Home Staging Week 5: Enjoy the Before and After

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1eBobTOa6F2nvlRWmNzGyjDXW_8opAJRGg87-XotvcUu7INnx_q4i6XeEcAz7Vo6HoHqwxZ15cTwbVSVLLEhN8awf1w5gLGliOTI2hyhRn0O94Td_CB7UwVBgM51pM6bIQFTxviFoxMa/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1eBobTOa6F2nvlRWmNzGyjDXW_8opAJRGg87-XotvcUu7INnx_q4i6XeEcAz7Vo6HoHqwxZ15cTwbVSVLLEhN8awf1w5gLGliOTI2hyhRn0O94Td_CB7UwVBgM51pM6bIQFTxviFoxMa/s1600/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK, I have to be honest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and tell that I have been SO busy lately!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really want to keep these posts going </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for those of you that are thinking </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of selling this Spring.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to post with a purpose!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to talk about specific topics </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">regarding home staging </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and not just show you </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before and After shots.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But this week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that is just going to have to do </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">until I can sit down </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and have more comprehensive thoughts </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to relay to you!  </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-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I staged this house back in the winter of '11.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cutest little couple </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">had a grown daughter </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with a congenital heart disease </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and they needed to downsize </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so that they could afford </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to pay for an apartment for her </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to foster her independence.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were really good people </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I enjoyed working with them </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but they had a Living Room that gave me fits!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA7KabKwBCSkJv6syVtb2uX0nH4x-mqf1lC-ddnuwDaUIAXn8X5QhU5aw-nVPU1y2jE7QIWqiluHLKWa5lqzaxPMt5L_yxfEeax0kG7e_OhUiNv5yq95J2kDmZoOCrR02R_qycPcptgvi/s1600/Slide6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA7KabKwBCSkJv6syVtb2uX0nH4x-mqf1lC-ddnuwDaUIAXn8X5QhU5aw-nVPU1y2jE7QIWqiluHLKWa5lqzaxPMt5L_yxfEeax0kG7e_OhUiNv5yq95J2kDmZoOCrR02R_qycPcptgvi/s1600/Slide6.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We'll start in the Entry.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was cluttered but it was a good space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought the entry table was a little small.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew that once we took everything else out </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">it would look tiny.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I searched around </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for something else </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I found this chest in the basement.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBeINxyGO3tAq7Q8amDtlLcj47ZQNdkMFqSdtvUfb50y9yuUyqUXOPgeJcAZ-DZasR76UkuGxTWzlXoXYnZxCisQU5eRBTVpSfpcy-Rz-vCK0eUH2KwL8NpOyzZKo8P-f3IXRDiNyln4_/s1600/IMG_1828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBeINxyGO3tAq7Q8amDtlLcj47ZQNdkMFqSdtvUfb50y9yuUyqUXOPgeJcAZ-DZasR76UkuGxTWzlXoXYnZxCisQU5eRBTVpSfpcy-Rz-vCK0eUH2KwL8NpOyzZKo8P-f3IXRDiNyln4_/s1600/IMG_1828.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I liked the lines of it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not the color </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and it wasn't in the best shape.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took it home and spray painted it black </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and used gold on the inlaid part.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QyLPAjhBjBoBK0OfNLQlGVf93cX-fuFmfi_EihE3KGH-d1FRyqZKRPC11uM3xuJHgE363btc9UgJ0abutQT4ITh5cc2hj6_OVzP_PXO50TySau65PVy-iLPATTsLzb3ZYpSuMlSJqKPH/s1600/IMG_1919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QyLPAjhBjBoBK0OfNLQlGVf93cX-fuFmfi_EihE3KGH-d1FRyqZKRPC11uM3xuJHgE363btc9UgJ0abutQT4ITh5cc2hj6_OVzP_PXO50TySau65PVy-iLPATTsLzb3ZYpSuMlSJqKPH/s1600/IMG_1919.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a quick fix!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlUG1amYkRruJ3B1fRi2nRudjTJw0jBF5P6tbC07yGcYHl4q8WjxbTduJAi3Fub1PhF3eqVosg03NDdKZ_d7V8zYsNI4ePGkrwzycxZoMGFEqCisCdSflwJK43JNRDi7FKjcJ5WxgLLjE/s1600/Slide7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlUG1amYkRruJ3B1fRi2nRudjTJw0jBF5P6tbC07yGcYHl4q8WjxbTduJAi3Fub1PhF3eqVosg03NDdKZ_d7V8zYsNI4ePGkrwzycxZoMGFEqCisCdSflwJK43JNRDi7FKjcJ5WxgLLjE/s1600/Slide7.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry about the picture quality!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This was pre-blogging days!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiHqH6W9dVDVD0macSESttXsXAbZ1bJg5BZgAycjquqix0Vqih684WtXnEsBv8iiufLiZYrcgJ6pPmRVVpgzsKPWDq7hx-dDGHkXLRcYixOL2JTlh98oUt5ll8kRVzp_qi_U53ko0biFt/s1600/Slide2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiHqH6W9dVDVD0macSESttXsXAbZ1bJg5BZgAycjquqix0Vqih684WtXnEsBv8iiufLiZYrcgJ6pPmRVVpgzsKPWDq7hx-dDGHkXLRcYixOL2JTlh98oUt5ll8kRVzp_qi_U53ko0biFt/s1600/Slide2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the Living Room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that is shaped like a bowling alley!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You see it as soon as you walk into the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember, I have to work with what I have...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Piano was staying </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">as was the large Armoire.