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Home Sweet Home Staging Celebrates 4th Anniversary with a Feature, a Tag and 2 Sales!

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Home Stager with Home Sweet Home Staging

It's been quite a week for Home Sweet Home Staging, LLC.

Since last Friday, a post about me was featured in the Week in Review, I've been tagged, the 4th anniversary of owning my home staging business was celebrated, and 2 houses that I staged have had offers.  I bid on another job yesterday that sounds very promising, and one of my favorite Realtors (whose granddaughter rides horses at the same barn as my daughter) told me she has another job for me. 

Since I started Home Sweet Home Staging, LLC on June 3, 2004 I've watched the home staging business explode.  We can all see it happening right here on SIF.  The number of bloggers has steadily increased and an amazing number of success stories have been shared.  It's all good.

    On a personal note, I finished overhauling our landscaping, my daughter graduated from 8th grade on the Honor Roll for All-A's, my other daughter started Segment 2 of her driver's education (God help me!), the website that I created and run for our subdivision was exalted at our board meeting, our Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup (WOOHOO!), I made reservations for 2 major summer vacations. our basement flooded...again (this time from a leak in the fridge's icemaker that went through the kitchen floor to the basement) and implementing the teachings of The Dog Whisperer is actualy working with our dog!  

                            

What a week!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Elaine Manes Gage
Home Staging Online Services - Denver, CO
Staging done ONLINE!

WOW!!!! That's a lot to celebrate, Lil Sis! Sounds like good fortune is shining down on you and rewarding you for all the hard work you do. That's great about your kids, too. It's hard to feel successful when your kids are struggling, but it sounds like the Sweet family is doing great! I am such a goober, as I scrolled down I thought the photo was of your husband, and for a brief moment I thought "Marianne's husband looks a lot like Cesar Milan"! I'll even say congrats to your gosh-darn Red Wings, but only because you are a fan!

Jun 07, 2008 02:03 AM
No Longer Active in Staging. No Longer Staging
Hickory, NC

Congratulations !! What a great abundance of blessings... It's wonderful to hear about your success, your family and you DOG !! Keep up the great work and enjoy your well deserved vacations this year.. Can we ask where you are going??  God bless,

Jun 07, 2008 05:33 AM
Kimberly Wester
Valparaiso, IN

Marianne - Congratulations!  So much to celebrate!  Thanks for sharing it all with us!!

Jun 07, 2008 09:08 AM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

FANTASTIC,  I'm so happy about your anniversary and sales.

Please tell me one of those sales in the house we need to do the estate sale on!!

Is that really your husband?  You lucky woman.

 

Jun 07, 2008 09:19 AM
Marianne Sweet
Home Sweet Home Staging - Rochester Hills, MI
Home Sweet Home Staging, LLC Rochester Hills, MI

LOL!  Elaine!  My husband is handsome, but he's no Cesar Milan!  Definitely no Latin Lover accent, unfortunately!  Sorry about those Avs, but thanks for being a good sport about the Wings.  Now, if I could just get my beloved Tigers going....

Thanks Cheryl!  The first week of July, we're meeting my brother from Colorado, my brother from Florida and their families in Memphis for a couple of days.  Then we're caravaning down to Oxford, MS for my 3rd brother's (and wife's!) surprise 25th anniversary party, which my nieces are throwing for them.  During the second week of August, we're flying to Steamboat Springs, CO for my nephew's wedding.  It's going to be a fun, but expensive summer!

How nice of you to say Kimberly.......thanks!

Yes Virginia, there IS an estate sale!  I'm still waiting to hear if the offer has been accepted, and when we need to start the sale prep.  I hope it's soon so it doesn't coincide with my vacations.  Wouldn't that just figure?  No, not my husband.  Not my dog either!

Jun 07, 2008 11:55 PM
Michele Hess
Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL
Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

It is wonderful to hear when hard work pays off and a business is flourishing.  Congrats on 4 successful years and much continued success!

 

Jun 08, 2008 12:21 AM
Kathy Passarette
Creative Home Expressions - Mount Sinai, NY
L.I. Staging/Decorating

Marianne ~ Congratulations on your 4 year anniversary; I will be at 3 years next month, and am surprised at how that time has gone by, as well as happy I've been able to sustain my business for that long!  May you celebrate many more!

Jun 08, 2008 12:27 AM