home style and staging: MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! - 12/24/11 01:52 AM
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! From HOME STYLE AND STAGING
Wishing everyone a Blessed Holiday Season. May your New Year bring good health, good friends and family !!!
  One of the many trees done by Home Style and Staging this year. Now to take them all down !!
Good Cheer to everyone !!!
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home style and staging: WHEN YOU KNOW IT IS TIME TO FINALLY GET THAT YARD RAKED - 03/19/11 04:31 AM
WHEN YOU KNOW IT IS TIME TO FINALLY GET THAT YARD RAKED,Lexie and Lucie were out playing in the back yard, and when it was time to come in, well this is what I was greeted with.. It seems that there were more leaves on Lucie than in the yard. Sooooooo....I guess it is time to finally get the blower out and get the leaves up. Also, I do believe that there are more leaves in my house than outside...But you gotta love that face !!! 
  Lucie and the leaves
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home style and staging: I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL ME...JUST CALL ME - 02/20/11 02:15 AM
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL ME.. JUST CALL ME !!!!   
Yes that is correct, call me anything ( well, that is suitable for my ears ) just call me. I will come running !!!
Last week I received a voice mail and the caller was calling for HOME STYLE AND STAGING and would like to speak with Mary Lou Teague , however the last name was pronounced as " T Q".  So I returned the nice man's phone call promptly and clearly stated, "Hello this is Mary Lou Teague, with Home Style and Staging" returning your call"...he then says Oh … (7 comments)

home style and staging: MY CHOCOLATE BROWN BATHROOM WAS "GOOGLED" - 01/18/11 12:32 AM
HOME STYLE AND STAGING received a phone call the other day from a very nice lady in Indiana, she asked the name of the color that I had used in two of the re-design bathrooms that I done. I was thinking to myself, how in theworld did she know that I did a bathroom in chocolate brown and her in Indiana ??
As the conversation continued I found out that she had "Googled" brown bathrooms and of all the ones that came up she liked the color and the accessories that I had used in mine, traced me by my website … (12 comments)

home style and staging: I DID IT !!! CROSSED OVER THE 100,000 POINTS LINE !!! - 10/17/10 02:39 AM

I DID IT !!! CROSSED OVER THE 100,000 POINTS LINE !!!
HOME STYLE AND STAGING posted first blog in November 2007...and now 3 years later I am going
over 100,000 points..I never thought that I would get here !!!
 
BUT I have.... thinking back to that date in November 2007, I had no idea what Activerain was, what a post or blog was....I have learned so much...gained new friends...gotten exposure I never thought possible... I can google my name and company name and it comes up first...gained new friends ( oh did I say that already ? ) gotten … (27 comments)

home style and staging: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN... "WHILE YOU WERE OUT" !!!! - 09/26/10 03:49 AM
Recently, I was out of town for several days and a dear friend, Kala Brewster (local artist), came in and painted a tree on my wall behind the bed...I had posted a couple of days ago http://activerain.com/blogsview/1863949/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-or-rather-a-tree-grows-in-a-nursery, and she knew just how much I loved the black tree... ( minus the monkey for my own space)
So 'WHILE I WAS OUT"her own personal version of the TV shown, she came in and painted the dramatic black tree behind the bed in my guest room...I have asked that she paint a small red bird on one of the branches to symbolize my … (8 comments)

home style and staging: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN OR RATHER A TREE GROWS IN A NURSERY - 09/17/10 01:16 PM
Recently an artist friend of mine, Kala Brewster, did a re-design of a room that had recently been changed to a nursery. With everything in the room in place, she came in and painted a tree with animals on the wall. No decals here...and it actually only took her less than 2 hours...it would have taken me longer than that to place the decals on the wall...
Next she is doing a tree ( without the animals ) on my guest room wall..Will post photos when work is completed.

