28/08 10:34 AM
Worldwide Staging Service WeekSept 12-17, 2008
The International Association of Home Staging Professionals Foundation, a non-profit organization will hold its annual Worldwide Staging Service Week this year, September 12-17,2008! This is a time where individually the IAHSP Chapters across the United States and Canada will choose a recipient in their local
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home staging: Bringing Life To Your Apothecary - 08/15/08 12:27 AM
Apothecary jars have been around for centuries and became popular for wide use in the 1400's. Europeans used them as pharmaceutical jars that would hold the many different dried herbs, potions, drugs and fruit pulps. They also held cosmetics and perfumes.
Today many of these
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home staging: Home Staging Costa Mesa, CA! - 07/29/08 09:48 PM
This beautiful bungalow is located in the heart of Costa Mesa, CA.
Professionally staging this home gave me the opportunity to utilize my seaside flare when decorating. This project was so fun to stage... using ocean blues, nautical themed artwork and hints of seashells. Unfortunately window treatments weren't a part
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home staging: A MEETING OF THE MINDS and The Creative! - 07/22/08 02:53 AM
This past week, professional home stagers from all over the United States and Canada came together at the Hilton Bellevue, in Bellevue, WA for 4 days at the 2008 IAHSP Convention.
IAHSP is the International Association of Home Staging Professionals.
The latest in home staging business trends and technology was available to all
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home staging: UPDATE:Bedroom BEFORE & AFTERS/ Arcadia, CA Home Staging - 06/29/08 01:18 AM
In the staging industry, professional home stagers come across homes where they stage only with the homeowners own furnishings, all the time! In these instances home stagers will bring in accessories and artwork to enhance the homes appearance. As we found out with this quaint Arcadia, CA home, in the beautiful San Gabriel Valley, this
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home staging: AMAZING UPDATE:Staging Arcadia, CA; A Gallery Of Wallpaper - 06/20/08 06:33 PM
UPDATE 7/14/08: Just finished de-staging this property and the homeowners are elated! Now on to the next project!
UPDATE 7/07/08: Just got off the phone with the listing agent on this house of wallpaper and she informed me that this house sold in amazingly, just 1 day! In Escrow! The POWER of Professional Home Staging!
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home staging: Sound ADVICE From Albert Einstein - 06/03/08 04:20 PM
There is a lot of inventory available in the real estate market today and real estate agents need to do their best to prepare their clients listings for sale!
Stay ahead of your competition!
Why put your listing up for sale if you are not fully prepared? Using your local resources
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home staging: I've Just Been "TAGGED"! - 05/29/08 03:53 AM
I've been TAGGED--Memorial Day 2008 Supermeme
Oh my GOSH...I have just been tagged by my friend, Kathy De Long . Well, I'm game too..so HERE goes:
Who is your favorite musical artist?
I love Tony Bennett, I'm a sucker for the old crooner!
2. Who is your favorite artist? I have alot
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