For those of you who know me as Queen of the Loo ( such a great play on my name, thanks to Gina McNew ) A year or so ago, I did a blog, did I say I did one, actually there were several. The blogs started because of a HGTV show where the flippers staged their own house and they staged the bathroom complete with commode cover, lid cover and yes the fitted rug around the base of the toilet..Well it grew and grew from there. It basically took on a life of its own.. SINCE the holiday season is coming upon us I wanted to take a walk down memory lane and bring this festive cover back out for all to enjoy. If you remember the commode cover stories let me know...if not and want to check out the posts and comments..you can find them all included in my blogs.

                                                    SO FOR ALL THE FANS.....HERE YOU GO....

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC  "DESIGN SUPPORT TO SELL OR DWELL"  KNOXVILLE, TN

MARY LOU TEAGUE HSR CERTIFIED HOME STAGER AND RE-DESIGNER

ASHSR EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER PRESIDENT

WWW.HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING.COM

HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING@COMCAST.NET

(865) 368-8484

FOR YOUR STAGING, RE-DESIGN AND HOLIDAY DECORATING NEEDS

We had to update an outdated kitchen to get the property ready to sell. We did knock out a small wall which to our surprise produced a brick wall. Which added uniqueness to the small kitchen area. The project took about 3 weeks, with the help of the owner and their friends the work was completed on time and on budget. We shopped for sale items and the counter tops were done in granite tiles instead of solid as this saved money and time. The floor was done in slate tiles. New appliances were added. This small outdated kitchen turned into a lovely and quaint kitchen.  

                                              BEFORE                                    

AFTER

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC   KNOXVILLE, TN   "DESIGN SUPPORT TO SELL OR DWELL"

MARY LOU TEAGUE HSR  OWNER  CERTIFIED HOME STAGER AND RE-DESIGNER

PRESIDENT ASHSR EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER

WWW.HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING.COM

HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING@COMCAST.NET

(865) 368-8484

FOR ALL YOUR STAGING, RE-DESIGN AND HOLIDAY DECORATING NEEDS

I have finally finished the insert on the fireplace, after taking everyones advice and painting it pewter.

MY FIREPLACE "RE-DO" BEFORE AND AFTERS  ( About time I know !!!) However, it was my fireplace and was not done as a staging job, but wanted to share with you so in case you ever needed to update a fireplace. What a total difference that it made. Thanks to all who gave me great suggestions.

I know that the photo is dark, but wanted to share with you.

HOME STYLE AND STAGING, LLC  "DESIGN SUPPORT TO SELL OR DWELL"  KNOXVILLE, TN 

MARY LOU TEAGUE HSR CERTIFIED HOME STAGER AND RE-DESIGNER

EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER PRESIDENT ASHSR

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  IT IS FINALLY FALL Y'ALL IN EAST TENNESSEE                                           

The staging here in East Tennessee is slow for me, anyways, right now. So to help my pocketbook I decided to do some HOLIDAY DECORATING, something that I have done for years for free for my family and friends. So, now YES I will come and decorate but you have to pay me..works every time..I am loving doing it and loving making the money during these slow times. I am doing some FALL DECORATING now and setting up appointment for the Christmas season. I could not believe just how many people want their homes decorated but do not want to do it themselves. That is where I come in. I have spread the word that I will be available ( more than available ) to have their homes looking first class. Have any of you ventured into this area ? If so, how did you market yourself, were you successful if gaining clients, and what were your prices ?

Last week did a FALL DECORATING for a local company, so thought that I would share my photos with you.

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC     MARY LOU TEAGUE, OWNER     KNOXVILLE, TN          865-368-8484 

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                        MARY LOU TEAGUE, OWNER                    PRESIDENT EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER ASHSR

                         CERTIFIED HOME STAGER WITH HOME STAGING RESCOURSE

I did a declutter last week for a friend of mine and even though she thought that she needed to declutter it was NOT as cluttered as some that I have seen. I wish that they all could be this easy. When we got into the moving things out we also made changes all through the house. We changed out art work from one room to another, etc. Gave the home a new look all together. Sometimes just the smallest change makes a large impact. By moving one piece of art work from the living room to the kitchen, change went from comtempary to modern. Just like that. Is this a service that you do ? they are not selling their home right now, will be putting on the market soon, but have you ever done this type of de-cluttering or rather re-design ? I was in seventh heaven going from one room to the next changing things around. Loved every minute of it...

