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Offering Free Home Staging

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:02:09 -0600

"Offering free home staging". Magic words or at least attractive words to sellers. But those words aren't coming from professional stagers, they're coming from listing agents. Smart agents who know the real value of this unbelievably effective marketing tool. Here's advice to sellers who consider signing a listing contract for that reason or sellers who recognize what an important added service that is. Be sure you understand exactly what professional staging services your listing agent plans to provide. You might get a comprehensive consultation with a Professional Home Stager, a great benefit and a great Do-It-Yourself tool that will mean a (often much faster) successful sale for you. Or...your agent could be offering a limited consultation with a pro, even offering to pay part of a professional stagers fee if you agree to have the staging done. To some listing agents offering "Free Home Staging", however, that means placing towels in the bathrooms and a plant on the kitchen windowsill. I'm NOT implying that the listing agent is trying to mislead anyone, only that the level of education and skill in Home Staging that a Realtor has can range from very little to Realtors who are actually certified or accredited as Professional Stagers. You might notice I keep saying "Professional Stager", I just want to be clear. Just as a homeowner would hesitate to have their very skilled, very conscientious plumber install a new roof, or ask the landscape maintenance company to paint the house, hesitate long enough to find out if the staging you get is up to the same quality and standard as you'd expect from a Professional Stager. A good Real Estate Marketing Team is set up to let the members do what they each do best.

Liz Harrison President/Staging Consultant

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Staging Still Highly Recommended

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:42:22 -0500

Received an update from the FSBO Blog...yet another article on the importance of staging and the basics. While the info is very basic, this might be a good link to share with listing clients or anyone even considering selling a home. http://fsbo.fizber.com/2009/09/30/the-home-staging-cheat-sheet/ . This wouldn't be enough, generally speaking, to help a seller stage a home but it might be enough to prompt a professional consultation. A comprehensive consultation with a written report (i.e. plan and "honey-do list") is a very effective way to stage a home that has a minimal cost. Sellers need to be motivated tho, to do the work.

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The Market is Unchartered Territory-Staging is Not

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:43:25 -0500

Economists and Real Estate professionals are all making a good college try at predicting where the market is going, what's working and what's not. And many of them admit that we're in uncharted territory so predictions can change with the wind. What is not changing with the wind, are certain "flaws or deficiencies" in homes that will almost always turn away a buyer. A good professional stager will have ideas on how to work with or work around those challenges to still illicit the interest of a buyer. It requires engenuity, creativity and often, even just a very reasonable budget to make changes that will completely change the look of the room.

Go to this link Biggest Losers: 20 Home Design Features That Send Buyers Running to find a very comprehensive listing of those tough to sell features in homes. Below you'll find before and after photos of a couple design challenges I was able to help my clients with. The result on both, was a quick sale!

Ah! Seventies cedar! This was what potential buyers saw as soon as they entered the house. It obviously dated the house, made the dining area appear much smaller and squelched interest in seeing what else the house had to offer. A simple overlay of sheetrock, texture and paint brought this room into the new millenium.

Then in this 1970's kitchen, the space for the refrigerator wouldn't accomodate the sizes of more modern models. In its place was a wire storage rack, commonly used in pantries and garages. Since a new countertop was on the "to do" list, we simply created a space that looked like it had always been there.

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Business Image-Same Premise as Staging

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:29:50 -0500

There's nothing like seeing your ideas on paper come to fruition in a 3-D, real world space. I recently worked with a Salem OR area business to redesign a retail space: to lighten and brighten and to show off the features (in this case, the merchandise) the business has to offer. The owner and I met a couple of months ago to discuss what it was he was looking for. The family business in a vintage, downtown building hadn't had a "space lift" in decades. He had a contractor but no ideas on where to start and how to accomplish his goals. It became my undertaking to come up with ideas, solutions, a redesign plan and a process on how to complete the project most efficiently without disrupting daily business operations. Following my consultation with the business owner and his contractor, I turned them loose to begin the work. There were frequent phone calls and a few visits to assure that things were on track to meet a deadline for a big promotion that was to begin mid-August. While there are details to finish up on and some new lighting to install, the results are clearly apparent. Customers are noticing the new look immediately and staff is noticing more sales and a new ambience in the place. The owner is certain that the changes will improve the business's image as a professional and customer oriented music mecca.

