Please help me welcome Jessica Mann to the Platinum Home Staging, Inc. Design Team!Jessica comes to us right out of University of San Fransisco with her 4 year degree in Interior Design, in fact she graduates at the end of May!Jessica wanted get "real world" experience, and see what Staging was a
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04/23/2008
We recently finished a project that touched me personally. A few years ago when my father was ailing, my family (all 5 of us kids) looked into Senior Care living facilities. No, not a quite a nursing home, but a "home" where he could still receive the 24 hour care which he required. When called
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04/22/2008
I'm currently working on a project that Janice Sutton threw my way (Thank you, Janice!) which involves another high end home in The Oaks, in Calabasas, CA. I am very familiar with this neighborhood, and have done several homes "behind the gates". Let me set the preverbal "stage" for you. The Oak
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04/19/2008
I can't believe I hit 10,000 - not that I was keeping track or anything ;-). But more importantly than tooting my own horn, I wanted to thank all of you here on AR.Michelle Minch - For all her support and being the "Other Woman"Craig Schiller- For ALL the thought provoking & sometimes debatable
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04/17/2008
Every multi-million dollar home has a decorator, right? WRONG!I just thought I'd share pics of a few homes we have toured lately; some as bids, some as consultations, some we are in the process of staging. Some of the homeowners are in the process of "pre-staging", others can't seem to let go of
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04/16/2008
The Dilemma: A Teen boy who is a HUGE Star Wars fan but doesn't have anywhere to DISPLAY his collection. Yes, a teenager who actually is into collecting, but he also has 1 of everything to play with. (Mom used to work for Lucas Films ~ which doesn't hurt either). Keep in mind this is a boy who
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04/15/2008
Just like Fernando, we've been addicted to the RES's we can create for the properties we've worked on. Instead of doing the ho-hum before and after photos, we decided to use the Real Estate Shows to their fullest advantage.Each property now tells a story behind the staging, the property, the ser
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04/13/2008
OK, so we were recently invited by a Broker / Owner of several top producing local offices to present our Staging services and how our services could benefit his Team. Gladly, we accept the offer, and during our presentation I noticed what I'll call a "Power Couple" who I immediately recognized.
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04/09/2008
Does "Staging" a home in Poinciana FL make sense? by Bryant Tutas, Broker-REALTOR(R) Tutas Towne Realty, Inc in response to another blog wrote this EXCELENT READ which has spurred conversation, laughter, information from all over the nation as well as some well pointed debates. It has in a litt
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04/06/2008
Recently, while presenting our services at a local real estate office to approx. 25 in-house REAs a very strange thing happened. This was a very high volume office, even in this economy, but what I heard resoundingly was, "How can we compete with all the REOs on the market?" After about an hour
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04/02/2008