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv9YxgUUdMgUqTVcLlRypcpisOAWEQ4630CTr84dpPQXpWzwKV00-k8gf7z_ZQCPiOl8kP2z9A0aybnk2tIcqt1F6X8oVpaLgqKWGqYE83PNuCdAd6jVdJv3G45ZUCqDIzWWuOwyHE1lo/s1600/slide4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv9YxgUUdMgUqTVcLlRypcpisOAWEQ4630CTr84dpPQXpWzwKV00-k8gf7z_ZQCPiOl8kP2z9A0aybnk2tIcqt1F6X8oVpaLgqKWGqYE83PNuCdAd6jVdJv3G45ZUCqDIzWWuOwyHE1lo/s1600/slide4.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's almost like two rooms in one </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">which makes it look cluttered </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">no matter what you do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know I must have rearranged </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the furniture a million times </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in my head and on paper </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">before I went back to do the actual staging.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ65i6wqe-rIHHM6iDUPHXLa0PKxcGG6-cDZdZQHKHCbY4m14Mv7qB6VRc5lzhnaEVSZrsxLxPJoHNNldl5ik4XEhkEV9VgaTgG6Psb_RjbdIVkbp9SntMSG1DIKtWhuhhktgIsEVAc46l/s1600/Slide3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ65i6wqe-rIHHM6iDUPHXLa0PKxcGG6-cDZdZQHKHCbY4m14Mv7qB6VRc5lzhnaEVSZrsxLxPJoHNNldl5ik4XEhkEV9VgaTgG6Psb_RjbdIVkbp9SntMSG1DIKtWhuhhktgIsEVAc46l/s1600/Slide3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what I came up with.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By moving the sofa, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and angling, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">it invites you into the room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and creates better traffic flow into the other room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijdE3AKXLndoFZoXx3NJWcbYY5noBHGwiXx0n09wlObQHXNaxB79GP9jIHbbZ2p3RNj4bf2vgHtybg6LT4m8-mLvrgJpimXkYD7Q27WVDgFfVg46JQlXpHqBkJsYlYVoYqC5xbEKv0lBr/s1600/Slide5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijdE3AKXLndoFZoXx3NJWcbYY5noBHGwiXx0n09wlObQHXNaxB79GP9jIHbbZ2p3RNj4bf2vgHtybg6LT4m8-mLvrgJpimXkYD7Q27WVDgFfVg46JQlXpHqBkJsYlYVoYqC5xbEKv0lBr/s1600/Slide5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I got rid of the two barrel chairs </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and brought in one of my occasional chairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We removed the drapes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to let more light into the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heavy drapes with lots of pattern </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">are distracting to buyers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were a little dated </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and this is a much cleaner look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Besides, if the homeowners </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">really like them </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">then they can move them to the new house!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmjA7riAWYAyTRRXZW-2dzXuCbmyotcwE0v1FwjDhoreYeg5cboE5gblDgY157ZdEBrAYng6Ms0Cgkq0Fgiorv8Qu1lGloXH8oWCcEP3ZMrMv_gOW-SC5xKcGN8hmizJa5W7A5dYc-ZWP/s1600/Slide8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmjA7riAWYAyTRRXZW-2dzXuCbmyotcwE0v1FwjDhoreYeg5cboE5gblDgY157ZdEBrAYng6Ms0Cgkq0Fgiorv8Qu1lGloXH8oWCcEP3ZMrMv_gOW-SC5xKcGN8hmizJa5W7A5dYc-ZWP/s1600/Slide8.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dining Room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">right off of the Entry was a little crowded.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were two china cabinets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">on either side of the window.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I suggested painting the green walls </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but it really wasn't in the budget.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvRId1Fyd2OxOqfT4x77l5p2HoZNtJxpA7BgGcdAWvnq2WWZV70g82W0R_eAQ4cdKjTZKoLj4FGuv6vFBc-wARcqngUMwXjfvIwomSWeUG9FhJZgqcFGgBNkNYr3Nd9fsBCbQFIExonEX/s1600/Slide9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvRId1Fyd2OxOqfT4x77l5p2HoZNtJxpA7BgGcdAWvnq2WWZV70g82W0R_eAQ4cdKjTZKoLj4FGuv6vFBc-wARcqngUMwXjfvIwomSWeUG9FhJZgqcFGgBNkNYr3Nd9fsBCbQFIExonEX/s1600/Slide9.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, we do what we can </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and try to fool the eye.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They did get an updated </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">light fixture which really helped.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We removed the china cabinets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and kept the room really simple.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyH22EOrVP8ZTcdHbyc58vtbUVbhWj6s7T46oUpTAPQxVbGeLwpuTpy4UEOGrxTIgQTGnnlmGOg_CsvU_ycz44YfBLJRtuyB9l732GDWADp0CInjb8kL85MsGCag8tpXCz8fkXOtvZxpc/s1600/Slide10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyH22EOrVP8ZTcdHbyc58vtbUVbhWj6s7T46oUpTAPQxVbGeLwpuTpy4UEOGrxTIgQTGnnlmGOg_CsvU_ycz44YfBLJRtuyB9l732GDWADp0CInjb8kL85MsGCag8tpXCz8fkXOtvZxpc/s1600/Slide10.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This sun room was right off of the kitchen.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were so many sliders out to the deck </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that made furniture placement difficult.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And you want to showcase the beautiful windows! </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKsXgo2_W_UCdMFX0ja92MVwYc5Goyn61x5I0W8l71Jiu9bSeW1sY5fhzUeGRDubxUhQp8QVZj-jXvygTIMRF9dd_Fzs7QjvEWfEX0fbY6f1xZNft2PPWLufvotlCaU_5mWejoKsfmH2y/s1600/Slide11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKsXgo2_W_UCdMFX0ja92MVwYc5Goyn61x5I0W8l71Jiu9bSeW1sY5fhzUeGRDubxUhQp8QVZj-jXvygTIMRF9dd_Fzs7QjvEWfEX0fbY6f1xZNft2PPWLufvotlCaU_5mWejoKsfmH2y/s1600/Slide11.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I used this rug </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to break up all of the gray indoor-outdoor carpet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and bring some pattern into the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Angling the furniture </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">again allows for better traffic flow.