You're invited to follow the blog of the Mid-Valley Professional Stagers to get better acquainted with first-rate, professional stagers serving Oregon's Real Estate Community.

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Do The Math

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:40:20 -0500

It's often difficult for home sellers to swallow the cost of home staging of a vacant property. It's labor intensive for a stager so the one-time staging fee can run anywhere from $700-1500 depending on the size of the property, the number of rooms being staged, price range and location of the home. There's an additional cost for rental of furnishings and accessories that is incurred monthly, usually several hundred dollars. I'd say the average investment my clients make for staging a vacant home for three months is less than $2500.

Don't say 'ouch' until you consider the information found in this article in Realtor Magazine (taken from an AP source. "Maintaining Vacant Property Can Be Expensive" is typical for sellers who need to leave a home before its sold. Add the monthly cost of the mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, lawn care and mainenance. Odds are it adds up to at least the same amount as a 3-month investment in professional staging.

Based on current statistics from RESA and Staged Homes com, properties that are professionally staged are selling in around 30 days. The seller in the article had carried his property for nearly 2 years! Had he staged prior to listing, odds are very good that the house would have sold long ago (provided it was priced right). Hypothetically, if his home sold just two month sooner, he would have recouped more than his initial investment. Say the staged home sold in the average DOM we're seeing for professionally staged homes today...32...This seller would have saved himself over $26,000!!!! I'm no financier or mathmetician :>) , but that's a return of 10 times his original investment. "Money Saved is Money Earned" goes the old adage. In this buyers’ market where price and presentation are king, sellers can't really afford not to stage.

You're invited to follow the blog of the Mid-Valley Professional Stagers to get better acquainted with first-rate, professional stagers serving Oregon's Real Estate Community.

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14 Step Marketing Plan For Listings - Step 1 Staging Strategies

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:36:27 -0500

From the words of Derek Meyer, a Salem OR escrow officer, you'd think he was a home stager. He gets it! There's something mysteriously satisfying about hearing someone else sing the praises of professional home staging. Thanks Derek.

Via Derek Meyer (Ameri-Title):

Friends -

As promised I'd offer up some Internet nourishment from the Millionaire Real Estate Agent Book by Gary Keller. I firmly believe this book is a fundamental foundation to success in real estate. However, many of us dont necessarily have time to read entire books cover to cover. So here is some food for thought.

Step 1) Staging and Pricing strategies

Have you ever walked into a subdivision with multiple homes for sale and the model home is the only one thats furnished and staged? Tastefully decorated, beautiful color schemes on the wall, a hint of vanilla smell and fresh coffee. The home is warm and inviting with a little touch of light music playing. Your buyers are busting at the seems to know where the decor came from and this home seems to be absolutely perfect.

However, you as the agent see the minor imperfections that all homes share. Your ability to recognize these minor imperfections and incorporate them into the sales presentation bares no weight on the buyers emotional attachment to this home. Ultimately the buyers buy the home and they are happy. You have created a relationship for life.

Now, tell me how many times this has happened in a home that is vacated or furnished by its current home owners? I can tell you how most of your showings go. Because I too was once a real estate agent.

You walk into the home, and their is an odd smell. Maybe something that was cooked and not properly cleaned up. Maybe someone forgot to take out the trash? Beds arent made, dirty laundry piled a mile high in the large spacious utility room. Their is a monster sectional and gigantic TV that occupies 3/4 of the living room and bleeds into the dining room making that room appear smaller as well. The kitchen is cluttered with appliances hiding the beautiful counters and back splash.

The home itself fits the buyers need perfectly. Location, price, product itself. You obviously can see that. And you incorporate it into your sales presentation. Ultimately, it bares no weight on the buyers emotional unattachment to the home. All the buyers in their mind see is a cluttered home, funky smell, and unimpressive home. Which means... no sale for you.

I know this has happened to you. It happened to me more than I care to share. That is the power of staging. Happy Selling

Derek Meyer -

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International Home Staging

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:12:34 -0500

One of my teenaged daughters recently left home for a summer student exchange program in Costa Rica. Now... I have forever been a real travelbug so I'm thrilled to hear of her adventures and to learn about the details that define the culture of the small, Central American country. After I read her e-mails, I find myself Googling everything I can about Costa Rica even real estate for sale. Bright colored, stucco homes with courtyards wait in quiet villages for the right family to come along. I peruse the photos, wondering what retirement in a warm climate would be like...Retirement???? Way too far away for me. So instead, my thoughts drift toward entrepreneurship there...Oh to be the one to bring home staging to the forefront of real estate marketing in some sunny, exotic place where siestas reign as a favorite pastime, barefoot is the dress code and the sound of wind in the palms beats out the sound of rain on the rooftops. I glance now at the pineapple and mangos that grace my fruitbowl, and begin to figure out how to say "Spruce It Up! Home Staging" in Spanish.

