Georgina, yes it was wonderful. Loved it and enjoyed meeting all the Stagers. By the way, I'm headed to Maui next week, just noticed that you are in Maui. How's the flood situation?

Missy, you are one of the smart ones that realize how important it is to stage. So many Realtors think they can stage...we had to before staging appeared on the scene but what we did was delete furniture and perhaps add a few goodies. Quite a difference with the professional stager and what they do. It's so important for us to back them and let them sell themselves to our Sellers.

Linda, absolutely! We really need to have them talk to our Sellers and sell themselves. It's not our job to sell them any more than it's their job to present CMA's. But, we are a life-line for them and they for us. We need to work together for the common good.

John, it was my pleasure. Together we all make a GREAT team...each being the professional in our own given field.

Mary, it was a great way to end the week and what a thrill to finally meet Craig. We reminisced about the early days of Active Rain and do miss those days when we all knew each other...a smaller Active Rain.

Jeff, I second your comment and miss Craig's writings here on AR. We talked about that and how Active Rain has grown. I'm hoping that he will write more here vs his "pretty blog."  He certainly was the catalyst in propelling the Home Stagers...I hope they realize that.

Maureen,I can't imagine a Realtor not knowing the positive effects of good staging and for those that don't I certainly hope that they soon find out that as a team, working together not only does the house sell the majority of the time but they sell for more than a home unstaged or is it de-staged?

William, hard to believe that there are Realtors that haven't caught on yet, isn't it. Most of us have been staging for years and now there is a professional group that can provide the service full blown. The smart sellers will pay for a home stager if they want to sell and sell for more than the vacant home.

Ann, oh I'm so glad that Lori invited me. I would have hated to miss such a wonderful opportunity.

Kristina, oh you will have such fun...there is nothing like meeting folks you blog with and your peers. All of you are so lucky that you had someone like Craig Schiller to bring you together and be such an advocate for the Home Stager. Have a wonderful time in January at your Round Table Discussion!

Diane, yes they did mention at the Round Table Discussion that you too, were having your get together. Realtors seem to have been a good part of the discussion and it's so sad to see Realtors doing the very same thing they grip about others doing...some Realtors are dabbling in staging and really need to leave that to the Home Staging professional. Dabbling is never the best for the consumer.

I realize that there are those Sellers who wish to not spend any money and for those perhaps the Realtor can make some suggestions but to really have a place "SHINE" requires the professional that spends 24/7 learning and doing. Home Staging is in my opinion, the way to sell a house in the least amount of time for the most amount of money.

Realtors need to back the Home Stager and invite them in to pitch their own profession to the Seller!

Gary, smart man!

Kaye, yes it was exciting and so much being there with all the great people and all the furniture and accessories.

Lori, you are such a peach to have invited me. I would have been furious if you hadn't given me that opportunity...

You did a fantastic job at organizing all these ladies and having Craig fly in was the icing on the cake.

You are truly remarkable and I can only hope that more Realtors find their strength by teaming up with other Home Stagers in their area. Together we make a Mona Lisa!

Thanks again for including me with your Round Table Discussion group.

Karen, it is easy to do since you all have so much to offer and are quite an asset to the Realtors as well as to Sellers.

And Kudos to Lori. I too, am anxious to read her recap.

Yvonne, it was pleasure and I believe that each of you have so much to offer both the Realtor and the Seller...it's a match made in heaven.

Kathy, oh you will have such fun and I hope yours is as successful as Lori's was. Glad you liked the RES...they are such fun to make.

Lupe, you should have seen the shop where the Roung Table was held. I wish I had taken photos of it but, forgot. It was a most impressive place. A great way to spend part of my Friday!

Kim,I just love the RES shows, too...they add so much, don't distort...I add them as often as I can. Glad you liked it.

Craig, I had a wonderful time and it was so nice to meet all of the professional Home Stagers...we are so lucky to have such a resource to help make a gorgeous package when selling a house.

The Home Stagers are so lucky to have someone like you in their corner and to bring them to the forefront.

Can't wait to read you once again and it was marvelous to finally get to meet you face to face.

Charles,it really wasn't my place to discuss that so I put a link on over to Lori's blog article where she sums up the meeting. Much was discussed about organizing themselves, the terminology to be used, accreditation and the role of the Realtor.

They are a great group of professionals and need our support.

Shell,it was great meeting you, as well. The Staging that I have done is nothing like what you folks do. Over the years, long before anyone heard of staging I simply would have sellers remove clutter, remove furniture and place little vignettes where appropriate. However, I never brought in furniture and staged vacant homes. Big difference...I'll leave that to the pros, like yourself.