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Ok I am tooting my own horn!! I am so excited and I just can't hide it............

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:36:11 -0700

Today on Monday even though I feel like it was one of the worst Mondays I have had in a long time. Everything that could go wrong was well on its track, then I opened up an email that said ......

Congratulations Debby.

The Design Selection Team at Ava Living has chosen your project from among 1,000’s for this week’s Ava’s Choice! I’ve included is a special commemorative photo for your use and distribution. This photo will appear as one of the featured projects in Ava’s Choice slide show for 7 days, from Monday, April 12^th until Sunday, April 18^th at 10PM PDT.

Only Ava Living promotes your works to people from over 150 countries through Ava’s Choice and also on the Facebook network with our application named “Interior Design” which features the Design of the Day. At Ava Living, we are continuing in our mission to bring great designers and your designs to our growing international community.

You can use the Invite system built into Ava Living to invite your friends and clients to view your works and remind them that Ava Living is fun, fast and FREE.

My very best wishes to you Debby for your continued success in 2010.

David Bassett-Parkins

Founder and CEO

so here it is the office picture that won.

I just signed up with them a month ago and loaded my projects there to see how it worked. There are some designers on there that do awesome work so I figured mine would get lost in the shuffle. But this weeks features are all about offices so mine was included and do you see in his letter he mentioned out of thousands (1000's) WOW ME! I said to myself!

Here are a few more of that office, it is all my designs in there that I actually built and finished especially made for my client's husbands birthday present. The window treatments, chair, lamp and side table. All the office desk accessories I finished out with HD Emblems. Here is the softail that inspired me.

So stop by avaliving.com and enjoy the work of designers every where and I am now going to have a glass of wine and celebrate.

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

If you are caught licking your fingers you must be at the Red Brick BBQ in Silt, COLORADO

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:39:47 -0700

Just pass the round about with the naked mountain climber, yes you read this right. In the center of our little town of Silt, COLORADO round about is the naked mountain climber made out of stone.

Yes the statue is all about the things you can do in COLORADO. It made national attention last fall, see this link on Denver channel , it was the talk of the whole valley.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20689868/detail.html

Back to the reason of this blog is just behind the statue is the BEST BBQ on the Western Slope of COLORADO.

Red Brick BBQ is owned by Daniel & Molly Fredrich of Silt.

As you can tell by the picture they have fun with what they do. Daniel is from Texas but he loves COLORADOand he can smoke any kind of meat and make it taste GREAT! Daniel and Molly were trained in the culinary arts in Denver, C. They have been chefs in Aspen, Denver, and Snowmass and Glenwood springs.

We have had brisket, chicken, pork, salmon and he made some sausage from his Grandpa's secret family recipe and Oh My Goodness! My husband brought it home for me and made a Sunday breakfast omelet to die for. Molly is the dessert queen and I am not kidding you she knows pastry. I took her some of our fresh farm eggs and she made chocolate-cream cheese bread pudding.

So in your travels plan to stop in Silt, COLORADO, it's just 16 miles west of Glenwood Springs, COLORADO off of the 1-70 interstate and have some good ole Texas BBQ at the Red Brick BBQ and say hi to the two wonderful people there that makes you feel right at home. Visit their website @ www.redbrickBBQ.com

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

God loves drunk people too!

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:15:12 -0700

Have to start and finish each day with laughter! God Bless everyone!

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the
door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken
stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," says the husband, "it is 3:00 in the morning!"

He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife.

"Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks.

"No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!"

"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about
three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? .

I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! God
loves drunk people too."

The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding
rain. He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband.

"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.

"Over here on the swing set," replied the drunk.

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

It is officially MUD SEASON IN COLORADO! "WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG? I won't complain much about cleaning my yard since these guys had to clean up after mother nature!

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:51:57 -0700

Well the week started out with a Rock slide on 1-70 in the Glenwood Springs Canyon closing it for 5 days in both directions. Living in this beautiful state you never know when rock slides, mudslides or avalanches will happen. It really keeps you on your toes in a sense.

When you are driving through the canyons getting to work or a client's home it goes through your mind what could happen. Most of us are on our own mission and want to just get our tasks done for the day so when we are inconvienced by acts of nature it makes a few mad but most of us are happy no one (this time) was hurt.

I think it is really amazing to hear people say "What is Taking so LONG to clean up!

Well let me think, the boulders are 6' x 8' & 10' by 20' in size and my rake and yard equipment just can't do this task!

Besides there is some engineering to work out for removal. And in the process of cleanup a crew goes up the mountainside to see if more boulders have come loose from the weather warming up and the ground moisture releasing the rocks. GO Figure! That really can't happen in a hour or two.

Why are we so impatient in today's world?

May this week start out better!!

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Blonde wants to prove she can paint to her Husband

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:57:48 -0800

This blonde decides one day that she is sick and
tired of all these Blonde jokes and how all blondes are perceived as stupid.
So, she Decides to show her husband that blondes really are smart.

