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Stage It Forward. Week in Review. February 9th through 15th

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Home Stager with Home Matters

Yep, it was my turn in the barrel last week to wave my magic wand and recognize the posts that I enjoyed reading and I thought you would all enjoy also.

So, without further delay, Presenting your top 14.

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Top-10-Tips-to-Love-it-or-Let-it-Go  , Tessa Skeens of Expert Home Staging and Redesign in Fort Worth, Texas.  Tina has Helped guide home owners to answer the question, "toss, sell or donate"

Did-I-Do-the-Right-Thing  Liz Carla of Elite Staging & Design in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.  Liz asks if she did the right thing.  What would you do if you felt like they were asking you to put a lovely dress on a pig?

I-havent-been-so-active-in-the-Rain  Connie Tebyani of Platinum Home Staging Serving Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.  Connie laments that it seems that AR has morphed from a baby into this teenager that I hardly recognize any more.

When-Every-Zigs-You-Must-Zag  Anthea Click of Fresh Perspectives in Franklin, Tennessee.  Anthea talks about being a property merchandiser who becomes your marketing partner to get the listing sold, not just a stager who makes a house look pretty

Do-you-think-there-is-a-link-between-these-Newsletters-Appointments  Melissa Marro of First Impressions in Charleston, South Carolina.  Melissa asks the question "Do monthly newsletters translate into more appointments and more business?"  Do you think there is a correlation between the two?   Another excellent perspective from the queen of newsletters.  Speaking-UP-New-teleconference-series-for-stagers-and-other-real-estate-professionals  In a second post, Melissa announces that she Will begin having monthly teleconferences with successful stagers and other industry related companies. 

Its-Show-Time-For-The-TEAM  Karen Dembsky of Peachtree Home Staging in Peachtree City, Georgia.  Karen discusses the formation of a TEAM that would give them the most powerful sales presentation possible for the home.  Very unique approach.

Home-Stagers-are-you-a-Simon-Paula-or-Randy-when-it-comes-to-your-clients  Karen Otto of Home Star Staging in Plano, Texas.   Karen asks the question of Home Stagers "When you visit a client and make a home staging assessment on their home, are you Simon, Paula or Randy?"

MirrorMate-Frames-Names-Home-Staging-Expert-Kate-Hart-as-National-Spokesperson  Kate Hart of Hart & Associates Staging and Design in Radnor, Pennsylvania.   Our very own Kate Hart announces that MirrorMate Frames has asked her to become their national product spokesperson.

DAY-NINE-One-a-Day-Marketing-Sex-Sells  JoAnne Lenart-Weary of the Decorating Academy and One Day Decorating in Waterford, Pennsylvania.  JoAnne makes a point to do something that grabs people's attention.  You'll have to read for yourself to see if she is really talking about sex..

Will-2009-be-good-to-Home-Stagers  Sveta Melchuk of Home Staging-Montreal in Montreal, Canada.  Sveta ask with the state of the economy being what it is, real estate is in crisis...How bad is it really?

My-First-Bone-to-Pick-with-ActiveRain  Laura Monroe of Creative Agent Solutions in Clovis, California.  Laura says "Hey Guys.. You know I love you. I loved you for a long time.  I humbly submit my BONE to PICK"

htOur-Finest-Day-EVER-As-Virtual-Stagers  Michelle Molinari of FEATURE THIS... in Lafayette, Louisiana.  Michelle tells us that This story may be long but it is worth the read.  She cold not have been more correct.

Simple-and-Decorative-Presentation-Display-Idea  Sharon Tara of Sharon Tara Transformations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Sharon give us a creative and attractive way to display photos for a presentation.

And the award for producing too many blogs to recognize, but deserved to be recognized goes to,        Why-Hire-a-Home-Stager-Part-1through 12    Joanne O'Donnell of Chic Home Interiors, located in Oakland, Californiawrote a 12 part series this last week on "Why hire a home stager?"  This was part 1.  It's worth your while to find the other 11 and read them.

