Val's Blog: Long Island & New York Area Home Staging including Nassau and Suffolk counties

  But yah got to have friends.The feeling's oh so strong.Yah got to have friendsto make that day last long.I had some firends but they're gone,somethin' came and took them away.And from the dusk 'til the dawnhere is where I'll stay.Standing at the end of the road, boys,waiting for my new friends ...

Every morning I have a habit of stopping into my neighborhood Deli for a 20 oz. Green Tea and 2 Hard-Boiled Eggs.  The last few mornings, I have noticed that a gentleman always comes in around the same time as I, and yesterday we shared a discussion about the virtues of bi-focal contact lenses vs...

Yesterday, while driving to the train station (in lovely Greenlawn, Long Island) to 'deposit' my middle child, I passed by a local house that was originally an FSBO for many months.  I remember dropping off some Home Staging marketing material when the sign first went up, and I never DID hear fro...

Dear 'Vacant' Builder, This is an Open Letter to inform you that, contrary to what you may believe, a Home Stager cannot stage your Vacant House when given only 3-5 days to put it all together!  There is much involved in the process and I feel that it is my duty to inform you of all the work tha...

  I realize that this may not be a big deal for most, but this is a monumental moment for me.  My first staged 'vacant', located in Huntington, Long Island, just sold after two months!  I feel like a proud parent! I spoke briefly with the builder yesterday when he called to give me the good news....

As I was out doing errands today, it occured to me that all winter long I had looked forward to the Spring so that I could start frequenting Garage Sales.  They are a terrific resource for inexpensive furniture and accessories which is good news for any Stager! I realized today that we're about t...

 THIS IS AN OPEN LETTER TO EVERY SELLER OUT THERE WHO THINKS THAT THEIR HOME WILL SELL IN 'SPITE OF ITSELF'! Dear 2007 Home Seller: Times have changed in the Housing Market.  There are more 'unsold' houses on the market than in years past.  This, therefore, equates to a "Buyer's Market" which mea...

I am wondering how many stagers have had problems collecting their staging fees?  I am finding that, as I become busier and busier, I have become a little 'lax' in collecting the signed contracts and fees associated with a staging.  Let me explain:  First of all, it seems that the seller or build...

While staging today, and during one of my 3 trips back to my house to pick up some more things for the house, I had this thought.....I thought about how the realtor might not know that each of the 12 lamps that I had placed throughout the house had lightbulbs in place and should be turned on in o...

I have been staging, yet, another vacant for the last 2 days.  This one has been on the market for more than a year and the owners have since moved to a new location down south.The house was built in the late 1960's and has been updated.  It is part of an upscale beach community on the North Shor...