Home Staging: Before and After ~ Week 2

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on my Home Staging post last week.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is hard sometimes for me to put that kind of post out </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because it is not what I think if as true decorating.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Real decorating is planning and selecting furniture, </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">accessories, paint colors etc. </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">over a period of time<b> for and with</b> the homeowner. </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Staging is more like problem solving to me.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I go in, I go out, I only have a certain amount of time </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I usually never interact with the homeowners much.  </span></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In this particular staging job I did go in and take pictures beforehand </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I generated a report listing all of the things that they should do before </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">listing the home.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's get started.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoPu7DqMmTFGf_bvD3MEchT8LEuf1Y5KfZUB9TJYaC71T3WYVe6A2OVxK3UYMzXOEZlwt0kAPudqMfoWYDeVluug-zbGWvs93zlxrt3bdswA1MUgFEJx1NmojgsiEWpfDe_OtbY7eMUtv/s1600/1838522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoPu7DqMmTFGf_bvD3MEchT8LEuf1Y5KfZUB9TJYaC71T3WYVe6A2OVxK3UYMzXOEZlwt0kAPudqMfoWYDeVluug-zbGWvs93zlxrt3bdswA1MUgFEJx1NmojgsiEWpfDe_OtbY7eMUtv/s1600/1838522.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The homeowner was the nicest lady! </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She needed to downsize because her last son was headed to college.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I feel that pain right now!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is a four bedroom home with a living room, dining room, kitchen on the main floor </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and all of the bedrooms upstairs.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The basement was unfinished which will hurt the sale in my opinion.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The school district is excellent and it is in a very desirable area.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnut_sLD6k3mVHIcfqfvUWB5kQdT8f3PEAvoBHG2eMd0e0DWUYUiidS_gQTbGrjSeduE26jlPNxuSEIxHittzoTX1wuGGS7Dnfr1jt-UhJUjmJaRx_9JStFwUVnhD-xgcq_DDW7YAC194/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnut_sLD6k3mVHIcfqfvUWB5kQdT8f3PEAvoBHG2eMd0e0DWUYUiidS_gQTbGrjSeduE26jlPNxuSEIxHittzoTX1wuGGS7Dnfr1jt-UhJUjmJaRx_9JStFwUVnhD-xgcq_DDW7YAC194/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" width="426" /></a> </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The entry was small </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but it was two stories which makes it look bigger.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The light fixture was outdated and I suggested that it be replaced.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She was planning on painting and replacing the carpet </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I brought along my paint decks </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to look at some possible color choices.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA0dF2KnQQZMFLiIYBmoMEsix3TDpQSH6rrkCXfHbuH5WcZydX93KAlVf3gDATTsyKiaow22Jw0q1qpvGAPITPfuxz7CoD7i4CNSo-2teB9Hg4fHcot4xNLNFht3V8IXGstj0k_X03dmU/s1600/IMG_8468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA0dF2KnQQZMFLiIYBmoMEsix3TDpQSH6rrkCXfHbuH5WcZydX93KAlVf3gDATTsyKiaow22Jw0q1qpvGAPITPfuxz7CoD7i4CNSo-2teB9Hg4fHcot4xNLNFht3V8IXGstj0k_X03dmU/s1600/IMG_8468.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She didn't replace the light... </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but with a fresh coat of paint and new carpet </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">it looked fresh and updated.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQboMd9Uibjjrq_b5cYpuPIhiCFddHMl3ZHXQGC4TWQ2OzDF5alik46a2CrxVfdIYe7BwNcRTq7acJu7fysjhgw0isAlMMTzovucvPDcxyCxFsxMCJq48WxQxEVw7D8glvdFpJifBKWwKE/s1600/IMG_7967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQboMd9Uibjjrq_b5cYpuPIhiCFddHMl3ZHXQGC4TWQ2OzDF5alik46a2CrxVfdIYe7BwNcRTq7acJu7fysjhgw0isAlMMTzovucvPDcxyCxFsxMCJq48WxQxEVw7D8glvdFpJifBKWwKE/s1600/IMG_7967.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The dining room to the left of the entry was problematic.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bottom half is painted bright yellow/gold </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the chair railing is falling down.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The ceiling fan was hung in the middle of the ceiling old school style </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with the chain dangling down the wall.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the plus side, the french doors are pretty </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the ceilings are nice and high. </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't sure why she had this glass table here </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and trust me if I am confused then potential buyers will be very confused!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I suggested that she put the original dining room table back in its place </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and remove the hutch altogether </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to make the room look larger.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuBEWiVaQvuAGbkKuXhxYFm0MDIj879a9nTRoPZ2JtIyNqFM4OD3tm2jcYDKyFqeJrzVLdhr7F4hlSYgYXlquagDdbq247Z50OAFQSPtdaXvtyd8dcaZ7GLzq2MfGxMoSKjIisXCDtF4y/s1600/IMG_7968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuBEWiVaQvuAGbkKuXhxYFm0MDIj879a9nTRoPZ2JtIyNqFM4OD3tm2jcYDKyFqeJrzVLdhr7F4hlSYgYXlquagDdbq247Z50OAFQSPtdaXvtyd8dcaZ7GLzq2MfGxMoSKjIisXCDtF4y/s1600/IMG_7968.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I am taking pictures I am not thinking about blogging it afterwards apparently.   </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am usually walking around trying </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">not to be obtrusive </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and snapping photos of things </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I want to remember.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kj-HmSiS1_kz5lPnPKYca5fhMREj06guOGqL8-ag-_cVF9tyio8_s6r0ubTCnhWoeG3TXqxzGRSpHnllVCfMFIEbinUOqtj0ILm1Ng8duiHcvOlNLnmR3LQ68t32RM5LCjrSOwrEpX97/s1600/IMG_8445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kj-HmSiS1_kz5lPnPKYca5fhMREj06guOGqL8-ag-_cVF9tyio8_s6r0ubTCnhWoeG3TXqxzGRSpHnllVCfMFIEbinUOqtj0ILm1Ng8duiHcvOlNLnmR3LQ68t32RM5LCjrSOwrEpX97/s1600/IMG_8445.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Here is the After photo.   </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I brought in a lot of my own accessories for this job.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She didn't have any large items that were usable </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so it was just easier to go into my storage and gather what I needed.