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2010
Home Harmony's girls took a well deserved day off today. We decided, being home stagers, that we should take in the Montreal Home Show (www.salonnationalhabitation.com) and stay on top of trends and find possible solutions for staging dilemmas we may encounter in the future. The cost $15, a littl...
03/26/2010
Hi Folks, Remember this one a couple weeks back? Well, despite the PINK, purple, bright blue and green this house has SOLD! Yes, the Realtor notified us today that the 2 homes we Staged for her this month have sold! She wasn't a believer in home staging to start but I think the results have convi...
03/22/2010
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Not sure if any of you had a chance to see the stats that Monica included in her recent post. They are proof and can aid in delivering the message to homeowners how important declutter, cleaning, painting and staging really are. Take a look at the chart below. I say we should all have a printed ...
03/20/2010
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Happy Days! It was just yesterday that I witnessed the Canadian geese returning home (how do they know?) Checked the garden this morning, daffodils and tulips are up about 4 inches. I swear the snow was on the ground yesterday. Montreal, like other major cities across Canada is receiving warmer t...
03/20/2010
Removing the clutter was key to making this space more pleasing. Working with only what we could find on site we re-located 6 identical frames with bird pictures in them. They were hung randomly throughout the basement but we created an arrangement with them here in the living room. It took 3 o...
03/16/2010
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I had to share this with my Activerain Friends, I get tons of emails a day, as I am sure many of you do. I got this one from a friend today and thought it worthy of sharing with you all. If you have had a rough day ... sit down and watch this few minute video ... I GUARANTEE you'll feel good af...
03/16/2010
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These are my pups Monty (4) and Jazz (2). They are not actually mutts they are a breed know as Havanese. They play constantly and when they are not they are curled up together somewhere. Both are smaller than breed standards they may weight about 5 pounds a piece. They are a lovable entertaining...
03/15/2010
Three little boys were concerned because they couldn't get anyone to play with them....they decided it was because they had not been baptized and didn't go to Sunday School. So they went to the nearest church. Only the custodian was there. One said...
03/15/2010
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When I was a little girl I never liked the idea of changing time forward or back. As an adult I still don't! My internal clock knows (very well) when it is time to eat and time to sleep. The day is never ending and takes weeks for me to settle in. I say let us put an end to this now ... STOP......
03/14/2010
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John O'Brien hoisted his beer and said: "Here's to spending the rest of my life, under the sheets with my wife!"That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night."She said, "What was your...
03/13/2010