yvonne root: Helping Home Sellers Realize the Dream of Moving On Part III of a Passport Series - 07/21/08 06:54 AM
This is the third part of a series concerning acquiring “passports” which you will need in order to adequately pursue and receive your dreams. If you haven’t seen Part I you will need to start there to satisfactorily understand what this business with … (1 comments)
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yvonne root: Get the Necessary Passports for Your Dream of Being a Home Stager - Part II of a Passport Series - 07/14/08 03:31 PM
In this, the second portion of the Passport Series, we will take a look at some passports which are important to growing a home staging business. If you haven’t already seen Part I you will need to take a look in order to understand what … (17 comments)
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yvonne root: Are You Truly Prepared to Receive Your Dreams? - 07/07/08 07:13 PM
“Believing in your dreams demands that you are prepared to receive them” Barbara J. Winter in her book Making a Living Without a Job.
The above quote from Winter’s book is written on a 3 X 5 card which is stuck in the French Memo Board that hangs at eye-level … (28 comments)
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yvonne root: Stage it Forward – Rule of Thirds – Week in Review 5/4 – 5/10/08 - 05/10/08 05:51 PM
Because I’m a firm believer in being ODD when it comes to décor (or as those who know me will attest – also in many other areas of my life) I decided to use the Rule of Thirds when preparing this blog post. Here was my original thinking – the posts … (26 comments)
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yvonne root: So You Don’t Believe in the Power of Home Staging - 05/08/08 12:25 PM
Do you believe in the power of marketing in general?
Do you believe the way a product is packaged makes a difference in number of sales?
Do you believe quality or lack of quality is an important determining factor in the price of any product?
Do you believe first … (17 comments)
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yvonne root: Home Staging Practice Which Starts With Great Ideas and Theories - 05/06/08 10:04 AM
“A person’s mind stretched to a new idea can never return to its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
I Had a Great Idea!
In truth I had about eight billion three hundred million six hundred thousand and forty four “great” ideas. With time and the facts of life the list … (22 comments)
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yvonne root: Seller Motivated! (Rant Warning) - 05/04/08 10:27 PM
Have you spent time with a person who feels it is necessary to explain on a regular basis that he or she is SMART? If you are like me, what you may want to say to that person is, “If you are so doggone smart, you don’t have to go around … (22 comments)
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yvonne root: Hairdressers, Home Stagers and What the Heck do They Do? - 04/30/08 02:08 AM
You know what a hairdresser is.
Here is something else you know about hairdressers. You know what it is they do. They cut hair. Hairdressers also color hair and they even take it upon themselves to make curly hair straight and straight hair curly. Hairdressers are on their feet a … (60 comments)
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yvonne root: Home Staging Must Offer House SPECIFIC and Owner EXPLICIT Solutions - 04/11/08 10:04 AM
Each home is indeed distinct.
Even houses which are built with the same plans are occupied by very diverse persons and require different solutions.
An excellent house stager who knows how to address the precise issues involved with each individual house as well as with each unique home owner … (12 comments)
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yvonne root: Home Staging to Impress the Guests - 04/01/08 09:14 PM
One way to be sure to impress your Guests be they home shoppers or the I’ll-be-there-next-week-type is to take the guest bathroom from, “Oh my,” to “OH YES!”
Our plan for this room included:
a bit of spiff and scrub elbow grease a gallon of paint for the … (10 comments)
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yvonne root: Home Staging Vacant Houses May Not Be Rocket Science But . . . - 02/29/08 12:37 PM
For those who may not be familiar with the drill think back to when you were just out of college. You found the perfect little place to live and you needed to move all that stuff from your college living quarters as well as all the “new” pieces your family and … (28 comments)
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yvonne root: A Home Stager Wears Three Basic Hats. . . - 02/19/08 01:51 PM
A Home Stager Wears Three Basic Hats
Handsome Prince
Doctor
Marriage Counselor
Many Sleeping Beauties (builder’s models, spec homes, houses which have never been occupied) lie in wait for the kiss of the Handsome Prince to be animated and brought to life.