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The buffet was moved from the family room </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I placed matching floral pictures above it.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted it to look simple and elegant.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtohPRNVuwEbuz28qrVDMyq0iMqi8uIcMEMYJEmUYhloDh4_BmTLKiublroP-HXpMBs8uJwiSNlIfXBNYf-ftTeAVVXM0PIcXzRHUH3eIQV9CT22srjt_zFSFRT_0Jv4Y-nsO7pRXtAHF/s1600/IMG_8448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtohPRNVuwEbuz28qrVDMyq0iMqi8uIcMEMYJEmUYhloDh4_BmTLKiublroP-HXpMBs8uJwiSNlIfXBNYf-ftTeAVVXM0PIcXzRHUH3eIQV9CT22srjt_zFSFRT_0Jv4Y-nsO7pRXtAHF/s1600/IMG_8448.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed the blue drapes to show the </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">pretty arched window off.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember that you are selling real estate not decor.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The attributes of the house have to stand out and not be hidden.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBr_vyDmS4NXv0tH-_s2i-L5VeQqvdh31PfXumo92fC0lgRsf6iJzVVduLmRp5qhmf2MAqNNCq5gyT0sx6P6yqM1wx7SXWhfAoBnfHII2OrEl-VPZpAMXbDvJPaOa45cWSQ2fQORvgphk/s1600/IMG_7969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBr_vyDmS4NXv0tH-_s2i-L5VeQqvdh31PfXumo92fC0lgRsf6iJzVVduLmRp5qhmf2MAqNNCq5gyT0sx6P6yqM1wx7SXWhfAoBnfHII2OrEl-VPZpAMXbDvJPaOa45cWSQ2fQORvgphk/s1600/IMG_7969.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This room is to the right of the entry.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were using it as a sort of den area. </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUKHmaofFuQM2tUPqzgY670DpfqvuqaQoVSd1L-6ZY16roIktANgR3EFp5heI1TRCSDr4Qo1YQmrctPpxpB03kStfP5-Aica9QP1do47W_e10hieXQ-gWL1_kZkt2cWKMltQ7e9qSLC2u/s1600/IMG_7971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUKHmaofFuQM2tUPqzgY670DpfqvuqaQoVSd1L-6ZY16roIktANgR3EFp5heI1TRCSDr4Qo1YQmrctPpxpB03kStfP5-Aica9QP1do47W_e10hieXQ-gWL1_kZkt2cWKMltQ7e9qSLC2u/s1600/IMG_7971.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5TYoh6ZCk6Qr3F1eQRHJDLTDR-RN8C4I5Hka7p-AWdh9tTjGOu5tABIwyKvyGgrTLFt7hyTeOavu9Y-erL2K85zVsoTiCMcjpPtOU0gMSp4XSuKrQy-kxICtrcix6UAicSsL0iPtzbhr/s1600/IMG_7970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5TYoh6ZCk6Qr3F1eQRHJDLTDR-RN8C4I5Hka7p-AWdh9tTjGOu5tABIwyKvyGgrTLFt7hyTeOavu9Y-erL2K85zVsoTiCMcjpPtOU0gMSp4XSuKrQy-kxICtrcix6UAicSsL0iPtzbhr/s1600/IMG_7970.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again, it is confusing for buyers </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when there are too many purposes for one room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My suggestion was to paint, remove most of the furniture </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and stage it as a music room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You will see why </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when we go into the family room and kitchen area.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see lots of cords and wires dangling everywhere.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This has to be fixed because it is distracting to buyers.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All the see is <b>"Danger" </b>when they see lots of cords and wires.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lBsqNZdIQdV_7Qc0UshHp9bVwRGm9-Z3_0KzsPmaHJ-xTa8RyPOeMNQuXOf1S7hBf9Gp2bA_3M0yX1BjOzuAJXQL_UoXc8xHqjSJJx8dt5xKRSGT-oV2f9DkyIK5UrHcCU3vwrf1i5_q/s1600/IMG_8450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lBsqNZdIQdV_7Qc0UshHp9bVwRGm9-Z3_0KzsPmaHJ-xTa8RyPOeMNQuXOf1S7hBf9Gp2bA_3M0yX1BjOzuAJXQL_UoXc8xHqjSJJx8dt5xKRSGT-oV2f9DkyIK5UrHcCU3vwrf1i5_q/s1600/IMG_8450.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And After!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is always amazing to me what a little paint can do!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mirror was eventually hung up </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but it was heavy and the realtors were going to do it for me.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The basket under the table </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is hiding the router and a bunch of cords.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See, no one would ever suspect!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQJYahdLXOYYMFCnBlsj5froPifBt6ZIDBg1OWMlwzlnmpmRqoqfsI0L6wQDhceFdXLYrx90zcisBGnx-O3NwiM_Kbsh0qEtqRQbjbirK9JZ5JOedMsKbCylcJSsVEi2TFg8nDM4DT0ug/s1600/IMG_7972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQJYahdLXOYYMFCnBlsj5froPifBt6ZIDBg1OWMlwzlnmpmRqoqfsI0L6wQDhceFdXLYrx90zcisBGnx-O3NwiM_Kbsh0qEtqRQbjbirK9JZ5JOedMsKbCylcJSsVEi2TFg8nDM4DT0ug/s1600/IMG_7972.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This room was also a real problem room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is off of the kitchen </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and was packed with furniture.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYtc6ohxNe7DvpWSFGpbuqA-hplEJg-v72Ijx7XJ9ZB7hZTqryrUCKhUoyWnSLCfYralIW1a_6RmMFxN1dW1sfhuoztPt6691hyphenhyphenNPMtlvwhYrhphpAsWVbcGRKUAN72D0fuUhnpLa9OVu/s1600/IMG_7973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYtc6ohxNe7DvpWSFGpbuqA-hplEJg-v72Ijx7XJ9ZB7hZTqryrUCKhUoyWnSLCfYralIW1a_6RmMFxN1dW1sfhuoztPt6691hyphenhyphenNPMtlvwhYrhphpAsWVbcGRKUAN72D0fuUhnpLa9OVu/s1600/IMG_7973.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ssrB42sxvTx4xPn1BFuEb362-TqZ6Y1IOMZys0HwFme6rmHB7zh-g2Mb_Ej1mTDX5ytsvuGn1RMxU7yXEPjVod42U2rCmhkgZ4UKdUyY3ov_T6Ga5Luajx35gz0PgbI9tznl7vQLKrX3/s1600/IMG_7974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ssrB42sxvTx4xPn1BFuEb362-TqZ6Y1IOMZys0HwFme6rmHB7zh-g2Mb_Ej1mTDX5ytsvuGn1RMxU7yXEPjVod42U2rCmhkgZ4UKdUyY3ov_T6Ga5Luajx35gz0PgbI9tznl7vQLKrX3/s1600/IMG_7974.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In this picture you can see the layout of the home.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In this one room she had a sofa, </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">two chairs, two ottomans, a piano, </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a buffet, a cocktail table and another smaller chest/buffet.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wayyyyyyyy too much furniture!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Buyers are buying space!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus8RCHpWH-_4YhWHBrq4eJPsjef8xCcadS5N3o4QLOFQpyOz1L1tUPiBhQLiNfeqbTAgIELC5rK8HkZLtK7do-1NxuwZJiFogtjtZJJ6D2JCmBworqBFSBxnJD1qzYsxwdzssBovLWY7p/s1600/IMG_8451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus8RCHpWH-_4YhWHBrq4eJPsjef8xCcadS5N3o4QLOFQpyOz1L1tUPiBhQLiNfeqbTAgIELC5rK8HkZLtK7do-1NxuwZJiFogtjtZJJ6D2JCmBworqBFSBxnJD1qzYsxwdzssBovLWY7p/s1600/IMG_8451.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We relocated the buffet to the dining room </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the piano to the "Music Room" </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and rearranged the furniture for a better traffic flow.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The cocktail table was too large </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we tried a couple of different pieces </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">before deciding on this end table.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I threw a couple of my pillows on the sofa </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because I felt like the floral chairs were overwhelming the space.