Work by: KALA BREWESTER
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home style and staging: AN EVENING WITH AMY GREENE, AUTHOR OF "BLOODROOT" - 08/25/10 03:59 AM
WINE WOMEN AND WISDOM Book club ( Knoxville,Tn.) meeting last night with author Amy Greene, "Bloodroot", it was amazing spending an evening with Amy, she is such a lovely, down to earth person. After getting to know her, it really made the book come to life, listening to her tell how she developed the characters was something I had never experienced before. It was a wonderful evening on Pam and Mike Willis' boat and all the members of the book club. An evening we will long remember.
        

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home style and staging: ANOTHER "POOF" PROJECT - 06/20/10 03:39 AM
HOME STYLE AND STAGING recently re-designed a dining room closet into a bar area http://activerain.com/blogsview/1685275/poof-a-closet-becomes-a-bar-area- and they have enjoyed the built-in so much they asked me to re-vamp the pantry so that they could display some of their cookware.
We took the door off, painted the inside with the same paint as the bar area, as they are in the same open area.
     
So hopefully I can move on to another project in the house, this is fun...using color, organizing and de-cluttering love doing all three !!!                                           
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home style and staging: WHEN DROWNING, THROW A PARTY - 05/30/10 02:20 AM
As all my friends know here on AR, HOME STYLE AND STAGING,has been having some slow times recently. So to try and keep my head above water   I have been doing some event planning and special event decorating. Which I do love doing, and that part of my business is moving right along. Which I might add is a good thing.
Last week I planned and decorated a "50" birthday "beach theme" party. It was held at the Holiday Inn here in Knoxville, complete with dinner, open bar and DJ. There were about 150 people invited and I do think that … (7 comments)

home style and staging: JUST BECAUSE YOU WATCH GOLF TV, THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU A GOLFER !!! - 05/17/10 04:49 AM
HOME STYLE AND STAGING recevied a phone call recently, a lady called to ask about my pricing, etc.
Into the conversation she began to question the pricing, the way in which I did the staging, the time that it would take, when I could start the project, etc. Needless to say I was beginning to get somewhat annoyed with her badgering.  However, thought I had better be nice and helpful as she may turn out to be a REAL client.
The she said the words that all of us (Stagers) hate to hear.... "I HAVE WATCHED THE STAGING SHOWS AND I THINK … (27 comments)

home style and staging: NORTH KNOXVILLE REAL ESTATE HOME STAGING - 03/28/10 05:40 AM
NORTH KNOXVILLE HOME STAGING was recently done by HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC  MARY LOU TEAGUE... SOLD WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF STAGING !
A while back, I was contacted ( through Active Rain ) by a seller to stage her mother's older home.
 Since she lived out of town, I had work directly with the Realtor.  I did the walk thru, make the presentation, and got the job for "Vignette Staging". 
 The home was older, but has some very well done upgrades. Even with the upgrades the home is still an older home. I decided to place more modern accessories in the home … (6 comments)

home style and staging: HOME STAGER IN KNOXVILLE PARTNERS WITH RE-MAX PREFERRED PROPERTIES - 03/25/10 02:41 AM
HOME STAGER IN KNOXVILLE, TN PARTNERS WITH RE-MAX PREFERRED PROPERTIES TO STAGE HOMES FOR SALE IN THE KNOXVILLE, TN AREA  Yes, that is correct...
HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC  Knoxville, Tn  Mary Lou Teague, certified home stager, East Tennessee Chapter President of ASHSR ( AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HOME STAGERS AND RE-DESIGNERS ) has partnered with REMAX PREFERRED PROPERTIES to be their home stager of choice.
HOWEVER, with that being said, I will be available to stage for any company or any individual that has staging needs.
HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC is a local company, founded and owned by Mary Lou Teague. … (9 comments)

home style and staging: WHEN IS STAGING NOT ABOUT ACCESSORIES AND FURNITURE BUT ABOUT THE WRITTEN WORD ? - 03/12/10 04:30 AM
As a stager, I get asked to do a lot of different things, however, yesterday it was not all about the accessories and the furniture and where I should place what and where. I was working with a good friend who is a Realtor ( actually I was trying to set her up on Active Rain, never could get it to work, but that is another story )... She wanted to show me some of her listings that were on her website, one of the vacant homes had many photos and she had written captions below each one. 
 