>

> While her husband is off at work, she decides that
she is going

> to Paint a couple of rooms in the house The next
> day,
right after her Husband leaves for work, she gets down to the task at hand.

>

> Her husband arrives home at 5:30 and smells the
distinctive smell of Paint. He walks into the living room and finds his wife
lying on the Floor in a pool of sweat. He notices that she is wearing a
heavy Parka and a leather jacket at the same time. He goes over and asks Her
if she if OK. She replies yes. He

> asks what she is doing and she Replies that she
wanted to prove to him that not all blonde women are Dumb, and she wanted to
do it by painting the house.

>

> He then asks her why she has a parka over her
> leather
jacket.

> She Replies that she was reading the directions on
the paint can and it Said...

>

> You'll love this...

>

> I know you

> will...

>

> "FOR BEST RESULTS, PUT ON TWO COATS.

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

SIMPLIFY-Staging creates leads for your property so you don't get lost in the 100's of homes on the market.....

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:38:41 -0800

S- Staging

I- Impresses

M- Many

P- Potential

L- Lead

I- Interests

F- For

Y- Your PROPERTY

I know it as been said many times but STAGING your property really does put it at the top of the list. When a property goes up for sale and it is cluttered and not cleaned to the finest detail, your potential buyer will click right pass it on the Internet where most of your leads will come from. Unless you want them to give you a bid for a fix it up you better clean it up.

Right now as there are 100's of homes on the market and 100's more now that spring is around the corner you need to be ahead of your competition. A Professional Property Stager can have your property cleaned, detailed, and stage your home to place it at the top of the list. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE KNOWN as the SMELLY HOUSE, the CLUTTERED HOUSE, the UGLY DATED HOUSE, the OMG YELLOW HOUSE and so on.

When you STAGE your property you will have a better chance at getting your asking price. Because they can't beat you up on price when you are showing them the benefits and features of the property by STAGING it Professionally.

Call ATITUDE DESIGNS 970.230.0479 or visit our website @ www.altitudedesigns.com for our e-digital service where it doesn't matter where you live you can get great service

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Marriage counseling advice from children

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:29:38 -0800

1. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
-You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
-- Alan, age 10 (good plan Alan)

-No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
-- Kristen, age 10

2.  WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
-- Camille, age 10

3.  HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF 2 PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
-- Derrick, age 8

4.  WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
-- Lori, age 8

5. WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
-Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
-- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)

-On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
-- Martin, age 10

6.  WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
-When they're rich.
-- Pam, age 7
-The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
- - Curt, age 7
-The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
- - Howard, age 8

7. IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9
(Bless you child.)

8. HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
-- Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is...

9. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?

Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.
-- Ricky , age 10

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Garfield County Library Workshops for Home Staging and they were a Success!!!!!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:27:36 -0700

Late September I scheduled 4 library workshops on Home Staging and the results were SUPER!!!! In fact so SUPER that I have been so busy still in October I am now just getting to blog about it. One lady traveled 80 miles one way to hear about it and made an appointment. Another has me redesigning and making window treatments for her home. The librarians told me it was the most people they have ever had for workshops.

I used a power point presentation and showed them what not to do and what I could do for them. I also explained the average costs of home staging based on a home I had just staged which was priced at $415,000.00. They thought my costs were reasonable for our area. I explained to them that I work with the real estate industry to help market their property with the most profitable results.

What I learned from the homeowners was very important to my business and the real estate industry. They have lots of questions and want to know how to market their home using the internet and new marketing tools.market and economy. They want to know how to best use their money and get noticed. They are interested in home staging and understand the benefits and want to include their realtor in the process but didn't know how to ask the realtor about home staging. I was so excited that they were asking questions, they stayed late to talk to me. I had a realtor drop off her clients for this. They do get that they are dealing with hundreds of other homes as competition in this market and economy.

So what I think is we need to find a way to get the Homeowner, Realtor and Home Stager together and help the Sellers show the potential Buyers what great property they are selling . That is what they want!

So Realtors what can we as Home Stagers do to team up with you and help the Sellers and Buyers see the best of what the real estate industry has to offer? I would like help finding ways to work with you and assist the homeowners. Please give me suggestions on this because I know after listening to the homeowner that they want and need this also.

I also met a Realtor named Brad Plantz with Sopris Realty who interacted with me and the homeowners about home staging. It was great! I recommended AR and he joined so please WELCOME Brad Plantz!

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Garfield County Libraries present Home Staging Workshops

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:27:04 -0700

Garfield County Libraries will bepresenting 4 Home Staging Workshops for Homeowners & Realtors by Debby Puckett with Altitude Designs. New Castle, Glenwood Springs, Silt & Rifle Colorado are setting up workshops to teach homeowners and realtors about Home Staging and its benefits. Or if you wnat a new look with your excisting furniture and accessorieslearn about ReDesign. Please see each branch's schedule below for dates and times. Please mark your calendars for these workshops to learn how to market your home even in this market. Call Debby @ 970.230.0479 for more information e Designs

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Home Stager's Stimulus Stragety from the desk of the C.E.O Clutter Eliminating Official....