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_WYx0xd5dN-8rjMcheeuEW6BoGHhwpSvQSeOj2B07F5FOa5VmIJrDIs1hIQSX7Yo-Ys7ReHhgSaiNo5zmZmibSmr5iXOOW79H9igO2PZJz1KjmJGX7FIGZ-Ip2Ig7nrMULEogXU7iJBO/s1600/IMG_8452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_WYx0xd5dN-8rjMcheeuEW6BoGHhwpSvQSeOj2B07F5FOa5VmIJrDIs1hIQSX7Yo-Ys7ReHhgSaiNo5zmZmibSmr5iXOOW79H9igO2PZJz1KjmJGX7FIGZ-Ip2Ig7nrMULEogXU7iJBO/s1600/IMG_8452.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Painting the bookcases and the insets over the bookcases </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">helps to neutralize the space </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and make the fireplace a focal point again.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now it looks very spacious and light and bright.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEgJSqZ-JdEnBA8gytUE5pUdqkFqWXeUNQWG3lRGwLctV660cuWYlsh0PHQF24G2Lp3eXciCnZCjLUVWDl2oIpHWsYTInpYo50hvSQmmi6Jyk3Rs9y2HscHQpWxjdjFq8K22Y_vBaBIRZ/s1600/IMG_7975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEgJSqZ-JdEnBA8gytUE5pUdqkFqWXeUNQWG3lRGwLctV660cuWYlsh0PHQF24G2Lp3eXciCnZCjLUVWDl2oIpHWsYTInpYo50hvSQmmi6Jyk3Rs9y2HscHQpWxjdjFq8K22Y_vBaBIRZ/s1600/IMG_7975.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Overall the kitchen was looking pretty good .  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Painting and decluttering will snap it back into shape.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZghxSVpvyGbNPdxI8tMdXiVQXPYiuzwm_zyakptb9PeyYaYH7bNg8nFs_IL4sfglBjpRWPtugYKU6HV0B8q5wgKmLIZ1supYtqt1ulaJFNhRCxEvYjKCvpEKraMMIkDWHnIsEmKHFBJD4/s1600/IMG_7976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZghxSVpvyGbNPdxI8tMdXiVQXPYiuzwm_zyakptb9PeyYaYH7bNg8nFs_IL4sfglBjpRWPtugYKU6HV0B8q5wgKmLIZ1supYtqt1ulaJFNhRCxEvYjKCvpEKraMMIkDWHnIsEmKHFBJD4/s1600/IMG_7976.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was the same yellow/gold color that was used thru out the home.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here you can see the formal dining room table </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and some ladder back chairs.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdykfDkxZq_IBmJomE5fmT869NNtfCHexyIbFYXTEt9YqLMvE18R0Ij9gZlG6cGDrZ_mx2ZXCzEVC-E49nHOqQAaqJjtCXHWBJoqMir8_f9kJdC3SKHbYyQB2HzYgbgjlsDbkMQryeAQc/s1600/IMG_7977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdykfDkxZq_IBmJomE5fmT869NNtfCHexyIbFYXTEt9YqLMvE18R0Ij9gZlG6cGDrZ_mx2ZXCzEVC-E49nHOqQAaqJjtCXHWBJoqMir8_f9kJdC3SKHbYyQB2HzYgbgjlsDbkMQryeAQc/s1600/IMG_7977.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Lots of clutter on the top of the cabinets </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and on the counters.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My rule of thumb is no more than three appliances </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on the counters and preferably only two.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Refrigerators always need to be decluttered!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifed-Cb7GzenPbg9gGqZ8hYbI4Dg6PUgTh_dzHCqcQwKbnWgdvC5DFe0gef0denfnCo1iRTUPudhtKqBopVoF9rEFEPcPnv73EMdQe2-swOAinxs_v0Zn8Dq-ay74Lqgp-QsXVl20KhYkn/s1600/IMG_8454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifed-Cb7GzenPbg9gGqZ8hYbI4Dg6PUgTh_dzHCqcQwKbnWgdvC5DFe0gef0denfnCo1iRTUPudhtKqBopVoF9rEFEPcPnv73EMdQe2-swOAinxs_v0Zn8Dq-ay74Lqgp-QsXVl20KhYkn/s1600/IMG_8454.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Now doesn't that look like a great kitchen?  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All we did was paint and declutter.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most of the time that is all that a space needs to be show ready!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIBtNbfrLRcbwDZiMfIYex01zLifWMsIeVIFePukwqkaNEU0kf5eMWyCnqxxq1_rsnL3bSsjD-dSD_Li2UiWKWFWjZ5h_GHCxAT63vb70izCrh7SUhNfHg2oCL_vsykw5jyss_gjQ_Hw_/s1600/IMG_8455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIBtNbfrLRcbwDZiMfIYex01zLifWMsIeVIFePukwqkaNEU0kf5eMWyCnqxxq1_rsnL3bSsjD-dSD_Li2UiWKWFWjZ5h_GHCxAT63vb70izCrh7SUhNfHg2oCL_vsykw5jyss_gjQ_Hw_/s1600/IMG_8455.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember that most people look on the internet first </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when choosing which homes to visit.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If this is the photo you saw wouldn't you put it on your list?  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QOv_HuhHFAxHuSJMIHN83NJ8ZZdHxcguYpZGLqd1TOGcf7ZilV7FjcHDHCPWq8cVNinj3BRQo9dbu8aF_0uvEftjEja0MUGRzc7y192QzdR_y5fqtT_NR8pC3Grk9H7gPxj6b2sClPdc/s1600/IMG_8456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QOv_HuhHFAxHuSJMIHN83NJ8ZZdHxcguYpZGLqd1TOGcf7ZilV7FjcHDHCPWq8cVNinj3BRQo9dbu8aF_0uvEftjEja0MUGRzc7y192QzdR_y5fqtT_NR8pC3Grk9H7gPxj6b2sClPdc/s1600/IMG_8456.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course a little greenery goes a long way </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in freshening up a room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's take a look upstairs.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuDSHqanyjEtVR_3tr8gtSs8fvAYpTSRG7KoeXLNn98gcyQ2DG4xdkRV4vODEndlYbu1BeMJvmQdN3-POOYo4Dz0vg-vKgq3xPs8i1k8v4TQVLbsqyzFB9wZQCxDYTUSV2dHHXWxWQxZ-/s1600/IMG_7979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuDSHqanyjEtVR_3tr8gtSs8fvAYpTSRG7KoeXLNn98gcyQ2DG4xdkRV4vODEndlYbu1BeMJvmQdN3-POOYo4Dz0vg-vKgq3xPs8i1k8v4TQVLbsqyzFB9wZQCxDYTUSV2dHHXWxWQxZ-/s1600/IMG_7979.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bedroom number one.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUM0nsX2pKYskyTB4NYLK3Tjw5EzGfV7jCkoBp9UQfzhv53_DkUNGMIzDMQR19xgOK6Co9zk4_U1cGIgqt096PLf4yVgucfTKMUbSKRhReUr6-n9G2MC-wU2s3XQfJWnjBKZ_8gLrU2LYB/s1600/IMG_7985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUM0nsX2pKYskyTB4NYLK3Tjw5EzGfV7jCkoBp9UQfzhv53_DkUNGMIzDMQR19xgOK6Co9zk4_U1cGIgqt096PLf4yVgucfTKMUbSKRhReUr6-n9G2MC-wU2s3XQfJWnjBKZ_8gLrU2LYB/s1600/IMG_7985.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Bedroom number two.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB66eRP2rzkp9bPf5H0GIrv8DB3x5KibJQS3kUKDm-RqDRmqyIsTLDTo-KqNmeMSSk6js2D_-hnzpQfvsESLqWlyCmR1fx0Slc4BOrzkyx9NjU0AYGJZD4YQoVO_OlsAazSQRjKrW-DPke/s1600/IMG_8458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB66eRP2rzkp9bPf5H0GIrv8DB3x5KibJQS3kUKDm-RqDRmqyIsTLDTo-KqNmeMSSk6js2D_-hnzpQfvsESLqWlyCmR1fx0Slc4BOrzkyx9NjU0AYGJZD4YQoVO_OlsAazSQRjKrW-DPke/s1600/IMG_8458.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Transformed </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by removing the drapes </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and folding down the comforter.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was too dark with the comforter pulled up </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and in pictures it makes it look like a dark hole in the room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SVCeuHzVetiywHR2iedvr-6Npjrh4wzEGfNUxwhnqQeDKEjmCABykTGLJuBpX7yKL4j9zeAx76MmVtdFE2qtAFyfYq2dhaH-CrwgyfbAoHhoHb6MVLT_2dAQM1ep2yutuoPegB3FCM4Z/s1600/IMG_8465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SVCeuHzVetiywHR2iedvr-6Npjrh4wzEGfNUxwhnqQeDKEjmCABykTGLJuBpX7yKL4j9zeAx76MmVtdFE2qtAFyfYq2dhaH-CrwgyfbAoHhoHb6MVLT_2dAQM1ep2yutuoPegB3FCM4Z/s1600/IMG_8465.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bedroom number two got a little rearranging.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks so much larger now.