home staging: Memories at ActiveRain -- The Day I Stopped Feeling Inferior in the Rain - 09/28/09 01:03 PM
I have fond memories of the day I felt that I was truly a part of the AR community. My A-Ha moment occured when I read Craig Schiller's blog, "Joy to the Rain", and saw this wonderful graphic.
I found Active Rain in August of 2006 by doing a Google search for Home … (13 comments)
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home staging: The origins of my love for Home Staging.....Buying my first house -- Part 3 - 09/13/09 08:25 PM
About a week after we had returned from our house hunting trip to CA, my husband came home from work and said, "I have Good News and Bad News:"
The Good News is.......We are home owners!
The Bad News is ......... It is Old Stinky!
My husband thought I had gone beserk when … (4 comments)
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home staging: The origins of my love for Home Staging.....Buying my first house -- Part 2 - 09/13/09 08:10 PM
When we first embarked upon our house hunting trip to the San Francisco Bay area, we knew it wouldn't be easy, but we really thought that we would be able to find an acceptable house and still have time to do some sightseeing. As it turned out, we house hunted every … (2 comments)
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home staging: The origins of my love for Home Staging -- Buying my first house! - 09/03/09 11:56 PM
In trying to tell the story about how buying my first house in 1984 was the benchmark for my staging career, Perfection is trying its best to smother Passion with the overwhelming need to include every little detail. I have spent too much time on trying to get it just right....and … (5 comments)
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home staging: Perfection has taken the lead but Passion is still in the race - 09/02/09 11:18 PM
What have I gotten myself into? Yesterday, I announced that I was so inspired by the movie "Julie & Julia" that I made a commitment to blog every day. Today is Day 2 and it is 10:57 PM and both perfection and procrastination are alive and well because I am not … (10 comments)
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home staging: Can Passion Triumph Over Perfection? - 09/01/09 07:57 PM
I certainly hope so because after seeing the movie, "Julie and Julia", I made a commitment to myself to blog every day for a year...starting today. Uhhhh-ohhhh! Going public with that announcement makes it official....there is no turning back. I joined Active Rain three years ago and this is my 35th blog. Yep, it's sad. … (11 comments)
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home staging: Nature and Marketing Contest - 08/16/09 11:59 PM
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home staging: Vacant homes = Belles of the Staging Ball. Occupied Homes = Cinderella BEFORE the Fairy Godmother showed up. - 05/02/08 04:04 PM
HGTV has revolutionized the staging industry with their numerous programs showing how they can transform an unappealing occupied home into the most desirable one in that price range thus increasing the marketability of the home. Even though the occupied home is the star on HGTV, in the real staging world, it … (11 comments)
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home staging: No more Ms. Nice Gal...the kid gloves are coming off! - 08/30/07 08:57 PM
You know you didn't stage those rooms. So why are those photos in your portfolio? Whew...there, I said it!!! My grievance is with stagers who pass off someone else's work as their own in their portfolios. My very first blog on AR, almost a year ago, was about this very subject. However, … (54 comments)
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home staging: Ouch, that stings!....Some HGTV viewers express their opinions on staging - 08/27/07 06:49 PM
Being a member of Active Rain has given me a pretty good idea of how the majority of real estate agents regard home staging. Most seem to be for it! For quite some time, I have been searching for a forum that would allow us to see what potential buyers and sellers thought about staging. And finally I … (59 comments)
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home staging: Do you wait until the home is vacant before calling in a home stager? - 08/22/07 01:00 PM
Most of the staging inquiries I get from my website and Active Rain are for vacant homes. Yet, when viewing Realtor.com, I see many, many occupied homes that could benefit from staging. Will these sellers eventually have to move out and into their new homes and then be faced with staging a vacant?
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home staging: Contest Inspired New Names For Stagers - 08/20/07 09:16 PM
Next time I need to give my 30 second commercial, I won't know whether to say that I am a "Home Lifesaver" or a "Staging Heroine." I discovered these two creative titles from reading all the fabulous entries in the Carnival of Content contest.
The contest was a wonderful opportunity to sing the … (6 comments)
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home staging: Buyers want to be bedazzled by the sparkle and shine! - 08/17/07 12:51 PM
When we fantasize about owning a diamond, we envision it as being spectacular! No matter how little or how much money we are willing to spend to fulfill our fantasy, we still want the very best in that price range. Most of us don't want a diamond in the rough because it … (32 comments)
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home staging: Sellers' lament --- I'm selling my house....not my things! - 05/05/07 05:11 PM
One of the mantras I hear most often when doing a home staging consultation is: "I am selling my house...not my stuff.....why can't buyers just look past my things and concentrate on the house?" Easier said than done. Even if they can overlook the deerhead over the urinal, worn out furniture … (24 comments)
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home staging: Home Staging Should Be a Preventative Measure as well as a Cure for Vacant Houses! - 04/13/07 06:31 PM
Just after Thanksgiving, I got an e-mail from an out of state friend telling me she and her husband bought a new home and were in the process of putting their existing home on the market. I was so excited for her because she was finally moving back to her hometown … (10 comments)
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home staging: It just doesn't feel right! - 03/22/07 04:01 PM
A realtor called and asked me if I could do a hands on staging for one of his listings. I asked him to tell me about the house...what he thought it needed.
He said "It just doesn't feel right".
I asked...what do you mean..."it doesn't feel right"?
He said..."I can't explain … (19 comments)
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home staging: Mission Impossible...Sleeping on a "staged" bed! - 03/21/07 02:00 PM
One of my favorite parts of staging is making the beds in each bedroom I stage look the very best I can without the homeowner having to spend money on new bedding. Not wanting to add to their expenses, I prefer to search their closets and cabinets for something that I … (9 comments)
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home staging: Unexpected Staging Happenings - 02/18/07 05:15 PM
When I started my home staging business, I knew it would be rewarding because, not only would I be doing something that I love, I would be helping people get through a stressful time in their lives and that is my favorite part of this job. What I didn't realize was that it would be … (20 comments)
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home staging: Staging Successes: Yet another staging group...BUT...Realtors are encouraged to join, too! - 02/15/07 09:42 PM
The home stagers of Active Rain are very diverse with a lot of information to share...thus the need for so many groups. As Sheron Cardin pointed out in in her informative blog, Home Stagers; Where to Post and Why, stagers have groups in which they can:
Talk about staging Ask for advice Share staging secrets Rate staging training programs Add … (11 comments)
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home staging: Staging Success: Sparse Bachelor Pad - 02/15/07 01:03 AM
The home was three years old and priced to sell. It had been on the market for two months with lots of showings but no offers. The realtor realized it was because the home looked too sparse and did not feel warm and inviting. Home staging was the solution. The homeowner was a bachelor who wanted to … (18 comments)
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