Since she is a … (16 comments)

home style and staging: I GOT THE "VIBE" BUT CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I GOT IT - 03/09/10 02:58 AM
Rerecently I read a blog post about homes giving off a "VIBE". ( Sorry to say I did not bookmark, so if anyone knows where I saw it or who wrote it please let me know, it was full of great information ) I was so impressed, as I have been trying to come up with this for a couple of years now. The main "VIBE" that I seem to run into a lot is "an older person lives or lived here". Actually, the first home that I did a "Walk Thru" with a Realtor. I said walking up to the front … (9 comments)

home style and staging: ALMOST AS MUCH FUN AS BEING TURNED LOOSE IN A JIMMY CHOO STORE WITH $5,000 - 03/07/10 12:59 AM
                     HOME STYLE AND STAGING does its share of moving, lifting, packing and unpacking !!!
             
However, when given the chance I will jump at the chance to be turned loose in a store with $5,000 !! Well who wouldn't?? But if that doesn't happen, I will be just as happy ( well almost ) as being able to stage a home where the owner is moving out, and leaves some things for me to stage with.
That means, all I have to do is show up and go from room to room moving things around and … (17 comments)

home style and staging: FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AS MARKETING TOOLS, IS IT WORKING FOR YOU ? - 03/02/10 10:15 AM
I have a link to FACEBOOK    and  TWITTER  on my website,
however, I have no idea if this is pulling customers to my site.
 I have a FACEBOOK page for HOME STYLE AND STAGING and have over 250 friends. I have found that most of the "Friends" are other stagers from other cities.  So how is this getting my name out there to future customers ?
Do you use FACEBOOK AND TWITTER to help market your business ? If so, what results have you found?
What other sites ( besides Active Rain ) do you use to drive customers to … (24 comments)

home style and staging: SOMETIMES EAVESDROPPING IS A GOOD THING !!! - 03/01/10 12:48 AM
 
So just when is EAVESDROPPING a good thing ? When I get a job from someone listening to my conversation with someone else, that is when !!! 
 Last week I was having lunch with a friend and we were chatting about what we had been up to. I was telling her all about some the marketing that I plan to do this year, etc.
I did notice that two ladies where sitting close to us, seem to be listening to what I was saying.
Then one said "I don't mean to be eavesdroppingbut I couldn't help but hear that you are doing … (18 comments)

home style and staging: ANOTHER CHOCOLATE BROWN BATHROOM..I JUST LOVE THAT COLOR - 02/28/10 01:36 AM
A couple of weeks ago I posted photos of a chocolate brown bathroom that I had just recently done.    
FROM RED TO BROWN...UPDATE ON "WHAT COLOR TO PAINT" 
 I have once again used the same color on a small bathroom that was very outdated. The tile could not be removed as it was not in the budget. The color of the tile was a very dated sage green. The yummy color of this brown goes so well with the green. I used an updated and colorful shower curtain and stripped towels to give the room an updated feel. Let me know … (21 comments)

home style and staging: DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT WHEN SOMEONE ROLLS THEIR EYES BEHIND YOUR BACK ? - 02/21/10 10:59 PM
 
  Recently, I was at a location where the owner of a new shop had asked her friend, who I might add, has no training in re-design, staging or design. So I am standing there, not saying a word (which for me is somewhat odd ). She was trying to arrange a lobby that had too much furniture and a rug that could not fit going straight from one side to the other without being way off center. I watch, all the while, picturinghow she could arrange things and it would look amazing. She finally says, what can I do here ? … (12 comments)