Then there are the Patients (vacant properties … (37 comments)
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yvonne root: Playing the Home Staging Business Game - 12/14/07 04:24 PM
Before I was old enough to read I had a few playing cards in my hands. Besides cards our house was always stocked with dominos, dice, and board games. My brother and I were introduced at an early age to both The Book of Hoyle and a Dictionary.
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yvonne root: Fast Facts Concerning the Sale of YOUR Property - 12/09/07 09:10 AM
Fact 1 – any piece of property will sell! No matter what the location, no matter what the condition if the price is low enough the property will sell.
You may want to pay for a bulldozer to take out the one thing that is slowing the sale of your property. But, … (21 comments)
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yvonne root: BONUS Anatomy of Staging a Guest Room - 11/25/07 11:23 PM
Bonus
Because I strive to give more than I promise I used the same premise when providing the information in this series of Home Staging articles. Rather than the five promised parts in the Anatomy of Home Staging a Guest Room I’ve given a sixth part. In this part I … (5 comments)
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yvonne root: I’m Sorry – I Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know - 11/23/07 04:12 PM
A number of years ago my husband and I spent the night in a beautiful hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. We wanted to find a certain type of store (OK, we wanted to know how to get to a particular Antique Store.) so we asked the young girl behind the counter … (24 comments)
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yvonne root: Part III Anatomy of Staging a Guest Room - 11/15/07 12:08 PM
Part III
Lighting the Way
So far in our trip through the Anatomy of Staging a Guest Room we have covered the ceiling, walls and trim with paint. We have also covered the windows with practical and dramatic window treatments. Now we will be peeking at inexpensive ways to deal with lighting fixtures. … (18 comments)
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yvonne root: Part II Anatomy of Staging a Guest Room - 11/13/07 08:50 AM
Part II
What to Do With Those Viewless Windows
In Part one I wrote about the bare wall strategy of painting a guest room in order to prepare it for today’s real estate market.
In this discussion I will be focused on, “What to do with those viewless windows.” … (11 comments)
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yvonne root: 7 Little Known Secrets of Home Stagers - 10/27/07 12:59 AM
Want to know some of the factors home stagers use when preparing a home for sale? Then you have come to the right place. Check out these thoughts, ideas and tools used by home stagers on a regular basis. 7 Little Known Secrets of Home Stagers:
1. An inexpensive (read cheap) dry … (24 comments)
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yvonne root: Five Ways To Use A Rubber Band - 10/26/07 01:05 AM
OK, I admit I'm feeling a little light hearted. Our daughter was married this past weekend. We had a wonderful time at the wedding and for all appearances the happy couple are still enjoying being married.
One of the things that happened during the "dress the bride" portion of the "getting ready … (41 comments)
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yvonne root: Thank You Yvonne Root & Active Rain - You Rock! - 10/16/07 12:24 PM
A few months ago, I met Yvonne Root of Rooms By Root - you may know her as Northern Arizona Home Stager. After commenting on each other's posts and emailing back and forth, we finally had the opportunity to meet at the Phoenix Blogging Conference back in June. Yvonne is more … (24 comments)
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yvonne root: Getting the Word Out -- Part II - 10/05/07 04:20 PM
Taking Making Time to Network - Part II
Step two – participate.
In a recent post I discussed a few of the ways a Home Stager can plan to network. Today, I’ll explain further how to use Networking Groups and Events to get the most out of your networking … (25 comments)
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yvonne root: A Real Hand Car Wash – Yes Virginia It Exists! - 09/16/07 03:14 PM
A REAL HAND CAR WASH – YES VIRGINIA IT EXISTS!
How long has it been since you have been able to find a place where you can get a real hand car wash? You can do it yourself after you drag out the buckets, sponges, wash cloths, the garden hose, soap, … (16 comments)
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