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2009 

  Yesterday someone asked me why, as a stager, I thought it would be important to clients or real estate agents that I understood green.  It is funny, their question made me step back and I realized that the question never occurred to me because I just thought folks would automatically see the b...
01/29/2009
Late last year San Francisco's fabulous California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park received a Platinum LEED certification and now is considered to be the greenest museum in the world.  It is a truly remarkable place.  Not only does it combine under one roof (one amazing roof - but we don'...
01/29/2009
Training and affiliation with North America's fastest growing network of home staging professionals provides opportunity to people who want to start a business with minimum capital investment. The CSP Program is the most advanced entry level program in the staging industry! The differences make u...
01/26/2009
Training and affiliation with North America's fastest growing network of home staging professionals provides opportunity to people who want to start a business with minimum capital investment. The CSP Program is the most advanced program in the staging industry! The differences make us better! F...
01/26/2009
Training and affiliation with North America's fastest growing network of home staging professionals provides opportunity to people who want to start a business with minimum capital investment. The CSP Program is the most advanced program in the staging industry! The differences make us better! F...
01/26/2009
Lovely home in the award winning lake community of Auburn Bay - this is Heartland Homes popular Parker Model.  It has 1320 sq ft of developed living space plus a basement ready to be developed. Open concept main floor has hardwood flooring and 2pc bathroom. The upper level has 3 bedrooms and 2 b...
01/26/2009
I was just watching the Early Show and they are interviewing kids about what first things they think Obama should do in the White House.  It was adorable - the usual "take his daughters to a water park" and "put in some bean bag chairs in front of a TV and sit down and watch TV"  kid stuff.  But ...
01/15/2009
DID YOU KNOW in a recent survey...92% Of people surveyed said "Green" features are important when buying property74% of consumers surveyed buy environmentally friendly products60% are willing to pay more for such items55% say they make a special effort to patronize retailers with a green reputati...
01/12/2009
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  Color is such an important part of how we perceive the world.  From sunrise to sunset we experience our world fully only in relation to the colors we perceive.  And, while there are commonalities in how we perceive color and its effect on us, each of us experiences color differently.  Some love...
01/08/2009
Yesterday afternoon I went to an open house in Berkeley, CA where they were doing a seminar on cohousing.  The Architect/Builderspoke first and you could really see his passion for the project, which is a two home/condo structure in West Berkeley with communal entrance and courtyard.  Most of you...
01/05/2009
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