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0psbXKH6l8KVgUEoqMjZKYP6m0z4hnE1esuImUmT_b3JxrlnKPasou8MwbwuSKoVNS-5aUp63rU3MiLswYFKWRlptmDN9p7vwU3FsOO51VdhRokQNczOq6a0P2zjxAptwXPv7PmxARVDo/s1600/Slide12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0psbXKH6l8KVgUEoqMjZKYP6m0z4hnE1esuImUmT_b3JxrlnKPasou8MwbwuSKoVNS-5aUp63rU3MiLswYFKWRlptmDN9p7vwU3FsOO51VdhRokQNczOq6a0P2zjxAptwXPv7PmxARVDo/s1600/Slide12.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen:  You know what to do here...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Declutter, declutter, declutter!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, painting was not an option!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWU507CWeebUPtqpJrlFP9IuxVGYa7N7dN9CKsTM4UlUdBlhnl3QGj3hx_vY2XMn74sXYisZUmqY5ngEPqsTqRumXU0EywDQp0mz1WJX8kcS_as2jrynfZWrkh1ba0qHGJE-yQ4qFedwa/s1600/Slide13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWU507CWeebUPtqpJrlFP9IuxVGYa7N7dN9CKsTM4UlUdBlhnl3QGj3hx_vY2XMn74sXYisZUmqY5ngEPqsTqRumXU0EywDQp0mz1WJX8kcS_as2jrynfZWrkh1ba0qHGJE-yQ4qFedwa/s1600/Slide13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Better right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And all we did was Declutter!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq1O9H2h6hc51WbzyPHbXgxBhiaIqIUVnw37I1fCZCcuNLuCLYLrIK0zOkuv3kuhN1cjgQ48ccnLcjC0T6b_DkwX4FFh4CL4LyVkRBoiNQGYC6BLZh9V4rD_Yd22h6HFJ03N2umRN0856/s1600/Slide14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq1O9H2h6hc51WbzyPHbXgxBhiaIqIUVnw37I1fCZCcuNLuCLYLrIK0zOkuv3kuhN1cjgQ48ccnLcjC0T6b_DkwX4FFh4CL4LyVkRBoiNQGYC6BLZh9V4rD_Yd22h6HFJ03N2umRN0856/s1600/Slide14.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuHE_8WSVDMPvx2tzaUjf4zUe2R-SENgFWpVypuuR0sxE2CFlbomtJOBMCnyfrWt7EQmowJZfiedXGt6VpiU35_SD1sEfYgAfacdgJcvLBJJ2pgL7TXX9hIkWvSvXj0-kKLSdbu26FP_7/s1600/Slide15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuHE_8WSVDMPvx2tzaUjf4zUe2R-SENgFWpVypuuR0sxE2CFlbomtJOBMCnyfrWt7EQmowJZfiedXGt6VpiU35_SD1sEfYgAfacdgJcvLBJJ2pgL7TXX9hIkWvSvXj0-kKLSdbu26FP_7/s1600/Slide15.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't say enough about Decluttering!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_sSZUA5Qs063QT34pjcTPeUt-vaEYfxso40wj8ahInZGpNfU-W9d7MRlLycPf83kafr4Ann3J4ocxuIQnMtJSTRUt6S4LEtrOZdYzICIlXK6GFwzSY_4LGQtRPEXB1UX-XXePVCtUA5s/s1600/IMG_1949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_sSZUA5Qs063QT34pjcTPeUt-vaEYfxso40wj8ahInZGpNfU-W9d7MRlLycPf83kafr4Ann3J4ocxuIQnMtJSTRUt6S4LEtrOZdYzICIlXK6GFwzSY_4LGQtRPEXB1UX-XXePVCtUA5s/s1600/IMG_1949.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my secrets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is to use green apples!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They last a long time </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and always give a fresh look to a space.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM545dexEXqh5_w8Iv7iEa5LuD7xmN888S6K6q3op8yeFmoWxClbXOfK9jHIduFlWa24K-orhdgRMkfjXwd69FSSR3LYHFz2hN8Zd18uH7eTm0HOacA5tNxA5Gv7WUCysoyuLEtlL7azqq/s1600/IMG_1950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM545dexEXqh5_w8Iv7iEa5LuD7xmN888S6K6q3op8yeFmoWxClbXOfK9jHIduFlWa24K-orhdgRMkfjXwd69FSSR3LYHFz2hN8Zd18uH7eTm0HOacA5tNxA5Gv7WUCysoyuLEtlL7azqq/s1600/IMG_1950.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And a little "Model Home" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">like staging never hurts!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They had a long bar </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">next to the kitchen table </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that I staged with a coffee or tea station.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASVI8pLiwfJMEGxVdD9JKHuUmLEhLg8gNW7TyBLAu1SD0hd8tAiZ5US5fULbx4BbiHnHDUpcCYUfwwLMRTblflh6XkSL5UWd1OrE1ZzCnHHB3kqG3Vnk6nQscFSmT9bd2HpS6fwRovpis/s1600/Slide16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASVI8pLiwfJMEGxVdD9JKHuUmLEhLg8gNW7TyBLAu1SD0hd8tAiZ5US5fULbx4BbiHnHDUpcCYUfwwLMRTblflh6XkSL5UWd1OrE1ZzCnHHB3kqG3Vnk6nQscFSmT9bd2HpS6fwRovpis/s1600/Slide16.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The office space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59NAxILS7o3zx7fvVhQxm5k6YDR4KxEVWrmAhW7fPHVbFo79ZB2vj70YxkIXEeGbhzLeYv-fp2vzAwXFTsG9cwTwXq4pdPZtB3oG3NC13wxbXSu7ZHoXOWyUOFgEXp9Aqq1TcXWV7mLoW/s1600/Slide17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59NAxILS7o3zx7fvVhQxm5k6YDR4KxEVWrmAhW7fPHVbFo79ZB2vj70YxkIXEeGbhzLeYv-fp2vzAwXFTsG9cwTwXq4pdPZtB3oG3NC13wxbXSu7ZHoXOWyUOFgEXp9Aqq1TcXWV7mLoW/s1600/Slide17.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did a switcheroo of some chairs and decluttered.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvqDwkATazMOb2J74LZMtqX6yQd-6uQJTIFGNLB3iLiHQ8pIZMDxJjrJW84rRL1rYtlm4atZMdOigSm192PAP8Zwe35h6GVRHPhvquy1iD4d3vhBGnxTMqdlnea4A-PbP0yXBQb5ANSFh/s1600/Slide18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvqDwkATazMOb2J74LZMtqX6yQd-6uQJTIFGNLB3iLiHQ8pIZMDxJjrJW84rRL1rYtlm4atZMdOigSm192PAP8Zwe35h6GVRHPhvquy1iD4d3vhBGnxTMqdlnea4A-PbP0yXBQb5ANSFh/s1600/Slide18.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Master Bedroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She was a quilter </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and had made this beautiful quilt.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She also made the drapes and cornice.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RgM90BC0DFJfjbGYK9TkH6L2p6MSEN6rL6pLPkE1oZoZC_KJSswHTgMEY00bYKElDuRErnoqGY1g6Y05zeQc_NR1oATJnE-Aqnhppqx18PpneTN_ikLBlNQyIX-kxXLnGbZmNoUV-HUk/s1600/Slide19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RgM90BC0DFJfjbGYK9TkH6L2p6MSEN6rL6pLPkE1oZoZC_KJSswHTgMEY00bYKElDuRErnoqGY1g6Y05zeQc_NR1oATJnE-Aqnhppqx18PpneTN_ikLBlNQyIX-kxXLnGbZmNoUV-HUk/s1600/Slide19.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found the matching pillows </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the basement along with the comforter.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the thing about staging... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing is off limits!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tell people that I will be foraging </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">through their things </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so if there is anything </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that they don't want me to see </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">they had better get rid of it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">before I come back to stage!