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bed looks a little messy to me... </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I remember now </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that we were in a hurry to finish </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because there was a showing in the afternoon.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWw7le8Ts-XmXSEg7L76GAmAUQb5yl49jm8WQCTVWxoHQiDdb6KhNMmsB6vB4xI-zzi2nFz1GNU7462dKcgjBEtY2r4XI4zp_9LEpVrhq4z5y8nlak18j0tOKp2ci66SlZNPWlSYy8cS_r/s1600/IMG_7981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWw7le8Ts-XmXSEg7L76GAmAUQb5yl49jm8WQCTVWxoHQiDdb6KhNMmsB6vB4xI-zzi2nFz1GNU7462dKcgjBEtY2r4XI4zp_9LEpVrhq4z5y8nlak18j0tOKp2ci66SlZNPWlSYy8cS_r/s1600/IMG_7981.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The master bedroom had some challenges.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots of dated furniture and lots of clutter.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOyLvEehIHKckdviDdbFL30PeRZL2mFJYTSwDa4f2yqRaDi9Yb-6btqpD25HmT7V0lb9PtuUpXJ71j1xdd8T1BccXDbpIkhbwmPqnBgPHe0QZnz3FyRvj7L_rc_bFALqd8F-8P3i34YLr/s1600/IMG_7984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOyLvEehIHKckdviDdbFL30PeRZL2mFJYTSwDa4f2yqRaDi9Yb-6btqpD25HmT7V0lb9PtuUpXJ71j1xdd8T1BccXDbpIkhbwmPqnBgPHe0QZnz3FyRvj7L_rc_bFALqd8F-8P3i34YLr/s1600/IMG_7984.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mirror over the dresser was actually broken.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This sets off warning bells in a prospective buyers mind.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When something is broken </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">they see the home as not well cared for </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and it scares them.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucb0Pefmm-bLOcwQNUABbQKPmtjrRfGffVQrcrv2QVTy1ztMIh020MoevH0gcgHn4jArmacvf26evrL1K7bukjiBe2w-pMKMHdmTAXqHd2DVqxn-iwnT1w0C5OMMOux6aboEyPfIXJlir/s1600/IMG_8460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucb0Pefmm-bLOcwQNUABbQKPmtjrRfGffVQrcrv2QVTy1ztMIh020MoevH0gcgHn4jArmacvf26evrL1K7bukjiBe2w-pMKMHdmTAXqHd2DVqxn-iwnT1w0C5OMMOux6aboEyPfIXJlir/s1600/IMG_8460.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The homeowner didn't have the budget to paint upstairs so </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we had to make do.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bedding set is mine.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I keep four or five of the </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"bed-in-a-bag" </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sets handy to use for staging.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nrCnMwYnuqsyd7Scll_fkjshZ4aOeeSaIr2OjiRwq-knK7CRl-OHn0y8TiEm0xwamQqNILkzF8o1tkUTVsc9-WPGnBQ4n9BxgaAptXXyHQWTbXZ6Cg_ieDGQ82CTeyFc2NHRJj_J2-Zg/s1600/IMG_8461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nrCnMwYnuqsyd7Scll_fkjshZ4aOeeSaIr2OjiRwq-knK7CRl-OHn0y8TiEm0xwamQqNILkzF8o1tkUTVsc9-WPGnBQ4n9BxgaAptXXyHQWTbXZ6Cg_ieDGQ82CTeyFc2NHRJj_J2-Zg/s1600/IMG_8461.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We brought up one of the dining room chairs </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to place at the writing desk.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqD5FbHdkBd5kmXy_j4V_X7Srzec8XuRRyfeRjSUkP3SOQkaNPW7j4vxJx6MfgQEdi8YFlvc-g98N9Dg0m5BDOm4pnGSv8g2ps0lDhoHOat5qcoY9zGqOcW4CJfphVL-TdlqW592tkdKgx/s1600/IMG_7982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqD5FbHdkBd5kmXy_j4V_X7Srzec8XuRRyfeRjSUkP3SOQkaNPW7j4vxJx6MfgQEdi8YFlvc-g98N9Dg0m5BDOm4pnGSv8g2ps0lDhoHOat5qcoY9zGqOcW4CJfphVL-TdlqW592tkdKgx/s1600/IMG_7982.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The Master Bath was in the process of being re-tiled.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She had the most interesting closet.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Those two sets of mirrored doors that you see </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">are one closet that goes </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">all the way behind the tub.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots of storage!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoUmHgSzEP7bz-BvZxC5gbp8WBVGj1Hyv89EdyKRdp7L7QMf7BiuasktiYlrzDzloctRapla9zbua8XVKTnS2NMS9dGRcst5IN8Tz8f5ySeJGUodGXkl1P7LsP3ag_xdvzs4uzlbgUjel/s1600/IMG_8463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoUmHgSzEP7bz-BvZxC5gbp8WBVGj1Hyv89EdyKRdp7L7QMf7BiuasktiYlrzDzloctRapla9zbua8XVKTnS2NMS9dGRcst5IN8Tz8f5ySeJGUodGXkl1P7LsP3ag_xdvzs4uzlbgUjel/s1600/IMG_8463.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I didn't do a thing but hang this picture.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE137scg-STvhVkzcvjMX0i_8nmnjnLrvz_u_h5u_qpISM4LKPYpKQxJz8-h4GPHXokc-D9yk_s5iLNOrjv0Lichy7B5jTLGVl023VAn_cbFsbUv-Z8_glqa58PPBrirkFZltg9cKIEPuJ/s1600/IMG_8464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE137scg-STvhVkzcvjMX0i_8nmnjnLrvz_u_h5u_qpISM4LKPYpKQxJz8-h4GPHXokc-D9yk_s5iLNOrjv0Lichy7B5jTLGVl023VAn_cbFsbUv-Z8_glqa58PPBrirkFZltg9cKIEPuJ/s1600/IMG_8464.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Simple and clean is always a winner.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kONN3Q3v0CZwad1q9KYz954JAsZV7IZnjqGKK8U2GAKg0bn3wPeA7bSDgn7YICGecfC2aVBWq-1wGCQ8O20MOrw5daiBXbj1_1frborzCzUkQB2kbDvV-uNTIKJfLvkfWitKbi0lDtfx/s1600/IMG_8466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kONN3Q3v0CZwad1q9KYz954JAsZV7IZnjqGKK8U2GAKg0bn3wPeA7bSDgn7YICGecfC2aVBWq-1wGCQ8O20MOrw5daiBXbj1_1frborzCzUkQB2kbDvV-uNTIKJfLvkfWitKbi0lDtfx/s1600/IMG_8466.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The other bathroom all staged.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again, simple and clean is what people want to see.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would show you the before picture </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but that wouldn't be fair to the homeowner.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a feeling that she told her college son </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to clean up before I came over </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and like most boys that age </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">their idea of clean and ours are vastly different!</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvVqISVrqt8fVxIh9Yiyc_aOLjKQG6btpNaKlB2xtUc8lpA-9o_D-6uzE6VJrEWxuuYtK_GYHJ4eciXWF9z-jpsSCgtldQchgi1lX97x6B8x4biOwS8wC3yVRNePvpSbpKvjEVPmc7oMU/s1600/1838522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvVqISVrqt8fVxIh9Yiyc_aOLjKQG6btpNaKlB2xtUc8lpA-9o_D-6uzE6VJrEWxuuYtK_GYHJ4eciXWF9z-jpsSCgtldQchgi1lX97x6B8x4biOwS8wC3yVRNePvpSbpKvjEVPmc7oMU/s1600/1838522.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am happy to report </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that this house had not one but TWO offers </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on the very day that I was there to do the final staging touches!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The moral of this story is neutral and light and bright sells homes!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you are still enjoying this series!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll be back next week with another fun one!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; 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Home Staging: Before and After ~ Week 2

Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments  on my Home Staging post last week.   It is hard sometimes for me to put that kind of post...

