Kathy Strader's (kathystrader) Blog

  Put Your Valuables Away (Home Staging in Houston, Katy, TX and the Surrounding Area)        Before you open your home to buyers, take a look around.  Ask yourself, “What do I have that other people may be tempted to take?”  Is your laptop computer locked away?  How about your jewelry and prescr...

Five Days, It’s All I Ask (Home Staging in Houston, Katy, TX and the Surrounding Area.)          Home Staging often requires a unique balance of skill, creativity, time management and juggling to keep several balls in the air at once.   If done correctly, Home Staging looks easy and stress free, ...

  Space Bags (Home Staging in Houston, Katy, TX and the Surrounding Area)           Three years ago when the Yetti and I got married and combined houses, we knew everything wouldn’t fit.  Over time we’ve tucked away items in every nook and cranny and we’ve also given truck loads away to Goodwill....

  Clean! Clean! CLEAN! (Home Staging in Houston, Katy, TX and the Surrounding Area) My heart sank when I saw it.  My client had marked through the line on my Home Staging Agreement that states they will have their house professionally cleaned.  I urged the seller to reconsider, and then, against ...

 For Pity Sake, PLEASE, Paint That Yellow Door! (Home Staging in Houston, Katy and the Surrounding Area)  On my usual route around town, there is a house I pass quite frequently.  The house has a sickly yellow door and a caution sign yellow mailbox.  From the first time I saw this house, I said t...