One of the basic tenets of good design and of good organization is to group like things. You know how it works – I mean, it is so simple. Open your cutlery drawer and you have a shining example; all your knives are in one slot, all the desert forks in another, the dinner forks take yet another position and so on. Want another example? Bookshelves. Yep, you want to be able to retrieve your decorating books easily or your tomes concerning the civil war – whatever – you group them together for easy access.
So what does all that have to do with the Stage it Forward week in review? Typically, no matter what format I use to present the posts which are used in the reviews there is a grouping of the information in one way or another. So this week when I looked at the list of posts I had gathered through the week to be highlighted in this post my goal was to see the pattern in which they would fit.
I had a few categories which made sense to me but some of the posts were giving me trouble and I couldn’t figure out how to group them. Then it finally came to me. I’ll use my mom’s favorite grouping. Check out the categories and see if you know which is my mom’s. :)
Category One: Sandy Dixon (hey, Sandy was on a roll this week – what can I say?)
It’s time for you to get --- Ready, Set, and Speak
Introductions & Media Kits
Realtor Relations
Category Two: Helping Other Stagers (We all need a little push once in a while.)
For Karen, Sheila and Shobha – A Peek at My Marketing Packet by Kimberly Wester
AND BEHIND THIS DOOR IS…… by Gary Barnett
Speaking Their Language....Can you do it? by Melissa Marro
Want to Give your Clients Free Paint Color Samples? by Michelle Molinari
Category Three: Good Question! (deserving of honest answers)
Will Fabulous Staging Make Up For A Leaky Roof? by Patricia Kennedy
Is Your Listing An Idol Or Just Idle? by Karen Dembsky
How Different Does Your Home or Listing Look on the Internet? by Kathy Nielsen
Category Four: Because I said so! That's Why!
What To Do With Old by Barbara Cluck-Mitsits
This is NOT ok by Christine Craig
It wasn’t the staging, it was the price reduction…. Uh…. yeah…. SURE! by Melissa Marro
Premature Listing Syndrome – New Hampshire Stager Cautions Home Sellers by Sharon Tara
What are your favorite comebacks to Realtors who don’t believe? by Tessa Skeens
Category Five: How do your table settings measure up? (includes past posts)
There is something I had to tell you…and finally I remembered…Do you use silverware in your “Tablescapes?” (Members Only) by Fernando Rosado
Staging a Dining Room Table Without Cutlery – An Alternative (Members Only) by Charlene Storozuk
Staging Alternatives to “Setting” the Table by Conni Tebyani
Because this table top discussion seemed to be a bit of a hot issue this week I decided to include a few posts from the past to round out the discussion a bit more. There were many to choose from but these 9 were easy to find and had some interesting information in them. What do you think?
Jackson West spoke about cutting the cutlery.
Jackie Peraza took a look back and mentioned cutlery.
Debra Gould gave us her take on table settings.
Staging tips and table settings came up in Michelle Minch's post.
Here is what Pam Faulkner has to say on the subject.
Setting a table with flair is Kathy Dyer's topic.
Cindy Lin entertains guests.
Craig Schiller added his voice to the discussion too.
And Phyllis Pafumi discusses simple ways to set the table and the stage.
Is someone ringing the dinner bell? Or is that the sound meaning, "Get Back to Staging!"
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Yvonne- LOVE it! Clever idea and great graphics! Gee, now I wonder which one was your mother's...