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And let me tell you, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have seen some stuff </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that I won't talk about! </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6BSnokzgbG5PEbbVfHEFkD4D0VEVYS5VSW0HNrzHmMZ2PeUFae7l3nSxvyA1uG8AhV0_f89oqZJcMAxaeBTBur-Mfr7-YmKPMAkcyNe9nQL4O61Xi619k5wRvHkUSrmRjB0r0TNLU10q/s1600/IMG_1952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6BSnokzgbG5PEbbVfHEFkD4D0VEVYS5VSW0HNrzHmMZ2PeUFae7l3nSxvyA1uG8AhV0_f89oqZJcMAxaeBTBur-Mfr7-YmKPMAkcyNe9nQL4O61Xi619k5wRvHkUSrmRjB0r0TNLU10q/s1600/IMG_1952.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adorable pillows! </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP07qIMwj9qjpYW7Vh1vn43wmIRsgpN5Z4mvFV55jGd9kz5OTnyD4ssxM51-rpu3eWi6Nu4BKiZ8jXwZZxpK8M36TSmgq4Ztm2qhxLE4Sfd3llyBucEJFklXfrCXr7-nvLYK4IG-RYqRZP/s1600/Slide20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP07qIMwj9qjpYW7Vh1vn43wmIRsgpN5Z4mvFV55jGd9kz5OTnyD4ssxM51-rpu3eWi6Nu4BKiZ8jXwZZxpK8M36TSmgq4Ztm2qhxLE4Sfd3llyBucEJFklXfrCXr7-nvLYK4IG-RYqRZP/s1600/Slide20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Master Bath </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">really needed to be updated.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They had a groovy walk in tub </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">or fall in tub you might say.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But again, it was not in their budget </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and you have to respect that </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and stage around it.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1vd5jHHOSLQ9_wI6tW9ZoYm5JQeKyxIctThRktNBd56FAMkO6weg26l0OM_OX2wse_gpXu-xmeZqPItgPj_sqtYwj8canrrf2fPmBt8nDRl6cdDpavfXhL096YWJ2m1qgXEHM4QiTY3h/s1600/Slide21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1vd5jHHOSLQ9_wI6tW9ZoYm5JQeKyxIctThRktNBd56FAMkO6weg26l0OM_OX2wse_gpXu-xmeZqPItgPj_sqtYwj8canrrf2fPmBt8nDRl6cdDpavfXhL096YWJ2m1qgXEHM4QiTY3h/s1600/Slide21.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I actually placed the basket with towels there </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">because I didn't want people to accidentally </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">fall into the bath!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNadFlrN7VR6fTkIKqZ5JuxYDG3XK5N30TYX3P2Cp_jqtqcpKyxHnUHqhbInFcMhtAdpnn2HVYr3JFjB1cUmBrl10H-arrD26AyhvfDLBKzhyphenhyphen0XORcaDBb1gkjnV4razsyITkTT0okJRyN/s1600/Slide22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNadFlrN7VR6fTkIKqZ5JuxYDG3XK5N30TYX3P2Cp_jqtqcpKyxHnUHqhbInFcMhtAdpnn2HVYr3JFjB1cUmBrl10H-arrD26AyhvfDLBKzhyphenhyphen0XORcaDBb1gkjnV4razsyITkTT0okJRyN/s1600/Slide22.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This cabinet was to the left </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">when you entered the bathroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to remove the desk </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that they had in the bedroom </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I created a little vanity area.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wSKM08_JLAxaxEP4T3hKz0gUdCCqMNR3c7Sq6MoERY_pOQYSP9Kr-uUtjPz4lzmwOfJlRDeJNJZLI-rYtnjkay1fETTNi3QBlZxzrVC7sSiNc_hYPvPpfNGXTMLMYVmiQ_PTH_Ol7UeR/s1600/Slide23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wSKM08_JLAxaxEP4T3hKz0gUdCCqMNR3c7Sq6MoERY_pOQYSP9Kr-uUtjPz4lzmwOfJlRDeJNJZLI-rYtnjkay1fETTNi3QBlZxzrVC7sSiNc_hYPvPpfNGXTMLMYVmiQ_PTH_Ol7UeR/s1600/Slide23.jpg" width="448" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I liked having </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the vintage piece in the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_6GPkrmg-J46wK9SHdaSpiyNPRQ31G1bGaZ34faPa74xt2ad_aAQqWsY5Z5ec3Q_5FBJuse1wPPSbgJHjehRcwNbE9wUD7H514Q_lAlqP_HONF5GMxFPtAHkjUnIfk4Aax3M2KrMzkSn/s1600/Slide26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_6GPkrmg-J46wK9SHdaSpiyNPRQ31G1bGaZ34faPa74xt2ad_aAQqWsY5Z5ec3Q_5FBJuse1wPPSbgJHjehRcwNbE9wUD7H514Q_lAlqP_HONF5GMxFPtAHkjUnIfk4Aax3M2KrMzkSn/s1600/Slide26.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sewing room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7kxVls7qhUrIojxv5lTb8u-jcHwBrbnE0X9wcgjFQEMRsX_5Nsg7Xdr6nndkz_u1YZWTvVBKtutYM4YeLYXXOD3mORwT_1Rd3gLcaFVqOsal8tJqWGfrvngQZM08fKjmZH8Gr5dHfxYJ/s1600/IMG_1817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7kxVls7qhUrIojxv5lTb8u-jcHwBrbnE0X9wcgjFQEMRsX_5Nsg7Xdr6nndkz_u1YZWTvVBKtutYM4YeLYXXOD3mORwT_1Rd3gLcaFVqOsal8tJqWGfrvngQZM08fKjmZH8Gr5dHfxYJ/s1600/IMG_1817.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Very pink!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really loved the curtains!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They got to stay!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The only two rooms that were painted </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">were this room and the room next to it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other bedroom that you will see next </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">had a king sized bed in it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with two twin mattresses.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We took them apart </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to make two twin beds, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">one for each room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGc328KPQ7XmyyIu0MjirX6930LtlC64pXZqyKEpGNtmIK0PmVbtdKBdmQNuWqZ8jwmcLjpwJPVBqr-oCB7EL1Tz3XcN4hO2igA08kc2lJfw_jiJRANGoaZi7yU2S7pk3jlmEaatzABKF/s1600/12019Bedroom1B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGc328KPQ7XmyyIu0MjirX6930LtlC64pXZqyKEpGNtmIK0PmVbtdKBdmQNuWqZ8jwmcLjpwJPVBqr-oCB7EL1Tz3XcN4hO2igA08kc2lJfw_jiJRANGoaZi7yU2S7pk3jlmEaatzABKF/s1600/12019Bedroom1B.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Better?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The room was painted in Sherwin Williams </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patience-one of my favorite neutral colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz9ocOEBrSiZGHnN4_9GY_OzU6bkBsAdZD-94UgO4ylOV5m0Au-uzoOoOjdFJ9n3loj31Kts5inxIihzSmaQ4vtjlRLyM1lpdA-mXacfcfnxUsvpTcDbgptPfxxEkMCF8yi8aMijKpiwY/s1600/Slide27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz9ocOEBrSiZGHnN4_9GY_OzU6bkBsAdZD-94UgO4ylOV5m0Au-uzoOoOjdFJ9n3loj31Kts5inxIihzSmaQ4vtjlRLyM1lpdA-mXacfcfnxUsvpTcDbgptPfxxEkMCF8yi8aMijKpiwY/s1600/Slide27.