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Home Staging: Before and After Series

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fG23yky0ti21UaMb5BuA1yUKCpt2Fp7p7owxdvem6CIHElfNeCWqUxenCA4U_40tDB9V_ogCVn6559oCC4QGbwXZuZ4mtaKIjFU6nNDN7lJQxQ0wk97dNzH6quiFyvRB5lFrlTXPGYj9/s1600/home+for+sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fG23yky0ti21UaMb5BuA1yUKCpt2Fp7p7owxdvem6CIHElfNeCWqUxenCA4U_40tDB9V_ogCVn6559oCC4QGbwXZuZ4mtaKIjFU6nNDN7lJQxQ0wk97dNzH6quiFyvRB5lFrlTXPGYj9/s1600/home+for+sale.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was busy this past Spring and Summer working on a lot of Home Staging projects </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">not only for my own home but for my good friend who is a Realtor.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As a certified Home Stager I have learned many tricks of the trade over the years.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought it would be fun to do a weekly series of my "Before and Afters" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and pass some tips to my readers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are considering putting your home up for sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">this is a great time to start working on your house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and getting it ready before the Springtime.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you might remember, we put our home on the market last Spring.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Long story short, we took it off after three months.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> There were only positive comments about our home but there were some external things </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">beyond our control that were hurting our chances for a quick sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is currently a lot of construction in our area that is not very attractive.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We knew that our home would sell eventually but we didn't want to disrupt </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our daughters Senior Year in High School having to move etc...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think it was a good choice for us </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and when the time comes around  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we will evaluate whether we want to list again.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1MlM88TUD3Qtck-efPfDmZMQX1_KPmgg71MoX6jOY_K-eWR2zUWdGolWDjx1hkYFqzrAoKZUPNDHbOw8rR_YN_U_2AXPv2aDv_tD8jf2rP5BHI7wk_sfWWMSAVX6_EJ-RzSfdTdMtCkL/s1600/ISqtsnfr7w8dk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1MlM88TUD3Qtck-efPfDmZMQX1_KPmgg71MoX6jOY_K-eWR2zUWdGolWDjx1hkYFqzrAoKZUPNDHbOw8rR_YN_U_2AXPv2aDv_tD8jf2rP5BHI7wk_sfWWMSAVX6_EJ-RzSfdTdMtCkL/s1600/ISqtsnfr7w8dk3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, back to the Home Staging!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This particular home was fun because my mom was in town </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and she came along and helped me out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't able to see the home before we staged it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's not ideal for me to stage a home without seeing it first </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and taking pictures but sometimes that is just the way it is.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The realtor sent me some photos from his phone </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I did have some idea of what I was walking into.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each staging job is different...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sometimes I bring a carload of my own accessories with me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and sometimes I only use what the homeowner has on hand.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In this case I used all of the homeowners things without supplementing. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's take a look!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8Gnz1mJ8KLd3bQWNhnftT71KsZBKJqxK35xGRPwyL_fTepeSYyYVP_ac9KHs2sdOGBSm70q6TW0SMceSjAkSeXDEV4f2tBRpK_japguQaIQBI7dPD2cMfL6LQ0AUOXxnOhoLuIEXT20w/s1600/IMG_0283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8Gnz1mJ8KLd3bQWNhnftT71KsZBKJqxK35xGRPwyL_fTepeSYyYVP_ac9KHs2sdOGBSm70q6TW0SMceSjAkSeXDEV4f2tBRpK_japguQaIQBI7dPD2cMfL6LQ0AUOXxnOhoLuIEXT20w/s1600/IMG_0283.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see from the outside of the home that it is a "Split Level" home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When you walk in the Living Room is on one level </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the Kitchen, dining room and bedrooms are on another level up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The walkout basement is on the bottom level.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the Before picture that the Realtor took.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room is cluttered with family photos and little nick-knacks.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks like they were also using this room as a pseudo office.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It confuses buyers when you have more than one purpose for a room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6UNk6tthdtRmPCy1Y-mwldA2CKOEe-2eD3zgOj2i68_qWlQTktiUd0OPmE3eyANUZM2D7S3RYSNbrcp85xXHLb8EFD01IzlkfO5gHbqOA1dkcaD-udnx-OAScLPEQRkNXljwk3wytppz/s1600/IMG_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6UNk6tthdtRmPCy1Y-mwldA2CKOEe-2eD3zgOj2i68_qWlQTktiUd0OPmE3eyANUZM2D7S3RYSNbrcp85xXHLb8EFD01IzlkfO5gHbqOA1dkcaD-udnx-OAScLPEQRkNXljwk3wytppz/s1600/IMG_0284.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room just looked a little tired </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and like they had thrown their "Left over" furniture into it. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcm48ejoSEf8SZOMN6yNSqZkUzd8oLwZ6BrUG5xx6lEj_k5n4Pejp65Ydwg-m8TqMep1Qvz_Jbm2DEqnsAPf1inzncxGuctcbU4ZNEHPEAgd55S0M7LHhnbolVlHmOU1sTlvydgk8R1yJ/s1600/IMG_0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcm48ejoSEf8SZOMN6yNSqZkUzd8oLwZ6BrUG5xx6lEj_k5n4Pejp65Ydwg-m8TqMep1Qvz_Jbm2DEqnsAPf1inzncxGuctcbU4ZNEHPEAgd55S0M7LHhnbolVlHmOU1sTlvydgk8R1yJ/s1600/IMG_0286.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unfortunately, we were unable to move the roll top desk.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just too heavy and the homeowner's computer </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and printer were all hooked up. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So we did the best we could with what we had to work with!