Toolkits can be both physical like a toolkit you carry around as well as an aresnal of methods and experience.
We all have both toolkits...Agents and stagers alike.
When we hire students (here we call them stagiere as they are working as part of an interior design or interior decorating program - it would be like saying a apprentice) I often ask them to list what they would put in a toolkit for home staging just because I want to see what they are going to come up with. Can they imagine what it might be like to be staging a home, have difficult access to stores and perhaps even be in an empty home for a day.
They all pick the obvious
hammer, nails, picture hanging kits, pins, level, measuring tape etc.
Others think a little ahead and include
band-aids, head-ache medicine, feminine hygiene products, screwdrivers and screws, elastics, pen, pencil, notepad etc.
Seeing what they put in their toolkit shows me how far ahead they are thinking.
Some of the things we in Home Harmony have in our tool-kits they rarely come up with
Velcro buttons, fishing line, decorative peel and stick decals, light bulbs, garbage bags, batteries, sdhc card for the camera, toilet paper, Windex and other cleaning products, gloves...(the step ladder doesn't fit in the toolbox but we do bring it along). liquid paper, flashlight
What do you put in your toolkit that most others wouldn't think of ? What has helped you in a crunch ? It would be fun to know....
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