BEFORE !! AND IT DOESN'T LOOK BAD AT ALL !!       AFTER: REMOVED SEVERAL ITEMS & BOOKS

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC     (865) 368.8484

MARY LOU TEAGUE  ( CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAGER  HSR )

"design support to sell or dwell"

www.homestyleandstaging.com

homestyleandstaging@comcast.net

East Tennessee Chapter President ASHSR

For all you staging, re-design, de-cluttering and Holiday decorating needs please give us a call

Recently I was contacted ( through Active Rain ) by a seller to stage her mother's older home. I did the walk thru, make the presentation, and got the job for "Vignette Staging".  The home is older, but has some very well done upgrades. Even with the upgrades the home is still an older home. I decided to place more modern accessories in the home just to see how it would go over. I spoke with the Realtor  today and she had an open house the next day and everyone loved the staging. She feels that this really helped to show the house, even with an older home, you can use newer furniture and accessories. Several wanted to buy my chairs !!! I had thought that the buyer for this home would be a young couple or single person so I was leaning my staging toward that kind of buyer, and I think that it is going to work. Knowing the market and having an idea of what type of buyer that may be interested in the home helps in staging and what kind of furniture and accessories to place there.

                           "VIGNETTE STAGING"   SMALL PRICE FOR BIG BIG IMPACT !!!!!!!

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HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING@COMCAST.NET  (865) 368-8484  MARY LOU TEAGUE, CERTIFIED HOME STAGER

"DESIGN SUPPORT TO SELL OR DWELL " ALSO SPECIALIZING IN HOLIDAY DECORATING !!!

I recently staged a home where I had to work with what the homeowner already had ( budget was tight ). They had several pillows on the bed and I took several off and still feel that maybe just maybe I had too many. I know that several months ago someone placed a post about too many pillows. Shown below is the photo ( Taken in a hurry ) of the bed and the many pillows. What do you think, too many ? not enough ? Just right ? The smaller pillows in front are mine (along with the lamps) and they are a light chartreuse color. I love working with black and chartreuse, in fact my bedroom is alot like this one..

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC   KNOXVILLE, TN

MARY LOU TEAGUE  OWNER

ASHSR EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER PRESIDENT

WWW.HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING.COM

HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING@COMCAST.NET

Our meeting for the East Tennessee Chapter of ASHSR was held May 20, 2009 at the Copper Cellar in Knoxville, TN. We were excited to have the great folks at Bearden Decorating Center on Kingston Pike, the Benjamin Moore Paint store ( and lots of other great things )...They passed out goody bags filled with paint chips, paint colors and yes we each received 3 paint fans with all the wonderful Benjamin Moore Paints...We are hoping to have a tile store to attend the next meeting, we are always looking for new and different speakers. Who have you used ? Need ideas here...

Our membership is growing and we each look forward to our every other month meeting. It has been very full filling being the President of our East Tennessee Chapter and looking forward to a great year.

Mary Lou Teague

East Tennessee Chapter President ASHSR

Home Style and Staging LLC

homestyleandstaging@comcast.net

www.homestyleandstaging.com

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC

"Design Support to sell or dwell "

I have given up FaceBook for awhile so that I can get back to AR..I have been away and trying to catch up on all the posts and seeing what all my friends have been up to...

After logging in I noticed that I have over 25,000 points...and I think where would I be if I had been here all the time...????

Facebook is like a drug, but you just have to pull away and come back...so here I am ....even though I do see alot of you on facebook...now admit it you are there..and then OMG I forgot  Twitter...my head is spinning...

So keep a look out for me here...I am back and at it again....

So did anyone miss me..please say that you did !!!

Mary lou Teague

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC

KNOXVILLE, TN

"DESIGN SUPPORT TO SELL OR DWELL"

WWW.HOMESTYLEANDSTAGING.COM

I guess that I am one of the fortunate ones...I received a call from a lady whose home had been on the market for almost a year. She needed a stager FAST.... I am just the person I was eager to inform her...( No ego here !!) The staging job was fast and simple, just some moving here and there...paint had already been done..my job was sooooo simple.

Then the good part, I got to talking with her, while de-cluttering the closet...( isn't that where all great decisions are made ? ) She needed her work office, work kitchen, her hubby's office and sectrtary's office and yes even her bathroom at the office re-designed... Something that I love to do is re-design...I will keep you posted on the progress. So far we have shopped til we dropped on buying new things for the office...Can't get any better than that, shopping with someone else's money...

I know that I way under charged for the services...so my question is what do I charge and by the hour or job...I don't want to make the same mistake twice...like I said I way under charged.

HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC

www.homestyleandstaging.com

homestyleandstaging@comcast.net

Mary Lou Teague

"Design Support to Sell or Dwell"