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX5qziYDTceTac-FY9qYX1nU9TEsaNq4dV60AxS8w5TBMfXn3vu9ZKAo2HKdcFzKtE2gpc0_vaI3UtNPyDLJipaGIWCMo7hIUqdE3lUabnEV0uriJJgU3DNDORHYRWokB7jUCxgaoeMXb/s1600/IMG_8141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX5qziYDTceTac-FY9qYX1nU9TEsaNq4dV60AxS8w5TBMfXn3vu9ZKAo2HKdcFzKtE2gpc0_vaI3UtNPyDLJipaGIWCMo7hIUqdE3lUabnEV0uriJJgU3DNDORHYRWokB7jUCxgaoeMXb/s1600/IMG_8141.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I angled the sofa to give the room some interest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and replaced the palm tree pillows with some more current pillows </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I found downstairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They  really seemed to brighten up the space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">De-cluttering and removing family photos </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is always on my list of things to do!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I stole the palm print from the bathroom (which you will see later) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and centered it over the antique sewing machine that was previously in the kitchen.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The roll top desk got moved over (as far as we could) to the corner and closed for </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">showings.   I placed the greenery around the room so your eye would follow from the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">lowest to the highest point.  It helps your brain to make sense of a space when you do that.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your eyes will follow the path which is what I want you to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I kept the mantle simple with three glass candle holders stolen from another room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdmuo35v8R0eSVrBJF19skNUNatT8LgcYrFqy997DJhpyvOafnGq0gUJ8Lv3y0xGRklH1nrOXBwbEypFdN2yTp8ZRFLgW0FylUoFnU_96aDMo7VtN6wWxXs_OOKZYt0z0bkL85wRtwepz/s1600/IMG_0282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdmuo35v8R0eSVrBJF19skNUNatT8LgcYrFqy997DJhpyvOafnGq0gUJ8Lv3y0xGRklH1nrOXBwbEypFdN2yTp8ZRFLgW0FylUoFnU_96aDMo7VtN6wWxXs_OOKZYt0z0bkL85wRtwepz/s1600/IMG_0282.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  Shield your eyes!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the kitchen!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a VERY bright apple green with a LOT of clutter.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the only "Before" picture that I have but I am sure you get the idea.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My mom and I got to de-cluttering this room right away!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My method is to take every accessory and put it in a central place, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">usually the kitchen table, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then use what we want to stage and pack up the rest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjLkkFL5ZIuVS0wQCcQ0A9VzlyTzGh94oDpA7TbJ2icexLFYWL0oxV0D1Aeion5geypMB8chIFQ7Rxt6o8QwenO-SmrnWOeObP22S97UVhdMikFvw9rRN0QtPFLDdkCaAMhB7nb7psnDX/s1600/IMG_8143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjLkkFL5ZIuVS0wQCcQ0A9VzlyTzGh94oDpA7TbJ2icexLFYWL0oxV0D1Aeion5geypMB8chIFQ7Rxt6o8QwenO-SmrnWOeObP22S97UVhdMikFvw9rRN0QtPFLDdkCaAMhB7nb7psnDX/s1600/IMG_8143.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">WOW!  </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you think?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now it is a nice bright kitchen with beautiful cabinets and clean white counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A lot of you might think that this is TOO sparse and simple </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but you have to remember that putting your house up for sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is different than living in your home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Staging is not the same as decorating...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Decorating is personal </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and staging is removing the personal </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so that others can imagine living in your home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept only a few accessories out on the counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My rule of thumb is three appliances max out on the counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I used the cobalt blue grouping because I felt that back splash and counters were blending </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">together too much and they needed to be broken up.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRZWDxYYFPF5dZrfIQDuwP2qKF66GKHW03Bhyo_D7I7d0q0qfJOCLBer13QHhKfg99l-iQzgQUiLfGfPlCBKW8IN6aWk6F_MyFxPknCmIr2Tm315nKZGzKA_7s5pAngvcsqieYlJMczJV/s1600/IMG_8145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRZWDxYYFPF5dZrfIQDuwP2qKF66GKHW03Bhyo_D7I7d0q0qfJOCLBer13QHhKfg99l-iQzgQUiLfGfPlCBKW8IN6aWk6F_MyFxPknCmIr2Tm315nKZGzKA_7s5pAngvcsqieYlJMczJV/s1600/IMG_8145.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Isn't this a cute space?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I gathered a small checked tablecloth and placed the ceramic grass plant on top.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I always try to think of who my target market is when I am staging.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was thinking that a younger couple </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would be looking at this house so I wanted to add some modern elements.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMy8v7_ZUdCobxd0HBOiY30s1xLoCr-LOpkc0qjY61MGG3WksEUHhqQ253TS6_vddz9XjT1zt1nlcQdeJ8icwrcOY0uZaVLhooIBa5ofpdyA9N-waOD5CLZmAkx9SqvdBCQzJ3vOOSJxF/s1600/IMG_0271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMy8v7_ZUdCobxd0HBOiY30s1xLoCr-LOpkc0qjY61MGG3WksEUHhqQ253TS6_vddz9XjT1zt1nlcQdeJ8icwrcOY0uZaVLhooIBa5ofpdyA9N-waOD5CLZmAkx9SqvdBCQzJ3vOOSJxF/s1600/IMG_0271.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Master Bedroom had some challenges; </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">boring bedding, dark curtains, too much furniture and more clutter.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM_JlGxlRx5DfYs6LtdO2UUrbCHsN6bMTds0GQL5HIJqmsP1QNTHs-dyifD59namO0Io9hcgJ__ixfAywg39-mGabFXXQhJL6CBb8BWDgpfz7dVlMwrBCNbwlQCdiWZetlBI50egMorP1/s1600/IMG_0276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM_JlGxlRx5DfYs6LtdO2UUrbCHsN6bMTds0GQL5HIJqmsP1QNTHs-dyifD59namO0Io9hcgJ__ixfAywg39-mGabFXXQhJL6CBb8BWDgpfz7dVlMwrBCNbwlQCdiWZetlBI50egMorP1/s1600/IMG_0276.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sorry about the blurriness of this photo but I am sure you get the idea here...  