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the "blue" room with the king bed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmIOP8yertHKZeabyIJW7PydBLog_vXiGjoaA1-UUkkr8sbzdKRK47kSTsGYKgTgdPKshpQ0lY-uukSEfKfIwJ1MHZcKmxBqMvDfxEMhlvdrSxbhCTG43fIENAXQLdJOTFA6trydw9gIR/s1600/IMG_1820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmIOP8yertHKZeabyIJW7PydBLog_vXiGjoaA1-UUkkr8sbzdKRK47kSTsGYKgTgdPKshpQ0lY-uukSEfKfIwJ1MHZcKmxBqMvDfxEMhlvdrSxbhCTG43fIENAXQLdJOTFA6trydw9gIR/s1600/IMG_1820.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a cute little doll house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that the grandkids played with when they visited.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't she have some nice antique pieces?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She said that they were all handed down </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the family for generations.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe they could adopt me?</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3pZPtrlbYodi67tVXoxsNBgKfjONtwmbUdv_FDs6lXT2Wv3zdH6IWigXZLPqouSyfvW2b_MXwAebtyuhiGuiqsNXFRmI8cooBjACYBuLgYHPon4R9Ntm4eLK_2TPl8-ed28ByZ9Je-pW/s1600/12019Bedroom2B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3pZPtrlbYodi67tVXoxsNBgKfjONtwmbUdv_FDs6lXT2Wv3zdH6IWigXZLPqouSyfvW2b_MXwAebtyuhiGuiqsNXFRmI8cooBjACYBuLgYHPon4R9Ntm4eLK_2TPl8-ed28ByZ9Je-pW/s1600/12019Bedroom2B.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used the dollhouse as a headboard!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, the kids could still play with it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5BKg5gcaAFbU3rF0QglBXirOgFB63vtHQtHuOW7SaGKTSLAEpWtDawJCr7uBILDhlIxNIZaAIbr1S3v2vJSXqL3GasyawGt2MHGuMfNCCCZpJAJ7Ib9QjZksPD3uqUIZOFtB2Wp977zH/s1600/IMG_1947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5BKg5gcaAFbU3rF0QglBXirOgFB63vtHQtHuOW7SaGKTSLAEpWtDawJCr7uBILDhlIxNIZaAIbr1S3v2vJSXqL3GasyawGt2MHGuMfNCCCZpJAJ7Ib9QjZksPD3uqUIZOFtB2Wp977zH/s1600/IMG_1947.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK, so no big lesson today </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">just a Before and After.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all enjoyed it!  </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-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</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-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sharing at:</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></span></i></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

Home Staging Week 5: Enjoy the Before and After

OK, I have to be honest  and tell that I have been SO busy lately!   I really want to keep these posts going  for those of you that are thin...

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Home Staging~Before And After~Week 4

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Welcome back to my Home Staging</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~Before And After Series!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you have missed the past three weeks </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you can find them all here.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2014/01/home-staging-before-and-after-series.html" target="_blank">Week 1</a></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2014/02/home-staging-before-and-after-week-2.html" target="_blank">Week 2</a></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2014/02/home-staging-before-and-after.html" target="_blank">Week 3</a></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So far we have covered Decluttering, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Light and Bright Spaces, </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Accessorizing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This week I would like to talk about something </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I touched on briefly last week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ Photographs and the Internet~  </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">85-90% </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(and I am being conservative here) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of home searches begin on the Internet!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The photos of your home </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>ARE</b> your First "First Impression" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to the potential buyers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The second "First Impression" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">occurs when the potential buyers </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">drive up to your home.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(We will cover the outside next week.)  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, lastly the third "First Impression" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">occurs upon walking into the home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1aI9g0UjwthJ71_ZstzMiZyJsz3kKJdAfv2_WMLtvw4pIkRzvoKIWjYs8sBZutN6LT8tX8VFSUEyLLn_DO26baePWFLPXx6uB9YqnGoLCOZN17EK2cpH0wdwp0iPhkRS8emLpQOPz8x6/s1600/ShowImage.aspx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1aI9g0UjwthJ71_ZstzMiZyJsz3kKJdAfv2_WMLtvw4pIkRzvoKIWjYs8sBZutN6LT8tX8VFSUEyLLn_DO26baePWFLPXx6uB9YqnGoLCOZN17EK2cpH0wdwp0iPhkRS8emLpQOPz8x6/s1600/ShowImage.aspx.jpg" width="640" /></a></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: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the Home Staging example </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I am going to show you this week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the homeowners were adamant </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">about using their own photos for the MLS, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">which shows up everywhere on the Internet.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Realtors tried to dissuade them </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but sometimes people just don't listen.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were in a huge hurry to list their home </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and didn't think that they needed a Stager.