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Some Thoughts on Trees and Selling a Home

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Home Stager with Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging

Spring is my absolute favorite time of year in LA because the jacarandas are blooming, showcasing their gorgeous purple flowers all over town. I just love walking down streets like this one in my neighborhood at this time of year.

Jacarandas in Bloom

Towards the end of the blooming season, however, trees tend to get sparser and most of those purple blooms end up on the lawns and driveways of their owners. In fact today on my morning walk I spotted many a lawn completely covered with fallen flowers. Loving the jacaranda as I do, I happen to think of this carpet of purple on the lawn as beautiful, though perhaps a bit melancholy as it marks the end of my favorite season. However, today I began to think about it from a home buyer’s perspective.


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Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to Sell
Owner & Principal Designer
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Annie has Staged LA homes for Bravo's hit show "Million Dollar Listing" and TLC's "Property Ladder." She has also been featured in recent articles on Home Staging in Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times , Costco Connection and Frontiers Magazine .

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Norma Toering Broker for Palos Verdes and Beach Cities
Charlemagne International Properties - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Palos Verdes Luxury Homes in L.A.

Yes, I took at long look at the Jacaranda trees I pass on my way to work--I know I'll have to keep the picture in my mind's eye until next spring.  They are so gloriously beautiful it is worth the wait.

Jun 10, 2009 11:58 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Norma, so true! I wait for this time each year. This year they bloomed quite late actually. But yes it was worth the wait. :)

Jun 10, 2009 12:36 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

The Jacaranda's are my favorite too!  We had one in my front where I grew up in the valley.  Thanks for sharing and for the memories! Oh-gosh!  Excited to see you soon!! 

Jun 10, 2009 01:45 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

What an interesting photo, it almost looks like the trees are colored. I didn't know they bloomed, very pretty!

Jun 10, 2009 03:22 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Cathy, glad to bring back the memories! The kids & I are excited for our visit.

Cindy, yes they are truly breathtaking, especially all in a row like that.

Jun 10, 2009 03:23 PM
Connie Tebyani
Platinum Home Staging, Inc. : RESA-Pro - Calabasas, CA
Platinum Home Staging, Los Angeles and Ventura County

What a great post ~ The fallen flowers would till lay a beautiful carpet on the ground....for a day or two... But you're right, to potential buyers the "clean up" might look to them like shoveling snow. Esp. berry & fruit trees.

Jun 11, 2009 12:38 AM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Thanks Connie. Yes, equivalent to shoveling snow for those people who don't live in LA! Southern Californians would never even THINK of shoveling snow!! :)

Vivian, it was your BIL I was thinking about when I wrote this blog post. ;)

Jun 11, 2009 09:26 AM
Allegra Dioguardi
Styled and Sold Home Staging and Staging Training - Westhampton Beach, NY
Home Staging & Training, Suffolk Co. Long Island

Annie, You always do a beautiful and professional job staging.

Raking and working outdoors good exercise, thanks for reminding us.

Jun 11, 2009 11:25 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Annie, Those trees are absolutely gorgous!  I have a bush that blooms once a year....the blooms last not more then a week and 1/2 but when it is in bloom, it's absolutely spectacular...so are these trees.

Jun 11, 2009 01:39 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Allegra, thanks so much!

Carole, yes they are. My favorite part of spring.

Jun 11, 2009 02:22 PM
Sheila Kennedy
J29 Project - Rochester, NY

What beautiful trees Annie!  I have never seen anything like them.  I will say though that I hate raking, but my favorite season is the fall when all of the leaves change color!  Thanks for sharing!

Jun 11, 2009 02:50 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Sheila, I know! My hubby & I are going leaf-peeping for our 10 yr anniversary in Vermont and I can't wait to see the leaves change!

Jun 11, 2009 03:01 PM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

Your spring sounds like ours.   We have few of those trees but we do have beautiful magnolias, crab apple and fruit trees.

Jun 11, 2009 10:44 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Virginia, I LOVE magnolias. I have a gorgeous one in my backyard. Once again, when the leaves drop it's a mess but when it's in bloom it is beautiful. 

Jun 12, 2009 04:23 AM
Anonymous
Dan Keating

Annie,

Yes,  Flowering trees and bushes can be really beautiful.  I see you are going to Vermont in the fall to see the colors.  I recommend taking a drive down the Kancamagus highway in New Hampsire. It's way out in the forest, going along a gorgeous Swift river.  It's the best spot in all of new England.  Take it all the way to Mount Washington, stop for lunch there or in Conway, then drive back.  Lot's of hiking, animals, trees, waterfalls, wow.... 

Jun 15, 2009 03:21 AM
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Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Dan, THANK YOU! I will definitely make a note of your recommendation for our trip.

Jun 28, 2009 11:20 AM