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Salem OR Recent Staging Successes

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:27:35 -0500

Stayton 3/2 Home

Oct 2008-April 2009-Vacant, on the market for 6 months w/multiple price reductions

April-May 2009- Removed from the market, replaced carpeting, professionally staged by Spruce It Up! Home Staging.

May 2009- Relisted w/ new agent for more than last asking price. SOLD in 3 weeks...cash offer at nearly full asking price!

West Salem 3/2 Home

April 2009- Home was cleaned out and professionally staged by Spruce It Up! Home Staging

May 2009-Listed on WVMLS and under contract in 14 days.

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Want vs. Need

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:44:07 -0500

Yahoo news had a short feature today http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/242/home-accessories-you-dont-need/ about a few of those "Igottahavit" purchases that are simply a waste of money. As a professional stager, I've walked in so many homes, filled to the brink with enough stuff to fill 3 houses. There's a line that gets crossed between what can be called "eclectic" and what becomes hodge-podge. If you have the right things in your home, that function how you need them to, that suit your taste and lifestyle then there's really no need to keep on buying. And if you surround yourself with things that work for you, you might not be inclined to keep looking and buying. Professional stagers also do "redesign"-a skill that takes what you've got and makes it work in the space. No need to buy more igottahavits, an opportunity to purge what you don't use, even make a little cash on a garage sale or craigslist. Don't hesitate to call on a redesigner to help you make some right decisions-not only money well spent but often results in money saved.

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Proof that a Home Staging Consultation Really Works ~ SOLD 2 Days after Listing!

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:56:20 -0500

Maureen is a colleague of mine in the Portland OR area. It's great to hear about the staging successes going on. I continue to believe that professional staging can get homes sold even in times of slow home sales. This is a great example of how effective a consultation can be...a very good, affordable option for home sellers who are motivated "Do-it-yourselfers"

Via Maureen Bray ~ Home Stager Portland OR ~ Room Solutions Staging (Staging that Sells Portland Homes):

Room Solutions Staging was recently contacted by a local Portland-area Realtor who includes our consultation service in her listings, since she knows that homes that are properly staged stand a much greater chance of selling quickly and for the best possible price. This home was on the market in 2007 but didn't sell, so the owners decided to try again, this time with our expert home staging advice ~ and it was under contract just two days after listing!

The sellers worked quickly to get all of our recommendations completed, and the results were outstanding. Once we advised how they could reuse and re-purpose their own furnishings, they were able to stage their own home without having to buy or rent any furniture or accessories. Here are some Before & After photos of this successful owner-occupied staging ...

Before you list your property, consider having a professional home stager provide a detailed consultation that's specific to your home. When you're selling your home it's difficult to be objective about what cosmetic repairs might be necessary, how to arrange the furniture, the best way to hang the wall decor, or how to accessorize, etc. Our expert advice can give you all the details on staging your home yourself, for a very reasonable cost. You'll love your ROI!

Sellers and Agents ~ Contact a professional home stager in your area for a low-cost Consultation. You'll be glad you did!

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This home was staged by the homeowners with advice and tips from Room Solutions Staging in Portland OR. We provide home staging consultations as well as full or partial staging services including an extensive inventory of furnishings for vacant or occupied homes for sale. For more information please call us @ 503-246-1800. Room Solutions ~ Staging that Sells Portland Homes.

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From Realtor Magazine-Staging Tips

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:59:58 -0500

A recent edition of Real Estate News put out by the National Association of Realtors offered some great ideas. My personal contribution is under "bedrooms" but there are many other ideas worth paying attention to. http://www.realtor.org/rmohome_and_design/articles/2009/0904_home_stagingtips

Regards, Liz

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You can make a difference with volunteering - phase 2

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:18:34 -0500

Another professional networking group I'm affiliated with has a volunteer activity going on this week. One of our members has asked us to bring donations for a family crisis and homelss shelter she works with. Canyon Crisis Center, 475 NE Santiam Hwy in
Mill City. There is so much need in our communities...I take great pride in being a part of the business community that wants to help meet some of those needs.

