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Holy-Chaos-Batman! Edmonton Home Staging Stays Home!

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Home Stager with Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369

Holy-Chaos-Batman! Edmonton Home Staging Stays Home!


So life can get crazy, yes?
How much of it do we bring on ourselves?


Our neighbourhood has been going to get refurbished with new fancy street lights and sidewalks as well as our street paved, which it has needed badly for sometime.

new sidewalks
No parking nearby, our driveway is on the street side, one of three in our cul de sac, the rest all have alley access to their garages.

new sidewalks






While the heavy machinery is making the house shake rattle & roll, we had a contractor come in to put in baseboards on the main floor as well as patch drywall from previous electrical upgrades, etc and tile the back stairway and front foyer. It wasn't scheduled like that, it just happened that way...

new tile



Madness!

 






Everything piled in the center of each room, the cats can't go downstairs on the freshly laid tile, so the litter box is in the bathtub for a few days, everything is snugged up to the bed, so we have to crawl onto it like we're camping...


And the band has a gig during this and can't bring equipment out to vehicles on the driveway, because we can't park near the house! So we have to hump everything to the alley.

band



 

 




 

wall mud

So; an opportunity arises.


Since everything is in the middle of the floor, why not paint the walls?
Why not? What else can we do to make it more chaotic?

 



That started 2 weeks ago:
We now are parking in the garage again, we can come in either door again,  the litter box is (thankfully) back downstairs,

new tileand the furniture is getting back into place! I still need to paint the front foyer and back stair way and entrance, but that won't be nearly as crazy...

 





The bedroom has had some editing and some new linens. Even Minnie approves!

new paint

new paint
Whew! Just in time for the snow!
Bring on Hallowe'en!

Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Hey Sharon, the story isn't quite over yet, but it is getting back to 'normal'... lol! Glad you like my photo, it's up for a limited time! Then it's on to the next holiday! =D

Oct 13, 2012 01:45 AM
Robert Butler
Aspect Inspection - Montreal West Island, QC
Montreal Home Inspector | Aspect Inspection

That must be why your 'face' looks like that? It does get your attention. Who knew about the cahos behind it.

Oct 13, 2012 02:12 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Peg,  Now that the litter box is out of the tub, fill it with hot bubbly water, pour yourself a nice glass of wine and CHILL.  Geeze your life has been crazy.  Time to decompress my friend.

Oct 13, 2012 02:43 AM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Peg, you do seem to take on a lot and make the best of it at the same time...too much going on for me!

Oct 13, 2012 03:36 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Bob, the story behind the face: One of the Chamber of Commerce's I belong to was having a 'Which Witch is Which?' in their local paper, so I got made up and a before & after went in so people could guess. I've showed people this photo on my phone and they always ask who is it? lol

I do look a bit crazy in the photo, but that was before the stuff I wrote about here... =D

BB, funnily enough I just came in from a soak in the hot tub & read your comment! It's not nearly as peaceful with a big front end loader doing laps around the cul de sac though... lol

Oct 13, 2012 04:59 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Nick! I guess that's why I can be a Stager. Sometimes you have to take the chaos away and allow the zen and beauty to shine through! I'm sure you've had days like this... hopefully not too many...

Oct 13, 2012 05:01 AM
Shanna Day Team Leader AZ & UT - Call 480-415-7616
Keller Williams Realty EV (AZ) & Keller Williams SLC (UT) - Mesa, AZ
Top 0.33 of 1% of 79,000 AZ Realtors

Peg - you always make things fun!   :)   Shanna

Oct 13, 2012 09:29 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Peg, looks like you made good use of the chaos! We had our road done a couple of years ago! The worst part was getting our water supplied from a hose attached to the local fire hydrant that ran to our outside tap. Go figure!

Oct 13, 2012 10:28 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Thanx Shanna, I try to see the good side of things. Not so easy sometimes...

Thanx, Janice, at least we had our regular water supply. Wow, that would have sucked!

Oct 13, 2012 02:48 PM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Peg - I love your Halloween photo; and, of course, i love the cat! Have fun today and y b normal :)

Oct 13, 2012 10:34 PM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Toni, being 'normal' is overrated! And I couldn't be if I tried... =D Thanx for all the positive feedback!

Oct 14, 2012 02:07 AM
Sharon Lord
Maracay Homes - Peoria, AZ
New Home Advisor

Peg - it sounds like absolute chaos around your home/neighborhood!  Way to take advantage of the madness and paint, as long as the furniture is out!  Minnie does look approving of the improvements!

Oct 14, 2012 04:41 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Sharon, the funniest thing is; now we're working on the living room and Minnie Loves the new area rug and Mook, our male cat, is afraid to walk on it... too funny

Oct 14, 2012 05:53 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Sounds intense...it made me laugh!  I feel for ya, but that's just the way it seems to happen...all at once.  It's always the way!  Crazy loves crazy....loved that you decided on top of everything else to paint too....perfect!  The bottom line is you are going to be so happy with your "new" home!

Oct 14, 2012 09:21 AM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Peg - Talk about making a negative into a positive!  Doesn't it feel good to put a fresh coat of paint on the walls?  Your bedroom looks scrumptious with the new linens, and Minnie looks like the cat that got the cream. 

Oh yeah, I'm also wondering where I can get that lovely shade of red lipstick you're wearing in your Hallowe'en profile photo...  Bwaaa haaaa haaaa haaaa.....

Oct 14, 2012 09:45 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Sharon! We are so happy with how everything so far has turned out! Once the first few rooms get put back together, (because stuff got piled in the dining room as well as kitchen) then I can paint the entrances. One was painted 12 years ago and one hasn't been painted since before we moved in! I don't know if the colour started as yellow or white?! Either way, Dave sat down in the living room today, sighed and said I love how this room looks now! Yay!

I found new window coverings on sale(!) and hung them today, so now I just have to get all the art organized and hung and then I'll take some pix...

Sal Gal, fresh paint can change a room completely! Aren't we always telling clients that? lol

You'd look awesome in that shade of red lipstick (although I'm pretty sure it's facepaint)! Mwahahahahahahaha! Good enough to sink my teeth into... =D

teeth

Oct 14, 2012 11:44 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

PEG...OMG what a great photo for Halloween!  Whew that was a lot of chaos.

Oct 14, 2012 12:31 PM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Thanx Rebecca! It is fun isn't it!?! We're getting back to 'normal' now...

Oct 14, 2012 11:33 PM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Peg-It seems I am always in some kind of chaos but I do bring it on myself because I always have so many different projects at the same time. Glad yours will get back to normal. I think chaos is my normal. Smiling

Oct 17, 2012 04:38 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Val, Club Chaos, is what we should call our house, all the time! lol Thanx!

Sharon, I'm glad I'm not the only one who multi tasks! Normal is also relative...

Dec 04, 2012 03:29 PM