 

 

Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hello Michelle, Your very welcome... I enjoyed it.

Feb 17, 2009 05:31 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hey there Kathy, hope things are going well down south.  It was really a lot of fun.

Feb 17, 2009 05:32 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Thanks Tina, The privilege was really all ours.  Your post was excellent.  Keep writing good stuff for us all to read.

Feb 17, 2009 05:36 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Thanks Connie, Your post really hit home with some of us.  In fact the feelings you conveyed in your message was exactly why myself, Melissa, Karen and Maureen got involved with the moderating.  We feel fairly confident that things will steadily improve so we can all have ourbaby back.  And if they don't, we'll sick Melissa on them! (LOL).  Just don't be so scarce, we always enjoy reading what you have to say...

Feb 17, 2009 05:41 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Gary, Thank you for including my post.  I love the collage of all our photos!  I did miss a couple of the posts, so I really appreciate the heads up!  Great recap!

Feb 17, 2009 06:39 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

hey Gary --- i just gotta love it!  You featured my feature  WOW!  THX!

Feb 17, 2009 06:47 AM
Lori Kim Polk
Premiere Home Staging : Home Staging Services - Roseville, CA
Home Stager - Roseville, Sacramento

Nice job Gary. It was an entertaining week.

Feb 17, 2009 01:01 PM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hello Sharon, You are very welcome.  I thought what you shared was great. 

Feb 17, 2009 01:57 PM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hello Karen, You sound really busy these days.  GOOD FOR YOU.  So if I understand this right, it was a feature of a feature.  Is that like a picture in a picture?

Feb 17, 2009 02:01 PM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hey there Lori Kim..  It was an entertaining week,, odd but very entertaining.  Thanks....

Feb 17, 2009 02:03 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Hi Gary!  The collage reminds me of the  recap you did of the roundtable consensus.  Very clever!  Very clever week in review too.  I needed this as I missed some of these.  Thanks!!   

Feb 17, 2009 02:20 PM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hi Cathy, I like collages, and I like people, so a collage of people always seems perfect.  Thanks

Feb 17, 2009 02:25 PM
Jeff&Grace Safrin
F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate - Valparaiso, IN
SpousesSellingHousesTM

Hi Gary - Excellent recap -sorry we missed meeting you at the Tucker convention - we were speaking at the owners meeting going on during the Homelink event :( next time for sure!

Sincerely,

Grace

Feb 18, 2009 02:09 AM
Wendy Timmons
Move Home Realty - Temecula, CA
Temecula Realtor

Thanks for the recap Gary! It is really nice to find some posts that I might have missed!I am sure it takes a lot of time, but it is much appreciated :)

Feb 18, 2009 08:07 AM
Abby Roselli
ALR Home Staging and Showcasing, LLC - Staten Island, NY
Staten Island Home Stager

Thanks Gary.  I've been MIA and have TONS to catch up on.  This was a great place to begin!  =)

Feb 18, 2009 08:13 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hello Grace, we're also sorry we missed you at the Tucker convention.  We'll make plans to meet next year.

Feb 19, 2009 01:12 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hello Wendy, glad you liked it.  When it's fun, it doesn't seem like so much work.

Feb 19, 2009 01:13 AM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Hey Abby, I've noticed that I haven't seen your name a lot lately.... Well, sometimes we have to actually get busy staging houses.  It sure gets in the way of socializing though .. LOL

Feb 19, 2009 01:15 AM
JoAnne Lenart-Weary
The Decorating and Staging Academy and One Day Decorating - Waterford, PA

Hi Gary, I haven't learned how to work my way around the AR community yet, but stumbled across you!  Thank you, thank you for your mention of me a few weeks ago, As a blogging and AR almost Virgin, how honored I am to be mentioned.  Thank you again. JoAnne

Mar 09, 2009 02:03 PM
Gary Barnett
Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN
Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

No thanks needed JoAnne, I thought your post was excellent....

Mar 10, 2009 04:37 AM