Gina McNew Host of Diva in the House-'s Blog

I am very excited for the pleasure to speak with TerryLynn Fisher.  In preparation for our show, TerryLynn has shared some of the topics she would like to address during our interview and I can tell it's going to be a great learning experience for us all.  Some of the items we hope to discuss are...

     After reading a post by Nicole Hurst I was reminded of one of my own " competitor " stories.  Nicole had just received a call from someone disguised as a possible client, but obviously a nosy competitor.      To be perfectly honest...if I had a dollar for all those calls and emails when I fi...

     I am always on the look out for fantastic, affordable art.  I stumbled across this product some time ago and unfortunately it got lost in a " I have to check that out when I have more time " pile.  Anyone else have a bunch of those???  Fortunately the spring cleaning bug bit and we were once...

     If you are an Active Rain " oldbie"...You are probably familiar with Karen Dembsky and her group Real World Home Staging for Newbies.  Karen is a true pay it forward professional who willingly shares her knowledge of the staging industry.  Numerous times I have been inspired by Karen's marke...

   I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Barbara Moran the owner of Virtual Staging.  Virtual staging is not what many of us in the staging industry would think it is.  Barbara does not " stage " listings via the internet, what she does " stage " is the way Realtors use their websites and t...

Hi Everyone;    Very excited to tell you all about this week's guest on Diva in the House-The Voice of Real Estate Staging.  Barbara Moran has a business called Virtual Staging.  She uses all her years of expertise in the field of writing, editing, teaching and consulting to help Realtors with th...

Hi All;    I am in need of a little active rain help.  I am trying to locate a particular Realtor.  Okay...I know...sounds like a needle in a haystack...but wait...I have a little bit of a description.  He's a Realtor from Jacksonville Florida and he has an ECO designation.  I have recently read ...

HGTV Canada is getting set to release a new show called The Decorating Adventure of Ambrose Price.  Diva in the House-The Voice of Real Estate Staging is welcoming Ambrose to the airwaves this Friday, March 14th to learn all about the new show.  Ambrose was a designer contestant on the recent Des...

  I know I have read numerous postings on what every stager should keep in their tool box.  There have been some wonderful posts and I have actually added a few additional items due to some wonderful tips and tricks that I have gained from reading.  I do my best to keep my tool box and or car tru...

I can't tell you how many times I have had conversations with homeseller's about why it is best to just handle putting in new carpeting or repainting prior to listing their homes.  Many times they tell me they would rather put those projects as a contingency believing that the new buyer would pre...