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Now an Award Winning Stager... wooo hooooo!! Thanks IRIS!

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team

This year I decided to submit for the 2008 IRIS photo contest held at the Riding the Wave Conference in San Diego, CA.  I entered a few of the categories, but honestly, I don't redesign and I rarely do owner occupieds anymore.... I refer those to my team.  I had a slight struggle deciding what photos to submit for the vacant home staging living room category (the only one that allowed vacant staging).  I have this tendency to forget to take the before photos (shame on me) and then there is a problem of making sure they are the exact same angle (which was clearly stated on the entry form). 

Finally I decided on a home I recently staged....

  

AND I WON!!!!!  It is the first time that I have entered photos to this contest.  It was very exciting!!!  Unfortunately it will be the last time I'll be able to enter it.  Now that I am an instructor we will not be allowed to submit our photos.  That said, we have discussed adding a 'class project' to the contest, so now I'll be able to enter rooms that my students have done!  That means that they will all have the opportunity to become award winners too!!

So.... for all of those of you who voted for me, THANK YOU!!!

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 Author Bio: Melissa Marro, Home Staging Industry leader, Realtor, and entrepreneur offers a unique perspective on New Home Construction, Resale Residential Real Estate, and Home Staging

For more information on buying or selling in the Fleming Island, Orange Park, or Jacksonville, area, visit StageListSellNEFL.com or call Melissa Marro (marro.melissa at gmail.com), Keller Williams First Coast Realty, for more information (904-466-2093).

 

Comments(15)

Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Congratulations Melissa!  I enjoyed these photos when you posted them and wrote about this home a few months ago. The staging was fabulous-color palette was very lovely!! 

Oct 12, 2008 12:45 PM
Michele Hess
Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL
Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Congratulations Melissa!  I remember these photos too!  You do awesome work and it is certainly deserving of acknowledgment and award!   You may not be eligible to personally win this particular award while an instructor, but I predict your work will be acknowledged/rewarded in other venues.  Continued success & thank you for sharing your knowledge of the business with all of us too! 

Now,  go shout it from the rooftops as you have inspired all of us to do!!!!!

Oct 12, 2008 10:32 PM
Kathleen Garvey
HomeSmart Cherry Creek - Denver - Denver, CO
Denver's Neighborhood Expert - Listings & Sales

Good for you Melissa!  Congrats!!  Regards-Kathleen G

Oct 12, 2008 10:43 PM
Donna Schoby
Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Congrats Melissa! Your work is awesome as always. It's easy to see why you won! Thanks for sharing the great news with us.

Oct 12, 2008 11:43 PM
Kate Hart
Hart & Associates Staging and Design - Radnor, PA

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! send out a press release! You deserve it! your fan, kh

Oct 13, 2008 12:19 AM
Charlene Storozuk
Dezigner Digz - Burlington, ON
Home Stager - Burlington Ontario

That is so awesome Melissa.  Very deserving.  Congratulations!!!

Oct 13, 2008 12:25 AM
Michelle Finnamore
Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON
Preparing your property for sale

Congratulations Melissa!

This is another perfect example of why I always say- just do it. If you don't do it, you are guaranteed not to win or get whatever it is you are thinking about going after.  The only person stopping you is yourself and the limitations that you put on yourself. 

Yeah Melissa!!!!!

Oct 13, 2008 12:27 AM
Home Staging
Showhomes - Nashville, TN

Congrats - you deserve it!

Oct 13, 2008 12:40 AM
Teresa Mills Schremm
Looking Fine by Redesign, LLC - North Olmsted, OH
Online Home Staging - Coast to Coast, ASHSR

Congratulations, Melissa!  A well deserved honor...the transformation is beautiful!

Teresa

Oct 13, 2008 01:12 AM
Robyn Guinn
StageAZ - Phoenix, AZ
Home staging, Arizona

Nice job Melissa, your work always looks wonderful!  Congratulations.

Oct 13, 2008 04:04 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

No surprise to me Melissa. I noticed a long time ago when I got in the line named "Fans of Melissa's work" that it was quite lengthy.  You should feel very proud! 

Oct 13, 2008 04:11 AM
Debbie Wheeler
Real Estate Staging/Rooms Rearranged, LLC - Chandler, AZ
Chandler, AZ Rooms Rearranged RESA, IRIS

Congrats Melissa!  Your staging was great and you deserved to win.  Great photos as well.

Oct 13, 2008 06:02 AM
Patti Glover
Stage It In A Day! - Moorpark, CA
CISS,RESA, Home Staging, Ventura County CA, Conejo Valley, LA

Congratulations Melissa!  I love the color palette in this home.  I had to leave before they gave the awards out, so I missed the excitement!

Oct 13, 2008 07:32 AM
Jennifer Duchene
Lift Your Spirit Home Transformations - Palo Alto, CA
Stager & Redesigner

Congratulations again Melissa, well deserved.  Good point about taking pictures from right place for before and after.

The trick is you never know where the good place is going to be before.

 

 

Oct 17, 2008 05:15 PM
The Rains Team
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners - Hoschton, GA
A higher standard in real estate

Congratulations Melissa! The room you created is beautiful and the photo shows off the room perfectly.

--Anne Rains

LadyofRealty.blogspot.com

www.TheRainsTeam.com

Oct 20, 2008 05:41 AM