This custom built home is on a 1.6+ acre wooded lot in prestigious swim/tennis/lake community.  It does not get better than this! Amazing view from beautiful year round sunroom. Gourmet eat-in kit. w/island, walks to fabulous yr round Sunroom; Fam. Rm w/two ceiling fans, fplc & built-ins; Master BR w/sitting room, beautiful trey ceiling and Frech doors that walk to the o'sized closet & uniquely designed custom bath.  Full finished bsmt w/rec room, two add'l BR's, full bath and lots of storage.  Owner anxious to sell at $348,000, This is a great deal!

So, a couple of weeks back I was called upon to perform a consultation for an occupied house.  The real estate agent referred me to this client as I'd staged another listing for her a week earlier.  This smart homeowner decided to stage PRIOR to listing!  Gotta love that!!!!!

The consultation included the standard list of things to prepare the house for the listing, primarily to reduce the amount of WALLPAPER in it.  (Almost every room had wallpaper and I'm not even exaggerating.)  I provided options for paint colors for the rooms I recommended as priority to be painted along with referrals for painters.

About 10 days later I received a voice mail from the homeowner stating she wanted me to come back and stage some of the furniture and accessories in two of the rooms.  When I returned the call the conversation went something like this:

Me: "So, how are things coming along?"

H.-O.: "We've been so busy doing all of your recommendations.  3 trips to Goodwill to unload things we decided not to keep and the painters are here and will be finished tomorrow.  I decided that I need Abby to come back and help me because I just cannot do all of this myself!"  {Sidenote, I did provide her with a proposal to come back and do the work for her...}

Me: "I told you I'd come back, you just had to let me know when!  I know it's a lot of work to get prepared.  What do you want me to help you with?"  {I knew, at that point, that she'd probably done most of the work I'd included in my proposal}

H.-O.: "I need help putting the kitchen back together. It's empty.  All of the accessories are in my dining room.  Beware, it looks like an aisle in Tuesday Morning!"  (((LOL!)))

Me: "That's great!  It's great to start with empty!  Then I can strategically place what we need and then whatever is not used you can plan on packing up!"

H.-O.:  "That's great!  Thank you!"

Well, I spent the morning there and let me tell you, she was so pleased.  She said it was so interesting to see how someone else would place her things in ways she'd never thought of before!  What was most satisfactory was this:  She said that the whole process just completely helped her get motivated and organized to move!  She said that she was so overwhelmed with the thought of packing and moving, and that the staging service has helped her begin that process in a more organized fashion. 

I felt so good driving home today.  I really felt like a made a difference!  =)  

{I'll add pictures later...my media card is playing games with me at the moment and I cannot upload my camera...}

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