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5mf3znomtYPMx_fG_VnpoVbBFiYui_e1t0sFpzKayy5jKrbzyKNPPwOjgrUyGw4BbriqrGdpeOQX02Pg0GLHQ9w-hVTtGEvDhsq0ZOwbs_yrb-j9wQbxAXRj_BWAugUFDl39Rjp7JaDH/s1600/IMG_8147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5mf3znomtYPMx_fG_VnpoVbBFiYui_e1t0sFpzKayy5jKrbzyKNPPwOjgrUyGw4BbriqrGdpeOQX02Pg0GLHQ9w-hVTtGEvDhsq0ZOwbs_yrb-j9wQbxAXRj_BWAugUFDl39Rjp7JaDH/s1600/IMG_8147.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found a new set of bedding that had never been opened in the garage </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and we asked the homeowners if we could use it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A coordinated set like this always looks more like a "model home".  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I switched the candles and picture over the bed with one from the hallway.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The restfulness of the flowers works better and flows with the drapes.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I tied the drapes back (with hair bands and a small nail) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to let in more light.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Soooooooooo much better!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfco8gcvkHVpZgsYJT1pwyT_uIllKnnp9pySVZ_yKKn8tFbn9MbpaxeT5hmijcdcrwuQuBOkeL0hVfk_-AguHtg-S2a4z8g8hhMPHLB_uLyPXAuwWrukdhMDxAuPjS-iFG7XYiEgONSmx/s1600/IMG_8148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfco8gcvkHVpZgsYJT1pwyT_uIllKnnp9pySVZ_yKKn8tFbn9MbpaxeT5hmijcdcrwuQuBOkeL0hVfk_-AguHtg-S2a4z8g8hhMPHLB_uLyPXAuwWrukdhMDxAuPjS-iFG7XYiEgONSmx/s1600/IMG_8148.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I moved the end table from the left side to the right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It seems like a small change but it made the room look so much bigger.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course I de-cluttered the dresser and placed a few candlesticks there.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1O1OdrsXX2ekQOzSIXofVVupFmvEC4G6NBhm8iH7j2X3hp41BucYI63K_1s_l0E0rrLXCi87VzzLsNviuQ9mXexDWEuMKgW1SGlccEgGvvowIFfu4z-WwOoL5Esnk9RZMXoR_9m5aJjN/s1600/IMG_8149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1O1OdrsXX2ekQOzSIXofVVupFmvEC4G6NBhm8iH7j2X3hp41BucYI63K_1s_l0E0rrLXCi87VzzLsNviuQ9mXexDWEuMKgW1SGlccEgGvvowIFfu4z-WwOoL5Esnk9RZMXoR_9m5aJjN/s1600/IMG_8149.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please put your sunglasses on for the master bathroom!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gRKI1YRDaqwKD0cy8M2Zrf_A_g2gF_Bj0I6KEwtumhwfn3FhrqSVl7kUPWarNcMyi4zpfg46Jpu2wp9SZg9REmR5i5OxVcx5me6krgqnSdwuOyLx2O10F3XbcjU0lI3tadFtwdYgsQRJ/s1600/IMG_0272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gRKI1YRDaqwKD0cy8M2Zrf_A_g2gF_Bj0I6KEwtumhwfn3FhrqSVl7kUPWarNcMyi4zpfg46Jpu2wp9SZg9REmR5i5OxVcx5me6krgqnSdwuOyLx2O10F3XbcjU0lI3tadFtwdYgsQRJ/s1600/IMG_0272.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Yes, it is bright orange!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And there was no painting it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is what I had to deal with!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QxTjuLpKMKqcMMYgrI3r97RJ8GU_piQEB-vezd-J8Gf7mD5i7TnhCYPIeYHo1JxvpidPl0zEfvjlA1Gl3_U6lyJvtQ8pGAycVSnfG4-t1UVKqgX1og71ulwxLaOU3a6mdZ_a_oi3S8c/s1600/IMG_0273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QxTjuLpKMKqcMMYgrI3r97RJ8GU_piQEB-vezd-J8Gf7mD5i7TnhCYPIeYHo1JxvpidPl0zEfvjlA1Gl3_U6lyJvtQ8pGAycVSnfG4-t1UVKqgX1og71ulwxLaOU3a6mdZ_a_oi3S8c/s1600/IMG_0273.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yikes!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even the ceiling is orange!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course my recommendation would be to paint but people don't always listen to me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sigh! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or the realtors... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So how would you deal with this?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What would you do?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m4qO5EJlnFLeikcbdcZQ69ed4DxcYNpREEWFooj-Gt-k0HUDUEfqXOr5axCKnrjAbmpzOaJqW5am2xf9_8vCXUFFy4TR_x2PzJcm0d58Q9bPwHcRxkvDvDXI0VFfliwQULM94WuJSvRx/s1600/IMG_8150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m4qO5EJlnFLeikcbdcZQ69ed4DxcYNpREEWFooj-Gt-k0HUDUEfqXOr5axCKnrjAbmpzOaJqW5am2xf9_8vCXUFFy4TR_x2PzJcm0d58Q9bPwHcRxkvDvDXI0VFfliwQULM94WuJSvRx/s1600/IMG_8150.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to use the "white out" method.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used a large white shower curtain over the shower </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and white towels on the towel rack.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept pictures and accessories to a minimum.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Green always neutralizes a space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I placed the greens on the counter and on the back of the loo.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9qn3IOFRvFbZera1yZuJsSsmwWk97Blm80IFadBKXC_1hCCIEJAlEJc36YXhOYadZ3NNnmpuKQbkhWDL-Zgi-o-d94oBBx64ivQuGrouXSg5UW6Siru_PSqRIn9HwJvbmszwJw9zn_I0/s1600/IMG_8153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9qn3IOFRvFbZera1yZuJsSsmwWk97Blm80IFadBKXC_1hCCIEJAlEJc36YXhOYadZ3NNnmpuKQbkhWDL-Zgi-o-d94oBBx64ivQuGrouXSg5UW6Siru_PSqRIn9HwJvbmszwJw9zn_I0/s1600/IMG_8153.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was actually tolerable when it was all staged.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3jt_BPzdzqy4BuAcue0EjdnhkvilrvChu0mrhhVGF-fKD5Ptiaj9lKvHXYYR_69ludH676_0auSRRa9beTqQbR1jEAtH6Rxhl4Qobd81qrj2iXLJ_jFpvIG8x64ujOejOi8KevwFxbV7/s1600/IMG_0277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3jt_BPzdzqy4BuAcue0EjdnhkvilrvChu0mrhhVGF-fKD5Ptiaj9lKvHXYYR_69ludH676_0auSRRa9beTqQbR1jEAtH6Rxhl4Qobd81qrj2iXLJ_jFpvIG8x64ujOejOi8KevwFxbV7/s1600/IMG_0277.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The little girls room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxr8J54yKIY4IRLiTiDhwpfW0qfCGVt6YSG4O1J9bJOxltItYK75rN4mvhgsLfKT7ugDEPL-Q6eGvTIozCdZj87zcINyqKDCyFyAPYw7JaGgZHqSox5MkQGKw9ppGYmFkQThQJpINnhu/s1600/IMG_0278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxr8J54yKIY4IRLiTiDhwpfW0qfCGVt6YSG4O1J9bJOxltItYK75rN4mvhgsLfKT7ugDEPL-Q6eGvTIozCdZj87zcINyqKDCyFyAPYw7JaGgZHqSox5MkQGKw9ppGYmFkQThQJpINnhu/s1600/IMG_0278.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would say that this is a typical little girls room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Coordinating bedding and drapes, stuffed animals, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">little nick-knacks in her favorite colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just a little tweaking will fix this room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3K-PWhYXMfGImDgrN60vkRC5Yq-4ctCuQXOfV3IGtfPW9ycTmOWOOZPWNcxb9XrNRjGNIWht4UA5pi7d5Li_g83kiN3hNuQ0Ny1bHp_iUCVJ-9BbwIHDS5KKKOh09514XNL-LmBseq_2/s1600/IMG_8156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3K-PWhYXMfGImDgrN60vkRC5Yq-4ctCuQXOfV3IGtfPW9ycTmOWOOZPWNcxb9XrNRjGNIWht4UA5pi7d5Li_g83kiN3hNuQ0Ny1bHp_iUCVJ-9BbwIHDS5KKKOh09514XNL-LmBseq_2/s1600/IMG_8156.