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After a few weeks on the market </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and not <b>ONE</b> showing, the Realtors </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">contacted me just to ask me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">what I thought of the pictures etc.  </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: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, let's look:</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8bw-AQBhSXWWDFYZEVxF9lVSqHpaqJqFVaxPStmIKvZ0yDU6x1AuSt3WLzaNr7AaUYyzeHqJ3cV4_dP2mgT-AdZqLCCvxSjeZQLWfmyJBhSD-984iu8t1ZIJjDrzjALnZpWPPRlRoY0O/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8bw-AQBhSXWWDFYZEVxF9lVSqHpaqJqFVaxPStmIKvZ0yDU6x1AuSt3WLzaNr7AaUYyzeHqJ3cV4_dP2mgT-AdZqLCCvxSjeZQLWfmyJBhSD-984iu8t1ZIJjDrzjALnZpWPPRlRoY0O/s1600/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This is the first photo that you saw </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when you clicked on the listing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Would you want to view this home in person </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">based on this photo?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's dark and blurry and it's hard to even </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">tell what you are looking at.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is that a living room?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I see stairs and some clutter on a table.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not too inviting...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktRWRmK1ywhyphenhyphenIEL4AkCICA-40ZW-HlmS-OmdFTseOmInzlCixM84-JU5iOEgffpYoo1HgbG6Qig0IZA6OyWY8X1fTnHQaw3WdpYabBk3SZ9xYhMzCFdujtG_Qyg-QdbIUPRi1mlZvmtMl/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktRWRmK1ywhyphenhyphenIEL4AkCICA-40ZW-HlmS-OmdFTseOmInzlCixM84-JU5iOEgffpYoo1HgbG6Qig0IZA6OyWY8X1fTnHQaw3WdpYabBk3SZ9xYhMzCFdujtG_Qyg-QdbIUPRi1mlZvmtMl/s1600/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The second pic on the listing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, living room, yes we guessed right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But that's the point!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't make people <b>GUESS</b> what they are looking at!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know these Internet lookers!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They have a short attention span </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and will click on over to the next house in a flash!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WjzFStTmKnAbnGTm_PHg4yh9VC7O8x9i4oTVryVf1qn_khljncD6ciZ2GIcH4BPEQomLkqvtRn9rHrc4iezsbyqdBHyVwwx7SVYecJVUNzWUOy6GbLYqU_UOvGiOYIYBoZS1tGZA2vHb/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WjzFStTmKnAbnGTm_PHg4yh9VC7O8x9i4oTVryVf1qn_khljncD6ciZ2GIcH4BPEQomLkqvtRn9rHrc4iezsbyqdBHyVwwx7SVYecJVUNzWUOy6GbLYqU_UOvGiOYIYBoZS1tGZA2vHb/s1600/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />OK, I am not judging here </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but if I am an Internet browser, so to speak, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am wondering </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">WHAT THE WHAT </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is that thing that looks like some wood stacked </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">up next to the couch with a head on it!? </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has distracted me so much that now I am just over </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the whole house and nothing will change my mind.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That is how people think!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's FIX it! </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa3S3qKYFtjo4AEb6f-folOn_XlsVo-lNiiHMj42rCCVj_65-lCxz4NHeOYkCV5cG0BS6p0FtoEvpexzUGn9QveNOcQ922B-V9452z_X5KwrLhmWTi-gY_OAj4ZU-JtTQm1xIG7DycC8G/s1600/IMG_8365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa3S3qKYFtjo4AEb6f-folOn_XlsVo-lNiiHMj42rCCVj_65-lCxz4NHeOYkCV5cG0BS6p0FtoEvpexzUGn9QveNOcQ922B-V9452z_X5KwrLhmWTi-gY_OAj4ZU-JtTQm1xIG7DycC8G/s1600/IMG_8365.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, After.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What?  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No WOW!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What a difference?  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why is that?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because I am not a professional photographer! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's see how it should REALLY look.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHC438Y_eTdqgPUhPvM9AlorjeShTsPw-kBVUsReA-njhmna0n1tqlXZxBeN5svg8Xd8fgZaDzXzrrkM9TsUTwlHV4JoHE90d4ML6V6IcAid58okwhaV76tkv1QdeQbVTC0dZFk2IWg-SV/s1600/05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHC438Y_eTdqgPUhPvM9AlorjeShTsPw-kBVUsReA-njhmna0n1tqlXZxBeN5svg8Xd8fgZaDzXzrrkM9TsUTwlHV4JoHE90d4ML6V6IcAid58okwhaV76tkv1QdeQbVTC0dZFk2IWg-SV/s1600/05.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ahhhhh!!! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OOOOHHHHHHHH!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Applause!   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">NOW do you want to put this one FIRST </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on your list of houses to see?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEGrGei39oS6vY0R-kcIbVtBDPSupD532eMTmF6GAHjQas6tMcBJJlft86MoAksgXxG20T6cfopI0ultJ71IJX7sm15OKuHIbxUWKCGy0u2Le6dowk898ECSoOxekXawuOdA_I9U2IUdv/s1600/04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEGrGei39oS6vY0R-kcIbVtBDPSupD532eMTmF6GAHjQas6tMcBJJlft86MoAksgXxG20T6cfopI0ultJ71IJX7sm15OKuHIbxUWKCGy0u2Le6dowk898ECSoOxekXawuOdA_I9U2IUdv/s1600/04.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the reverse angle!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I could end this post right now because </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think that I have made my point!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I love before and afters so we will keep going.