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Confessions of a Home Stager... I Have to Admit...I Was a Member of THAT Group!
Confessions of a Home Stager... Put down the phone Gertrude ... it’s not what you think.  Before I morphed into a Home Stager I was part of the “just paint it and clean it and if they don’t like it tough!” club.  I have a distinct memory of flipping channels one Saturday and falling upon one of those Cable Channel Home Staging shows.  In it the family watched a video of potential “buyers” as they walked through and critiqued their home.   I remember when one couple was highly critical of the dated bedspread in the Master Bedroom, I shouted at the television....   “Are you nuts!  It’s just the Bedspread!  You can buy our own!”
As they went through each room I found myself actually challenging the “buyers” as they walked through and found fault with “the dated curtains.... dark colors..... floral wallpaper”.  It’s not that I liked all or any of these decorating features but having bought and sold my own homes, I felt they should be able to see beyond this.  I’m not sure when the transformation occurred....  but I have a feeling it was about the time I was helping a friend’s mother look for a home in our ... more

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