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6 ½ Reasons NOT To Stage (Part II)

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Home Stager with Ambiance Staging

This time in reverse order, Letterman style!  (A followup to 6 ½ reasons To Stage) bad decor

#6  You have a fabulous sense of style and know that your home doesn’t need staging.  The faux zebra pillows and bronze monkey chandeliers are the IN thing. <--

 

 

 

 

cool decor

 

 

 

#5 You are secretly afraid that you’ll like the way your home turned out so much you won’t want to sell it. -->

 

 

 

 castle in nederlands

 

#4  You know that your home is ridiculously overpriced and that staging won’t make a difference. <--

 

 

 

 shout at agent

 

 

#3  You prefer to blame it on your real estate agent, you can always get a new one every 4 months or so. -->

 

 

 

throwing money away

 

 

#2 You’ve moved into your new house only to discover that you enjoy making two mortgage payments every month. <--

 

 

 

 

 

 crazy cat lady

 

 

And the #1 Reason IS:

You are an old maid with 3 cats and you only have your house on the market because you are lonely and it’s the only way to get people to visit you. -->

 

 

 

 

fendi

OOPS, I almost forgot the ½!

Staging is the Fendi Bag of Real Estate. Its trendy, it’s cool and everyone in California is doing it.

 

 

Have a great day!

Comments (23)

Jessica Hughes
Ambiance Staging - Boulder, CO
Thanks very much :)
Nov 01, 2006 08:27 AM
Michele Connors
The Overton Group, LLC Pitt & Carteret County - Greenville, NC
Your Eastern North Carolina Realtor

Humor- thats what keep me in the business!
love the pictures!

Nov 01, 2006 09:09 AM
Craig Schiller
Trempealeau, WI

NOW I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH the 1/2.

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME

Hey girlfriend... I thought I was the funny stager!

Can I "borrow" this?

 

Nov 01, 2006 09:42 AM
Linda Davis
RE/MAX Home Team - Gales Ferry, CT
Great blog!   It says it all.  My favorite stager blog to date.
Nov 01, 2006 10:32 AM
Jessica Hughes
Ambiance Staging - Boulder, CO

Charity and Michelle~ Glad you found it funny!

Craig~ of COURSE you can borrow it!

Linda and Val~ WOW, thanks, what a compliment!

Nov 01, 2006 11:11 AM
Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time
Craig move over man you have a new kid on the block! Good stuff Jessica. Entertaining, original and well staged post:)
Nov 01, 2006 11:31 AM
Geri Sonkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate 516-457-7103 - Merrick, NY
Long Island Real Estate & Staging Expert
Hey wait a minute, I have those zebra pillow cases and I love them.  I could, however use the monkey chandelier.
Nov 01, 2006 12:19 PM
Jessica Hughes
Ambiance Staging - Boulder, CO

Geri, you mean you don't have THE Monkey Chandelier?????  You gotta get one girlfriend!  They match with the zebra pattern nicely!

monkey leopard chandelier

I was just looking at this again and wondering what kind of monkey is this anywaY???  I looks like a 'see no evil' but with a tux on! Hideous!

Nov 01, 2006 01:08 PM
Geri Sonkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate 516-457-7103 - Merrick, NY
Long Island Real Estate & Staging Expert
Perfect!  It will go with my monkey and camel lamps.  :-)
Nov 01, 2006 01:49 PM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Jessica,

This is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long while. But not so funny that you don't lose the whole point. Excellently crafted!

Nov 01, 2006 01:58 PM
Lucie Quigley
HOLT modern Home Staging - Halifax, NS

OK - it's great to have a little humor in our day, it's even better coming from a fellow stager!

Nov 02, 2006 12:32 AM
Gena Riede
Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA
Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699
Very cute. Good job!
Nov 02, 2006 12:52 PM
Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine - Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent

Jessica, this is a HILARIOUS post, and great pictures to go with it!  Craig is right, you got IT!!

Keep writing posts like this - love reading them!!

Ann Cummings

Nov 02, 2006 10:40 PM
Christina Ethridge
The North Idaho Dream Team powered by SKE Realty Group - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Too funny - I think I'll be linking to this one in an upcoming post on my blog!
Nov 03, 2006 01:20 AM
Ginger S
Wilkinson & Associates, Wilmington NC - Wilmington, NC
Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~
Very Clever, Jessica!
Nov 03, 2006 05:16 AM
Jessica Hughes
Ambiance Staging - Boulder, CO

Rich, Lucie, Jarrett, Gina, Ann and Ginger: Thank You All Very Much!  It's good to not take oneself too seriously ;)

Christina I would be honored if you did!

 

Nov 03, 2006 06:17 AM
Maureen Francis
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel
Jessica, this was hysterical.  Great job!  I really did laugh out loud.
Nov 03, 2006 11:19 PM
S. Leanne Paynter ☼ Broward County, FL
United Realty Group, Inc. - Davie, FL
Davie, Plantation, Cooper City & Weston Specialist
Jessica, this was absolutely hilarious!!!  Thanks for the laugh.

Funny thing is... I recently showed a million dollar home where the owner had the tackiest sense of style I've ever seen in that price range and, among other things, actually had a zebra pattern faux painted ceiling in the master bathroom.  This was in a very nice, upscale gated community.  My client and I couldn't stop laughing!!!
Nov 24, 2006 10:34 PM
Teresa Granado-Staging-Redesign-Fontana,CA.
Granado Design - Fontana, CA

Jessica!

After a few days of dragging my fluffy butt in and out of my behemoth with 4 wheels, in 100 + degree heat, canvasing and getting discouraged with one too many..."I'll give it some thought about it and let you know."

I read your post and thought (irreverently)...HEY..now HERE'S a novel approach, maybe I should try this!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU for giving me a reason to laugh so hard I almost fell off my chair and keep on going.

Aug 22, 2007 07:02 PM
Jessica Hughes
Ambiance Staging - Boulder, CO

Teresa~ Glad to oblige!  I actually do have a top 10 reasons NOT to stage in my Realtor presentation, which goes over quite nicely!

 

Aug 23, 2007 04:12 PM