My Uncle passed away in Ormond Beach in February.  

 I did a post on that earlier.

My sister and I arrived there as soon as we could to say our good-bys and do the family thing of looking for photos, memories and papers.

A month later we learned: 

Much to our surprise, we inherited the house because my brothers & sisters & I are the closets living relatives.

 This "forced" us to go to Ormond Beach again prepare the house.

Those of you who follow my posts know that I specialize in Estate work here in Michigan.  The process usually takes a few weeks with my team to organize, have an estate sale or donate to charity and prepare the house by staging.

This time, we had to look for all the items that a PR looks for, donate, clean and stage in ONE week. We intended to hire out the cleaning and staging.  The reason we didn't is a long story and would be one whole posting.

My uncle was a bachelor again since 1992 and the house showed it.  His touches were evident.

Here are my "before' and "after" photos of my uncle's Florida home

The cost of purchased staging materials was $200

These are adorable and were replaced with plain white ones. I know my friend Marianne would approve.

The office "before" photos have disappeared from my system

after

Dining Room

The big piece of art is now in the family room

 Family Room "before" have disappeared too. Darn it

After

The large art work from the dining room is on the left wall

These six are before of the Living Room.

The X-Mas tree has been there for years

 After

This is all we could do in a week. 

I'm working now with a stager in Florida to finish the job.