Transforming Lives by Transforming Homes is no joke!
In my 5 day PRES home staging and redesign training program we learn a 10 step formula on the first day and then students get to apply the formula in real client's homes. We do a home makeover for living, which we call a redesign using the client's existing furnishings, and we also do a home staging preparing the house for selling.
Home redesigners continue to create amazing transformations not only in the home, but in the LIVES of the people that live in the homes. This testimonial actually took my breath away because it is so AMAZING!
This is what happened months after we as Change Agents, started the process...
Since Dana and her students literally "transformed" my house back in February, I have been overwhelmed by the response... not only from my own family, but from friends and family who have visited as well. By changing the three rooms they did, it started a roller coaster of change… I tore 20 year old wallpaper off my upstairs bathroom walls, continued to de-clutter (one of the chief "to-do's" given to me from Dana in the beginning), and then pulled up equally old linoleum, scrubbed walls and floors, painted cabinets and walls, and only chose things I really loved to decorate the space. It was amazing!!!
In another room I got rid of an extra desk, de-cluttered some more (with help from my spouse this time!), and tahdah! Another room that helped me fall in love with my home. In fact, this was the comment made by my Mom when she came for a visit… it actually looks like you love your home now! I now have the oasis I look forward to at the end of the day.
A huge mound of "garage sale" items are piling up in our garage, and I am continually looking at items I have held onto and have pledged to add weekly to our sale items. This involves sometimes making difficult decisions… (do I love this? why have I kept this?), but I have also made space and found things I had forgotten I had!
My daughter was inspired, and we have begun to make changes in her room as well… rather than have these rooms as "dumping grounds", we are working at making them a place we enjoy to be.
I still have a long way to go, but I am so much happier with where I am now than I ever have been. Dana gave me a gift that would be difficult to re-pay. I can only rave about her talents, (which I do often!) and recommend her services to anyone who wants to love their home, or is planning to sell.
How cool is that! This is why I love what I do and proud that I make a difference in the way people live in their homes!
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