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-PZcyW6V1byI121kThprjCV1QSIP_RPBfjrxKut8sAKOoh3heCgDIVvxIDPeWOKqhYBPpQlT4pXLjqY9QBR7mysJyGsr85zM_8vDICH7LkWBmFv5QwwOeOhLmzmtYgGqm81AJg64KVB7/s1600/IMG_8367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-PZcyW6V1byI121kThprjCV1QSIP_RPBfjrxKut8sAKOoh3heCgDIVvxIDPeWOKqhYBPpQlT4pXLjqY9QBR7mysJyGsr85zM_8vDICH7LkWBmFv5QwwOeOhLmzmtYgGqm81AJg64KVB7/s1600/IMG_8367.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I rearranged and angled the furniture </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to increase traffic flow </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I got rid of the wooden side table.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8jpZstfluVtySgUu5GeEahsN8sC4CQoU1nk5nGH-lB4yg2KSyw_zKTfq2Ttwe9-BFdo1IcaYaaPwUeVLm7459wj-jrqal4qxXynJgmtgKBbW3y8Ub1TAHdXNXxzhk229tnQ4jQ7AEO_Z/s1600/09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8jpZstfluVtySgUu5GeEahsN8sC4CQoU1nk5nGH-lB4yg2KSyw_zKTfq2Ttwe9-BFdo1IcaYaaPwUeVLm7459wj-jrqal4qxXynJgmtgKBbW3y8Ub1TAHdXNXxzhk229tnQ4jQ7AEO_Z/s1600/09.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Profesh pic...  Nice!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUh862wc-otbwIedAs1vciQ1R5YSFdKPi35s47Yozh-YopILOIK19gzRtLDX8G3cc4lq8jUzboUHRs40cW0h3DkXKyVLh4QaP_tOazNyPgRDeA8vUwrh9Aoy1dDlZWxhsZV0mxbp2E3ZQ/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUh862wc-otbwIedAs1vciQ1R5YSFdKPi35s47Yozh-YopILOIK19gzRtLDX8G3cc4lq8jUzboUHRs40cW0h3DkXKyVLh4QaP_tOazNyPgRDeA8vUwrh9Aoy1dDlZWxhsZV0mxbp2E3ZQ/s1600/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another angle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really need to take more photography lessons!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnhXyQ7HT4YL1XHHo16tBIyGtjNFkDHsI1WQ_Xr7yxNeItA2MQNJ7qpkNyD0WMgz5s2brcN8Pdyc9zMhKlAsuFEjfn6UwS5xZt-9dbZPiNbvXzJOFfjcB5HUWf2dGjIEQjK_Tkfmu35Rp/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnhXyQ7HT4YL1XHHo16tBIyGtjNFkDHsI1WQ_Xr7yxNeItA2MQNJ7qpkNyD0WMgz5s2brcN8Pdyc9zMhKlAsuFEjfn6UwS5xZt-9dbZPiNbvXzJOFfjcB5HUWf2dGjIEQjK_Tkfmu35Rp/s1600/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> "Their" MLS photo.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The angle of the picture is so weird </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that you have to really question </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">what you are looking at.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Too many personal photos, </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but of course you already know </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will remove those. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QPWU5CfMedA7pE6PkhCnLBJ6fUdCHqsejAoUksZjdBtuhgGByvmhLyU7T6-43R5E6wXSZlq0xwYAxSnt_oItmc8Z28bNVf0VLn3r3gd-i1nLLvAcNJrvHlWHV5lreoeWc-nQq0lgu55q/s1600/IMG_8364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QPWU5CfMedA7pE6PkhCnLBJ6fUdCHqsejAoUksZjdBtuhgGByvmhLyU7T6-43R5E6wXSZlq0xwYAxSnt_oItmc8Z28bNVf0VLn3r3gd-i1nLLvAcNJrvHlWHV5lreoeWc-nQq0lgu55q/s1600/IMG_8364.jpg" width="568" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My "After" .  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I angled the desk, </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">removed the clutter </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and now you can see the pretty tile </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and striking wall color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHlXrCFIVTuEJ_jgobihPnFFePFJI2lYWGSCRGRGXfaT20TV9xC0bik48_AbAlPm46dig22lf_M0nNuujspIAW03D1QyF3BFsneM-BlRhgDR3RtO0jZE0wpRhtXcn7RuLbGrjI2e92L_h/s1600/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHlXrCFIVTuEJ_jgobihPnFFePFJI2lYWGSCRGRGXfaT20TV9xC0bik48_AbAlPm46dig22lf_M0nNuujspIAW03D1QyF3BFsneM-BlRhgDR3RtO0jZE0wpRhtXcn7RuLbGrjI2e92L_h/s1600/07.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How did he do that?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You see the whole room and the pretty drapes too!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3vDVCFEkpuL-Ypi0rbQ1dHSEDPH9SQFlprOJHj3B8VOHEEBnlD61f1zv30uicWELvB7M5TH4eXZ7BDKn2xcI17VAp1ITn68VR6ee6ctMuCWqWTABCX3Z9kJWLEKqOESKEB9iDQyU7udI/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3vDVCFEkpuL-Ypi0rbQ1dHSEDPH9SQFlprOJHj3B8VOHEEBnlD61f1zv30uicWELvB7M5TH4eXZ7BDKn2xcI17VAp1ITn68VR6ee6ctMuCWqWTABCX3Z9kJWLEKqOESKEB9iDQyU7udI/s1600/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The dining room "Before".  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am usually the bearer of bad news in these situations.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As much as I love toile the wallpaper has to go.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just too distracting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2yaQwQyoAw8pKr5g1Ckj9IDJ0Y70_mOf5XWjeQLj0SBed1_xwNchbrrXF1rMdIHy3bcds9wVloEAv5SVzGZjCxm8HBQl8lkNKXYLjYcyoFcVjKKIL8mAk8yGk3cvb4farOYqT5z2YjCK/s1600/IMG_8377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2yaQwQyoAw8pKr5g1Ckj9IDJ0Y70_mOf5XWjeQLj0SBed1_xwNchbrrXF1rMdIHy3bcds9wVloEAv5SVzGZjCxm8HBQl8lkNKXYLjYcyoFcVjKKIL8mAk8yGk3cvb4farOYqT5z2YjCK/s1600/IMG_8377.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We kept the drapes and painted a neutral color </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and now the floors stand out!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the touches of green with the apples.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss Beaux came to help me that day </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I made her go to the market and buy green apples.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the fact that she can drive!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gCgiwizH9ht4Ck8p6KB3JW7FQlvka0Cc5nvJD8uS70DqUpScNIQh6Sm0_XWDvEY7C8KqakWhfFbuQsoScrhubT2ToJhWQdaKW6YOvUC8-BZwijGss-ZMuE3onRCrlXeHTwqcvOMISaWg/s1600/06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gCgiwizH9ht4Ck8p6KB3JW7FQlvka0Cc5nvJD8uS70DqUpScNIQh6Sm0_XWDvEY7C8KqakWhfFbuQsoScrhubT2ToJhWQdaKW6YOvUC8-BZwijGss-ZMuE3onRCrlXeHTwqcvOMISaWg/s1600/06.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Professional angle.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's very dreamy, right?</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z-L3sf6WZ8DaxTZt7kbRXH8FKGv5WedtC5m1Olw5x7GvIQdtbQU8CaDkHKd7suMx0PCE1PZr6_quY7ceordsfotMwJOgnr3-GhdDcTyOX26Q_dYi9fD88N4novt23H2lXSc4sFa5frln/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z-L3sf6WZ8DaxTZt7kbRXH8FKGv5WedtC5m1Olw5x7GvIQdtbQU8CaDkHKd7suMx0PCE1PZr6_quY7ceordsfotMwJOgnr3-GhdDcTyOX26Q_dYi9fD88N4novt23H2lXSc4sFa5frln/s1600/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Homeowners picture of the Great Room </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Breakfast eating area.