Via Lisa Sherman - Certified Home Stager & Redesiger - Interior Aura, Salem Oregon (Interior Aura):

Last week I blogged about phase 1 here of a recent volunteer project and I promisted you an update on phase 2 of the H.O.M.E. Youth Resource Center... so here it is.

The following weekend, January 31st, three members of Mid Valley Professional Stagers (MVPS), along with the generosity of one community member and three men from the National Guard, we tackled the removal of carpet and the pad throughout the main and upper level of the resource center. Two local contractors also contributed services by relocating the washer, dryer and 2 refrigerators as well as installing a wonderful storage solution for the teen's backpacks.

With hammers, pry bars, gloves and masks... we were ready. Over the years, a different carpet had been added to each room, giving it an eclectic mix. Much of the carpet pad was so old that it just fell apart. Based on the large volume of traffic and condition of the carpet, it appeared to be 15+ years old. We were thrilled to find hardwood flooring underneath that was in pretty good condition.

The following week, donations for area rugs, 2 new sofas and miscellaneous items were received to help provide warmth in the transformed spaces.

Above is a group photo of the carpet removal team and below are a few action shots from everyone hard at work. As you can see, the men handled the majority of the "muscle" part and us women were the staple removers and clean up crew. We were tired (well exhausted, really) and dirty... but another day that resulted in a HUGE difference for the H.O.M.E. Youth Resource Center and the at-risk teens it services!

Article submitted by Lisa Sherman with Interior Aura. Copyright 2009.

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Staging Helps Homes Sell Faster - Join TICOR TITLE for a Series of Staging Classes

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:51:02 -0500

Rosi: Great idea getting our class info on the Active Rain site. Members of the Mid-Valley Professional Stagers Network (your "instructors") are looking forward to this event!

Via Rosi Green (Ticor Title):

~Join Ticor Title for a Series of STAGING Classes for Area Real Estate Professionals ~

Help your seller embrace the staging process

Understand staging as a powerful marketing tool

Top 10 staging tips

Enter to fin a FREE staging consultation (compliments of your speaker)

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Sellers Willing to Pay Higher Commissions?

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:55:51 -0500

I just read some interesting info on another blog. (http://activerain.com/blogsview/1024528/Would-You-Pay-More-To-Sell-Your-House) Something about sellers being willing to pay higher commissions or bonuses to agents to ensure that their house gets more showings. I really am being very objective when the question popped into my head..."Why would someone pay a higher real estate commission when a less costly investment in professional staging would yield better results for showings, better results for DOM and better results for selling price???" Perhaps because a) Sellers are being convinced by some agents that paying more for your agent gets you a better salesperson, or b) sellers still don't have enough information available to them about the value of professional home staging, or c) agents don't have enough knowledge about the proven success of home staging to be able to use it often and effectively in their marketing plans, or d) All of the above.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Jamal Malik has done it again! The correct answer, for 20 million rupees, is...D-All of the above.!"

The final million dollar question remains...How can we professional stagers improve the knowledge base of consumers and agents to use the very effective tool of home staging?

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Staging is Marketing!

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:22:13 -0500

I recently saw an article on another real estate/staging related blog which I'm declining to share just because my related spike in blood pressure has made me forget where I first saw it. But I will tell you that the first few lines of the article referred to staging in terms like "House Fluffing" , "House Primping" and "the art of decorating". I'm hoping to use that as an opportunity to educate consumers and even professionals in the real estate industry about REAL home staging.

Professional staging is a much more involved process than fluffing or primping or decorating might imply. I stress to REALTORS I work with and to my clients that Professional Home Staging is an essential MARKETING TOOL. A good stager knows the market, knows the target group and knows how to package a product (your home) for sale. Its like the difference between how a window display at an upscale boutique might look compared to an aisle endcap at a discount department store. While decorating may be part of the staging package, the real objective of professional staging is to highlight the positive features of a home, address any challenges or obstacles to potential buyers and to use a universal style to create a space that will appeal to a broad range of buyers. Its important that consumers (sellers) work with experienced home stagers to take advantage of all the substance professional staging offers. Just "fluffing" or "primping" is promoted by amateurs and won't help much in selling a property.

