I refuse to expect the worst in people. - 02/11/11 08:58 AM
Warning: This is a bit of a rant.
My son lost his iPod Touch on the bus yesterday.  Today, the bus driver returned it to him.  I was not surprised - I was happy, but not surprised.  Others were surprised. 
I absolutely refuse to expect the worst in people.  
"Ha! Poor girl. Is she ever gonna get used!!"  Anyone thinking that? 
And sure, I have been used from time to time.  But I'd much rather get bamboozled, stepped on, disillusioned, or used once in a blue moon than to go through my life with every encounter tinged with cynicism just so that I can avoid … (21 comments)

All work and no play...may lose the job. - 02/09/11 07:09 AM
I had an "audition" for a strange yet intriguing Montreal home staging project last week. Of course, I didn't know it was an audition, but I guess it would be safe to assume that all of our first contacts with clients are auditions, right?
We went through the house room by room, top to bottom, and the whole time, I was doing what we home stagers and real estate agents do best: problem solving.
I was eyeing the space critically.  And while I did celebrate the great features of the home, my attention was focused on the not-so-great features, the ones that … (17 comments)

Quoted in an On-Line Article on Home Staging - 02/07/11 01:27 PM
Last week, a writer from PropertyWire.ca interviewed me for an article on home staging and its impact on the home selling process.  PropertyWire is a new Canadian on-line community of real estate and mortgage professionals.
The PropertyWire article on home staging, "Staging as Added Value to Your Business," is geared more toward real estate agents, but anyone buying or selling a home may be interested to see home staging discussed from the viewpoint of industry insiders.
For the record, though, I'm not big on the whole cinnamon / baking cookies thing before a buyer comes to visit.  It can seem so contrived.
And I don't think all family pictures need … (11 comments)

 
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