You are right to beware of the consequences.  Remember too that the baby boomer colors are returning in styles we see today.  And that's a real baby boomerang.

That one really hit home.  How often are we glib, inadvertantly at someone else's expense?  It's so sad to hear about couples divorcing after soooo many years together.  My husband and I have been married going on 13 years this year.  We've lived in this house for 3.  I can't imagine having to part with so many treasured items that my husband and children bought for this special occasion or no reason at all.  Thanks for the gentle reminder.

~Renae

That is sad. Even in my relative youth there are things I have that evoke memories, smiles and sometimes pain.  Imagine 30 years of stored  memories - hard to toss out!

Jackie,  You are so right in the return of many of the former trends in color that can be tweaked apposed to overhaul.  Seniors are always more willing to listen.  May I add baby boomerang to my ongoing compilation?

Hi Sharon-

Home stagers must be sensitive to many issues that sometimes force a house sale.  Divorce is one that we see so often, and emotions can be so overwhelming.  I had a client that wanted to give away everything that reminded her of her husband, but I could tell from her living situation that she could benefit from a garage sale instead.  So, I offered to help her with the garage sale & then we staged with what remained. These jobs where we donate some of our time are the ones that mean so much to us.

Kathy 

Hello Sharon....who true the experience brings us new perspective. It's all good, however if we are allowing ourselves to see and feel. Nice post!

Sharon, don't beat yourself up over this.  Who hasn't developed hoof-in-mouth disease at least once in their life?  The fact is that you recognized that there was a flip side that was serious, and that shows your compassion for other people and their situations. 

Please visit my blog where I am compiling words and phrases:  Unstaged, Restaged, Upstaged- a Stagers Dictionary it's all in fun and you can get your game back on.  I'd love to see what ideas you have.

Pam,

I posted a little blog 2/29 titiled STAGFLATION that began my idea of a a dictionary.  I would love to see someone continue the idiom with everyones' input plus graphics.  Feel free to use whatever I have contributed.  Others responded to my blog with some pretty good stuff as well.

This could be good.

Please tell me about visiting and signing on to others blogs, somebody

Sharon

If we are lucky we will get to experience the pain first hand.

If we are lucky we will get to experience the pain first hand.

Sharon, to visit someone's blogs you can click on the person's name and see if they have a blog, look up a group and click on a blog within it, or under "Search" above, click in a subject and see who has bloggged about it and make a selection.  Hope that's what you meant.  You can also subscribe to blogs and get notifications when new posts have been made. ( For example, you can subscribe to mine! ;)  Hope this helps.

I think you brought up a great point of being more sensible to others and what we write about. I am so glad that you helped this woman out and now she is settled into her new space comfortably!

Cheers,

Cindy 

It is all a matter of respect.  In our line of work, we need to portray ourselves as experts in our field, but we need to remember to do that with compassion.

Great post! 

Hi Sharon, don't beat yourself up too hard. The way I see it we have two choices...

1. We can laugh at them now and be laughed at later...

2. Or, we won't make it there.

You're right. It's not all that funny. Later in the rain~Deb

Thank you everyone for permitting me to fall on my sword so gracefully.  It is so good to hear from others in the BIZ who want to profit financially, but make gains in human respect at the same time.  It's tough out there for everyone.

Sharon