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed a lot of the little items in the room because they are distracting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my favorite tricks is to use all white bedding </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and place the comforter at the end of the bed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since I didn't have a budget for this house I turned down the bedding </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with just the sheets exposed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A prospective buyer can only tolerate so much pattern.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is much more soothing to see the pattern at the end of the bed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tTwAdTiHi1F1buJl4Bk9bFVVDpv-4FpXNqFyoW66kus6YWs6a9qxvf6J-kMY1OXsyuoSu-ZBHHKWwDgNUQeVNb9j08y1XtyKsrgZAihHyv130FbR5zb3647xhkd6YjRyeB50TmENwPlb/s1600/IMG_8157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tTwAdTiHi1F1buJl4Bk9bFVVDpv-4FpXNqFyoW66kus6YWs6a9qxvf6J-kMY1OXsyuoSu-ZBHHKWwDgNUQeVNb9j08y1XtyKsrgZAihHyv130FbR5zb3647xhkd6YjRyeB50TmENwPlb/s1600/IMG_8157.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Clean, organized and cute!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkBzZzMqdrrQHNWUq5wu4s6d1UuuuIYB6GSNTEFJ69QN5d0fiKC997kGoEXy3e7kPSALrfipngyY6ITkiYnmAoKDrShcfToChDVt1nsnwcbcbr_xXdbxWqlpV5i9hmsNfMXnwmdnVClap/s1600/IMG_0265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkBzZzMqdrrQHNWUq5wu4s6d1UuuuIYB6GSNTEFJ69QN5d0fiKC997kGoEXy3e7kPSALrfipngyY6ITkiYnmAoKDrShcfToChDVt1nsnwcbcbr_xXdbxWqlpV5i9hmsNfMXnwmdnVClap/s1600/IMG_0265.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmF_6_1EXSE36vIS08-VWZuZ7UjXpfOAJt_Vwx-TAsG2JGR2sGu2SGzMt6vqsYVCp2SsJhLPSrm3e021Wx6d4xMWomNsC9LvknFETs0EQwueubeWOsIEvHqEhzxxf0LSs21zmmwY2_7dx/s1600/IMG_0264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmF_6_1EXSE36vIS08-VWZuZ7UjXpfOAJt_Vwx-TAsG2JGR2sGu2SGzMt6vqsYVCp2SsJhLPSrm3e021Wx6d4xMWomNsC9LvknFETs0EQwueubeWOsIEvHqEhzxxf0LSs21zmmwY2_7dx/s1600/IMG_0264.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The powder room/kids bathroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWQB9fjUvBle4aGz1DQx5SB_E77SqOSfo-WC_m9PA0GvcsHJYEHzh354RDQDOHNnAt4R36gmgilJgnvlKA8aaujWNezVrQSXtSLipR6R-hPwO9X6NScE6o_uQNbeXI09AD0cpL7qNnOXE/s1600/IMG_8146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWQB9fjUvBle4aGz1DQx5SB_E77SqOSfo-WC_m9PA0GvcsHJYEHzh354RDQDOHNnAt4R36gmgilJgnvlKA8aaujWNezVrQSXtSLipR6R-hPwO9X6NScE6o_uQNbeXI09AD0cpL7qNnOXE/s1600/IMG_8146.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not much to do in here but take the kid stuff away and clean up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to pull the shower curtain to the side but it was better left closed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVtd0c7b9UIDZji4idsYukaUHIUP0QhNr5nnro8YVWVU5ClA7khVUsPtkXYsnnfp6WiVHR9almmR2OOE7vNdyrPxWUvVIDXhIYmyQur9EDf1HX2X3-nXpp4bpnLIX7_Wq6QC31gYpH9p1/s1600/IMG_0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVtd0c7b9UIDZji4idsYukaUHIUP0QhNr5nnro8YVWVU5ClA7khVUsPtkXYsnnfp6WiVHR9almmR2OOE7vNdyrPxWUvVIDXhIYmyQur9EDf1HX2X3-nXpp4bpnLIX7_Wq6QC31gYpH9p1/s1600/IMG_0291.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The basement area.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots of family photos on the two bookshelves flanking the sofa.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i12NBym48tg3dM6YKTDOM2Zz9LHtcaqoHjSYT4a-NGKZP_B0ATEQ72Z5bd_lUx1x53LuBVN7dBZyzlYda19v9x_zuNVwaCKc3nXiSEspSVuQQ8d6msHNDghTYnHPJTmI8s5IzuELROEO/s1600/IMG_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i12NBym48tg3dM6YKTDOM2Zz9LHtcaqoHjSYT4a-NGKZP_B0ATEQ72Z5bd_lUx1x53LuBVN7dBZyzlYda19v9x_zuNVwaCKc3nXiSEspSVuQQ8d6msHNDghTYnHPJTmI8s5IzuELROEO/s1600/IMG_0288.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The view as you come down the stairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The coat rack full of coats is the first thing you run into.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlmXqOGhfOFzKGYZu9f_cdpvEW3ZUuhyphenhyphen0cmkmXdCrmQrzBdPw21nPB9odRceq4CQ1eWGx2EuP1s4QmJ4rsUwUhay0tpKqUAaADTvDt86V_40qIfy2p-YI_q6Om_MiWZFo3av8HnHkKeG/s1600/IMG_0293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlmXqOGhfOFzKGYZu9f_cdpvEW3ZUuhyphenhyphen0cmkmXdCrmQrzBdPw21nPB9odRceq4CQ1eWGx2EuP1s4QmJ4rsUwUhay0tpKqUAaADTvDt86V_40qIfy2p-YI_q6Om_MiWZFo3av8HnHkKeG/s1600/IMG_0293.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another view...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Behind that door is a powder room and a door to the outside.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbzXI59D2FFtzEeBGshU64X-Bj9FMJBUCcibXu1eggrEpuOr2ZC7ZvHvyIqmDrUiOAk_oi_SI6dBGaOW7XH6tc0yJBZRrdN5iLl2PKnTDlVK6SRYWzvgMxh0Ew091kl41RtcV2fuDI4rA/s1600/IMG_8158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbzXI59D2FFtzEeBGshU64X-Bj9FMJBUCcibXu1eggrEpuOr2ZC7ZvHvyIqmDrUiOAk_oi_SI6dBGaOW7XH6tc0yJBZRrdN5iLl2PKnTDlVK6SRYWzvgMxh0Ew091kl41RtcV2fuDI4rA/s1600/IMG_8158.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Staged, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the bookshelves have been de-personalized </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the golf print from the living room was placed here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is more in scale than the smaller print that was previously there.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed the green swag from the windows </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because I thought it wasn't substantial enough to go over the windows. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV-QoPZQpvKLGYL3gAIa4siXBmzQXMt0n5i6rKjfxTZmnTHSwRFScrz4wletCuvCLQmW70DxFaO3o3-p0OM_EVjR0tl5MVFsAYJEJ8NJ5epra3DZ2XykArqv_6Sbq5dcWdwh6wEodgKZr/s1600/IMG_8159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV-QoPZQpvKLGYL3gAIa4siXBmzQXMt0n5i6rKjfxTZmnTHSwRFScrz4wletCuvCLQmW70DxFaO3o3-p0OM_EVjR0tl5MVFsAYJEJ8NJ5epra3DZ2XykArqv_6Sbq5dcWdwh6wEodgKZr/s1600/IMG_8159.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now it looks like a spacious basement or entertainment room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Done!  And in under three hours! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This house was not on the market very long before it sold!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know that it was less than 30 days.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So are you interested in this series?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If so, come back next week!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until then,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing 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