Gotta say this....yes I do watch some of the "staging" shows on TV..the other night while flipping the channels I was taken aback when I stopped to view a show where someone had "flipped" a home and the Realtor was doing his final walk thru. The "flipper" was so pleased with himself, telling the Realtor and those of us in TVLand that he had done the "Staging" . I think that the Realtor right then and there should have said...WHOA there big guy, you may want to stick to flipping and leave the staging to the professionals... What got my attention was when he was so proudly showing off the master bath, right there before my eyes...burgundy, YES you read correctly, burgundy !!! A burgundy toilet seat cover, tank cover and matching toilet rug, you know the kind that has the cut out for the bottom of the bowl ? Oh and then he didn't stop there, there were burgundy and white striped towels, WAIT it gets better, yes you guessed it, fake greenery all over the place. Am I wrong, you don't do that, do you ??? Have I missed something ? The really scarey part is that this was a new showing, it was taped recently. I guess that someone somewhere thought that it looked good, but it was not staging...Me Bad ???? That is why people who see shows such as that one think that they can stage their own homes for sale.
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Yeaaa.. I would say keep the toilet covers off your to buy list.
Wish you the best.
BB
Mom has a toilet seat cover that's pink. It keeps 'things' warm on these cold winter nights. I have my home set up as "Staged To Live" and I often invite realtors and business networking associates over to see the place as a 3D demonstration of how I work. Whenever someone is about to come over, I run in Mom's bathroom and rip that pink cover off the toilet. Fortunately, Mom understands!
Thanks Mom. Thanks for understanding your Stager daughter and respecting her clients...and by the way, when my clients leave, I try to remember to replace that pink beauty so mom's tush will stay warm these long, cold winter nights! ;=)
Mary Lou, I was in the local mall today, saw this and thought of you! They're sets!! On sale too! HA!
Luckily here my homeowner clients agreed to replace their 'lovingly worn' blue plastic toilet seat...
I have to admit though, we had those plastic seats growing up and they were darn comfortable - well, until they got a crack in them! Ouch...
Andrea: Yuk !! I don't even want to think about what caused the stains...
Joanne: Thanks goodness that the homeowner allowed you to change out the shower curtain also.
Aloha Mary Lou,
You thought you were watching home improvement but what a horror show, yuck! Night of the living germ receptacles.
Peace,
I am amazed at how often I still run across these while doing consults. The worst part is that usually they have just purchased them!! Our job of educating is far from over. . . .
Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging
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