Val's Blog: Long Island & New York Area Home Staging including Nassau and Suffolk counties

OK...so Maureen Henry blew me away with her recipes (being the 'cookie afficiendo' that she is, is anyone surprised that the girl can cook?!!)...When you are going from morning 'til night, like me, who the heck has the time to cook?  I love takeout, but it gets old very quickly, is expensive and ...

Saturday, June 16th Today I went to do a Home Staging consultation for a Realtor for his new listing.  Since I arrived about 10 minutes early, I decided to get started and write up my curb assessment.  The house was a cape and in need of a paint job, new storm door, some color on the front door a...

I'm actually away on 'vacation' for a few days of "r and r" up on Martha's Vineyard, but am occasionally checking on my e-mail and the activity on Active Rain...On the way up here, I was thinking about the job that I completed on Tuesday.  It was a huge new construction in a very 'tony' area of L...

  Since Active Rain is such a wonderful forum and a wealth of information, I am going to put a question out there that I hope will get some answers.... As some of you who read my blog I'm "Losing It" Because I Keep Losing It!, already know, I purchased a new Dell laptop in January.  Since I recei...

There was a time when I loved to shop!  My favorite ‘haunts' were Marshalls, Home Goods, TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Pier 1, Target, and Pottery Barn. Today, these stores are all still my favorites, however the ‘rules of the game' have changed.  Now when I shop, it is for a ‘pur...

So, listen to this......I was catching up on some blog-reading this morning and stumbled upon this gem of a find through Gina Dougherty's post  Marketing Home Staging to Real Estate Agents . The Website is http://www.showhousemarketing.com/ and it appears that they offer all kinds of classes to h...

I just have to ask you all for your feedback on a problem that I have been having - ALOT - lately!  It happens quite often after writing a comment (and a lot of thought and time has gone into it) and just as I am about to type in the Active Rain 'fruit of the moment', my computer freezes and the ...