Wed, 06 May 2009 13:58:14 -0700

I like the idea of WORKING out this economy situation for us little people so I am announcing today a strategy that will put money into our economy and keep everyone WORKING (and paying taxes). For you Americans who are ready to sell your home or you bigger people who are willing to sell one of your homes this is how it will play out.

1. Call a Professional Home Stager and she will do an evaluation on your property and will provide a WORKING plan that will direct you on how to proceed.

2. On that list you will find out that you may need some painting, electrical , intense house cleaning, or landscaping done to complete the package for resell. This is where we help the little people who keep this country moving and functional. We then hire these professional little people to complete the needed tasks and keep them WORKING. Then the Professional Home Stager will set up your property so that the first impression says WOW-That Home Stager is GREAT!

3. We then call the Realtor of the homeowners preference and get that agent's group WORKING.

4. The Realtor will call photographer, printer, an appraiser,and any other professionals they work with and keep that group WORKING.

5. We will then get an offer on the fabulous staged home and put a mortgage lender, an inspector and all their office help WORKING and anyone else that completes the task.

6. We will close on this property and get a Happy Client Referral and keep on WORKING with our Network of Professionals

Did you notice the key word here WORKING

W-wonderful

O-orchestrated

R-real estate professionals

K-keeping

I- individuals

N-networking

G-geographically

I didn't intend to leave any professionals we may work with out. Just wanted to explain what makes the ECONOMY go around. We all help each other provide for our families, neighbors and communities so let's not get caught up in the negative circus and keep going forward in the industry we all love to be connected to... The REAL ESTATE Industry.

From My World Headquarters in New Castle, COLORADO

Debby Langford-Puckett HSE, CEO, CSO,CMO (the more titles I have the more the buyout bonus pays off-Right?)

ALTITUDE DESIGNS

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Ready, set, not selling-Is that the picture you want on the internet?

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:27:41 -0700

You see it all over the country, the listings that have bad photos. I can not believe the photos that get released with houses of all price ranges. "90% of buyers will pick out the top 5 to 8 properties they want to tour from the on-line photos" This office photo shows the corner of the room not the full room and it's cluttered. The kitchen photo shows you can stack as many things in a corner as you need and all the magnets a family can collect. That is all I see and I am a professional home stager.

If you were selling your car you would detail it for the first impression. Your home is your biggest investment, the on-line photos are the first impression that a potential buyer will see. The same when they pull up to the curb, grab a brochure and never come back because the photos show bad room shots and clutter.

A home that has been staged professionally will stand out from the curb appeal to the on-line photos.

Please think about the angle and the clutter before you snap the picture, we had this above home professionally done by a photographer with a virtual tour for less than $300.00

This beautiful Colorado Executive Home is for sale in New Castle, Colorado. Go to www.altitudedesigns for full virtual tour. Call Jessica Peterson with A-Team Realty @970-379-1530 for more information.

Debby Langford-Puckett HSE certified with 23 years experience of looking at good and bad photos.

ALTITUDE DESIGNS of Colorado now has StageOnYourWage™ program for Do-it-Yourself Homeowners. Go to www.altitduedesigns.com and find out how you can have the expertise of a Professional Home Stager and do the staging yourself.

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

IS YOUR PROPERTY PHOTO READY?

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:17:09 -0700

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479

Hello,I'm a AR Newbie from the BEAUTIFUL WESTERN SLOPE of COLORADO........

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:59:40 -0700

Hello, I'm Debby Langford-Puckett from the Beautiful Western Slope of Colorado. I own Altitude Designs a home staging and redesign business. I actually signed up March 27th, 2008 but I have been so busy learning all this information about the real estate and industry associates that I forgot to sit down and write this blog. I'm so impressed with how everyone is sharing their victories and struggles with the community. It inspires me to keep going no matter what happens today, tomorrow has the potential to be better. THANK YOU all for sharing!!!

I also would like you to Welcome Molly Kehoe from Harlan & Mastro Real Estate,INC of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Molly and I met a month ago at the second meeting of the New Castle Garden Club. She was looking for a place for a community vegetable garden and we have some space. The whole community is excited about the garden club's plans for xeroscaping the towns main street, having the Girl Scouts working together with the seniors from the senior apartment complex on container gardening and the 1.25 acre vegetable garden for all the community to work together on. We have a display at the Earth Day Expo this Saturday the 19th at the New Castle Community Center from 11 to 3 p.m. We will update on gardening pictures from the community projects.

Molly and I are also going on our first home staging adventure together tomorrow so wish us luck.

Thank you again for keeping Activerain up and going so newbies can join and learn!!!!

Debby Langford-Puckett

Altitude Designs

www.altitudedesigns.com

Altitude Designs-Professional Property Staging & ReDesign

Debby Langford-Puckett of ALTITUDE DESIGNS is a Professional Property Stager & ReDesigner

Market your Home the Smart Way-STAGE IT and make the 1st Impression it's BEST!

970.230.0479