Promise You Won’t Tell My Husband But I Actually Got Tired of Shopping Yesterday!
Shocking isn’t it. I mean I used to work across the street from the Mother
Ship (The Galleria Mall in Houston) and went there every day! And as a Home Stager, part of my job involves shopping for home furnishings. We need to continuously keep our eyes open for interesting pieces to add to our Home Staging inventory.
Furniture, accessories, linens, artwork.... they all become worn and need to be updated or replaced. And there are pieces we need to add to our inventory that will enhance a particular style of architecture.
And, as in the case yesterday, I needed to furnish a condo with inventory that will remain with the property. Now under different circumstances this would have been a shopper’s delight. But I needed to squeeze about 4 days worth of shopping into one.
We’d waited for weeks to get the final OK from the seller and to get the unit cleaned and ready to go; throw in the holidays and we got it but not until early this week. Wanting
to take full advantage of our selling season, we pushed to make sure the condo was staged as soon as we could and that meant a One Day Shopping trip for me.
Trying to furnish a home in one day... to help show the possibilities and liveability of the home is what we do.
Yesterday I was all shopped out! But with another staging around the corner I have a sense that feeling has passed and the shopping gene will kick in.
One Little Day in the Life of a Stager
Shocking isn’t it. I mean I used to work across the street from the Mother
Ship (The Galleria Mall in Houston) and went there every day! And as a Home Stager, part of my job involves shopping for home furnishings. We need to continuously keep our eyes open for interesting pieces to add to our Home Staging inventory. Furniture, accessories, linens, artwork.... they all become worn and need to be updated or replaced. And there are pieces we need to add to our inventory that will enhance a particular style of architecture.
And, as in the case yesterday, I needed to furnish a condo with inventory that will remain with the property. Now under different circumstances this would have been a shopper’s delight. But I needed to squeeze about 4 days worth of shopping into one.
We’d waited for weeks to get the final OK from the seller and to get the unit cleaned and ready to go; throw in the holidays and we got it but not until early this week. Wanting
to take full advantage of our selling season, we pushed to make sure the condo was staged as soon as we could and that meant a One Day Shopping trip for me. I began yesterday (Thursday) morning and at the end of the day I’d reached my limit.
That is something I’ve never experienced! If you’d handed me the “Don’t Leave Home Without It” card and said have at it, I doubt I would have had the energy,
It’s Not Called Work Because It’s Easy!
Trying to furnish a home in one day... to help show the possibilities and liveability of the home is what we do.
Yesterday I was all shopped out! But with another staging around the corner I have a sense that feeling has passed and the shopping gene will kick in.
(Sh-h-h-h Don’t tell my husband Larry)
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