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STAGING:It isn't just for real estate anymore

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:14:08 -0500

I enjoy getting "out of the box" once in a while to use my skills in marketing and staging. At a recent Home and Garden Show, I staged the booth for a local mortgage company. They loved the homey feel that brought people in to talk about home loans and refinancing.

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A Flair for a Fundraiser

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:39:43 -0600

This past weekend, 2 colleagues of mine from the Mid-Valley Professional Stagers (MVPS) group and I had an opportunity to do a community service project. The Salem Art Association had its annual fundraising auction and dinner, ClayBall. We professional stagers recommended the layout for the festivities, hung the art for auction and "staged" displays for 3-dimensional art and the many non-art items up for bid. Where plain paper describing a weekend in Ashland laid, we placed medieval candlesticks, a book of Shakespeare's works, a framed photo of the playwrite and of course, a rose. Beach stays were highlighed with sea shells, beachbags and sandals and cooking classes drew attention from bidders with colorful kitchen accessories and cookbooks. The staging, which I've done for the Art Association for 3 years, added a richness to the event and encouraged the bidders to linger and really look at all the great things being offered at the auction. I'd like to think that along with the great wine, the staging had much to do with the success of the fundraiser. It was a long day with set up and take down of over 100 items but the chance to enjoy such an event was well worth it.

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Collaboration vs. Competition

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:43:35 -0600

I recent;y attended a roundtable forum in Portland OR where I formerly served on the board of a regional professional association. I live in Salem and have discovered several other stagers (2 IRIS 2 IAHSP) willing to collaborate and work together to build the market in the Mid-Willamette Valley where change is slow to come. One of our goals is to promote the value of our work, our professionalism and our commitment to a high standard of excellence. If you are a professional stager or redesigner (trained, insured, carry a designation, have an affiliation with a professional association) in our area and would be interested in same, please contact me: Liz Harrison Spruce It Up! Home Staging 503-428-8434 liz@sprucestaging.com

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Staging Creates Character In Vacant Homes

Liz Harrison ASP (Spruce It Up! Home Staging Salem OR ) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:14:43 -0500

by Liz Harrison ASP, IAHSP board member

Builders all over the country are dropping prices, offering free upgrades, paying closing costs and providing any number of incentives to buyers. New home sales are down. The entire housing market is down and forecasts aren't indicating an upturn in the immediate future. Because these new homes sit vacant, builders and owners take losses month after month, tying up funds that are needed to keep construction businesses going.

Professional Home Staging is a long-proven tool that provides the competitive edge for home sales in any market. "Staged" homes sell faster -two to three times faster-and most often at full asking price than comparable un-staged homes. Accredited Staging Professionals (ASP) prove it works for any home, vacant or occupied, but for different reasons. The difficulty in showing/selling vacant homes is three-fold. Professional Home Staging eliminates every one of these obstacles.

Firstly, buyers have trouble imagining what the space will look like if they lived there. Rooms look bigger or smaller than they actually are, buyers can't judge whether and how furniture will fit and they can't always identify the best use for those non-descript areas like bonus rooms, offices, etc. Professional Staging fills in the blanks and leads the buyers' imagination.
Second, the best features of the home such as fireplaces, great windows, beautiful wood floors loose their "wow" factor because there is nothing to highlight those features. Professional Staging draws attention to those primary features that will sell the house.
Finally, and probably most importantly, an empty house feels EMPTY. Generally, they are cold. Voices echo. Blank, neutral colored walls and floors lack appeal. There is nothing in the space to elicit that "Welcome Home" sense that a buyer has to feel before they'll make an offer. Ninety percent of the population can't visualize a vacant house as a comfortable living space. Professional Staging creates a warm, welcoming environment that buyers can imagine themselves living in.

Barb Schwarz, Creator of Home Staging and CEO of StagedHomes.com, puts it simply. "Buyers only know what they see...not the way it's going to be." More and more, savvy builders, agents and sellers of vacant properties are routinely using Accredited Staging Professionals (ASP) as part of their sales and marketing teams. Having that competitive edge in the home market pays off. To view data on the success of Professional Home Staging, go to http://www.stagedhomes.com/mediacenter. For answers to your home staging questions write liz@sprucestaging.com or call 503.428.8434.

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