You know that annoying feeling when you can't find that piece of paper on your desk, or that favorite pair of jeans you want to  wear?

What about if you couldn't find your desk...your closet...your home, your family pet or most cruelly, a loved one?

Devastation is the word we've all been hearing, but it pales with the images the rest of us woke up to this morning...I cannot wrap my brain around what these residents are going to be facing in the weeks and months to come: the loss, the trauma, the sheer scale of rebuilding their lives.

A few years ago fellow Stager and AR-er Janet Jones shared a post, and her way of paying it forward.  Will Work for Food raised both awareness and funds for a cause near to her heart, the Maui Food Bank. and planted in my mind a really solid way to help from a distance.

The Red Cross is clear, they need money. Money for food, shelter and medicine, money for rescue and recovery efforts. To help support these efforts, The Refreshed Home announces Working for Moore: Consults for a Cause, here's how it works

  • Call now, mention this post, and book up to two hours of Interior Decorating or Home Staging interactive consulting through May 31st. 
  • At the end of our time, you write  a check to the American Red Cross for the rate of $95.00/hour, and I mail it in a pre-addressed envelope

Consults can be for buyers as well as sellers, remote, or for shopping services and in-home/on-site in Westchester and lower Fairfield county.  Vendors and agents can give my time as a thank you or a closing gift, also suitable for housewarming, birthday, anniversary, graduation...or just because.

In times of tragedy, we all do what we can do. Do good, get good, call now 914.607.2895. 

Working for Moore: Consults for a Cause

 

 

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"Home Staging is anything that betters the market position of a property, while easing the minds of both the seller, and Realtor"    ~TRH

Our spaces affect us profoundly. Whether you are buying, selling or staying-The Refreshed Home is your Westchester County Decorating, and  Home Staging specialist. Bettering Westchester and lower Fairfield County  CT homes since 1981, we know it's about more than a good visual.

The Refreshed Home helps you plan, and make good decisions.  It's creative and quality direction for the DIYer, full service to the busy, or out of the area homeowners/landlords.

Need to sell? Have listless listings? Just ready for a change? Know that something needs to be done, but don't know where-or how-to start?  Let The Refreshed Home be your partner in change.  Because when your space works, so  many other things fall into place!

Marie Graham ASP, IAHSP, IDS Your Stager With A Mission!

QUESTIONS? Don't hesitate!! 914.607.2895 

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White Plains, NY

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