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My eyes immediately go to the bar counter.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I spent a lot of time looking </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at these pictures and </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">wondering what that was.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqebN1GpYPU995AEMKHpvBKC0j5ebq3gtSt48L0087e0B4zmGmiqmdVYC7oT3iVAawQxVboTD6Woc5_jG9QNcZtrq8whNXPzV9wBAkAvsWMaw5WhnzqQRD2GdxgVc5x7VmnqeClCn-xjO/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqebN1GpYPU995AEMKHpvBKC0j5ebq3gtSt48L0087e0B4zmGmiqmdVYC7oT3iVAawQxVboTD6Woc5_jG9QNcZtrq8whNXPzV9wBAkAvsWMaw5WhnzqQRD2GdxgVc5x7VmnqeClCn-xjO/s1600/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I see the dogfood bowls were left out </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I am STILL </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">wondering what that wooden thing is!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HyD2zYpRZa8GCLOkNYGflcCD_FvZPXRITwpRRSFGj_KHAp2Sc_IbH03slJQFTORVk83NpseHu_xMMT8yV91xEXREX_WMa1zybPHUa99FnOtHoOPtKwt7D7dOvjBt1VzU0HqQXe-gBdpA/s1600/IMG_8370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HyD2zYpRZa8GCLOkNYGflcCD_FvZPXRITwpRRSFGj_KHAp2Sc_IbH03slJQFTORVk83NpseHu_xMMT8yV91xEXREX_WMa1zybPHUa99FnOtHoOPtKwt7D7dOvjBt1VzU0HqQXe-gBdpA/s1600/IMG_8370.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My "After".  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I rearranged the furniture a bit </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and replaced the reclaimed wood breakfast bar </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a table that I had at home.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I put the tablecloth on the table </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to give the room some softness.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie63ZoqPAmfRqgf4Q4Naz3GhcxT7vBkcb2XLfJHF7J5bjvDuuUZ8_njPVngDUPmvYljO1dMI52cXIZl6LnD1Dv54tAEEC2IXVgbiEakMBIZbDBBpoUqwTzK7sHAFQzIgpR8YK0tSzX756z/s1600/IMG_8374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie63ZoqPAmfRqgf4Q4Naz3GhcxT7vBkcb2XLfJHF7J5bjvDuuUZ8_njPVngDUPmvYljO1dMI52cXIZl6LnD1Dv54tAEEC2IXVgbiEakMBIZbDBBpoUqwTzK7sHAFQzIgpR8YK0tSzX756z/s1600/IMG_8374.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I brought over a few of my extra chairs too.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuYpysubLWguKNhyphenhyphenNw0_Da5ziWOVO028qkEFARS78F0hpJoWoG2iiEqZtveLtEL-U1FMMOaCpuuHWlA-3d12062QQ2Vs14FeA0WKNKMgOUfAaiLjY3LczPzPDxCHueaABUfFjDuZD3QI_/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuYpysubLWguKNhyphenhyphenNw0_Da5ziWOVO028qkEFARS78F0hpJoWoG2iiEqZtveLtEL-U1FMMOaCpuuHWlA-3d12062QQ2Vs14FeA0WKNKMgOUfAaiLjY3LczPzPDxCHueaABUfFjDuZD3QI_/s1600/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MLS Photos show the entire space. </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you Wide Angle Lens!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzE2PB8lAjhbvaQDtyohZHytPmgUvuXWrWjMoLdAdqfZoMCjah_bywJ9IFDzRWWwZhHk6a61f6DSQtRgry6CN0Di4K9RifJIiQyWOKvKZyPH5nM_NKUR2y2ONiSdgqdn6RjCsV000nnjy/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzE2PB8lAjhbvaQDtyohZHytPmgUvuXWrWjMoLdAdqfZoMCjah_bywJ9IFDzRWWwZhHk6a61f6DSQtRgry6CN0Di4K9RifJIiQyWOKvKZyPH5nM_NKUR2y2ONiSdgqdn6RjCsV000nnjy/s1600/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mCCHNauMSvm-gc_nRisw1hdmjAXO9u5POF3FamV8PIUSNySMIzEN54qI-c8SRFL5kR8RTVLzXyeST50jwokNOQjNfFOxr3F7S9s5wxrc9iuwAfLAaccAhko2ITzulamK1jKaWxAI14g7/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mCCHNauMSvm-gc_nRisw1hdmjAXO9u5POF3FamV8PIUSNySMIzEN54qI-c8SRFL5kR8RTVLzXyeST50jwokNOQjNfFOxr3F7S9s5wxrc9iuwAfLAaccAhko2ITzulamK1jKaWxAI14g7/s1600/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See what a difference Staging </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Professional Photos makes?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk9jMyGTrprAYYk4YWRT1Jx_qyDLtCquY5jSglkgoZhP3j36xT6YP80XQ5mGun4dFaCqvNlD2OnaN6xzI12Kj0RqXaUpG01eaQPli87PUa_v8l-x2JzlbeOWAFW4ip50aSwWHSYGuW2Tm/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk9jMyGTrprAYYk4YWRT1Jx_qyDLtCquY5jSglkgoZhP3j36xT6YP80XQ5mGun4dFaCqvNlD2OnaN6xzI12Kj0RqXaUpG01eaQPli87PUa_v8l-x2JzlbeOWAFW4ip50aSwWHSYGuW2Tm/s1600/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Upstairs, little girls room, </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Before picture.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Personal photos and lots of clutter on the shelf.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room itself is great.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the Shabby touches </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the wall color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0Gsof7tuZy_nRibdn9WrE2gYpUz8rToRnGH3gK_akSkcuFJlMO5I6BCb2MVhWyrbz0x0be5sp_QtjLNNUU5aJsXKSc60c0b2mp44KfCD5jj1bvd6dtKkAlvQqMI8iPBrXvTGy1Dz6fy-/s1600/IMG_8379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0Gsof7tuZy_nRibdn9WrE2gYpUz8rToRnGH3gK_akSkcuFJlMO5I6BCb2MVhWyrbz0x0be5sp_QtjLNNUU5aJsXKSc60c0b2mp44KfCD5jj1bvd6dtKkAlvQqMI8iPBrXvTGy1Dz6fy-/s1600/IMG_8379.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just cleaned it up a bit and lightened the bed-cover </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with my famous trick </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of all white with the bed-cover </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">folded 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: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSp4PmbidwLOClNsXIez7qeGBsXt5eWlR-zU_WRgSZ5s0WRO1Z1DKIIoCVc9XDSj35JXy3oXSQ-AJWsUVmxiZvYKSvIhv0SGtJIhV59fzLTpMUxh9HQWeURUUz9QDLZA81Tx4_Jmxun9V/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSp4PmbidwLOClNsXIez7qeGBsXt5eWlR-zU_WRgSZ5s0WRO1Z1DKIIoCVc9XDSj35JXy3oXSQ-AJWsUVmxiZvYKSvIhv0SGtJIhV59fzLTpMUxh9HQWeURUUz9QDLZA81Tx4_Jmxun9V/s1600/24.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And an even better view!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3qD3xh7myeL_gBmPgTDYe2DYzoNsEp9aKm6A-p4z-0k84Ka9u8zHZay5E7Tn9fOrd6DJ2k8YhHsp54j9KBPBUTnDLIKox_D6V81CZanau_UMZaFtUI1yaVWGCV_0CsQ09vI70DuNC-PN/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3qD3xh7myeL_gBmPgTDYe2DYzoNsEp9aKm6A-p4z-0k84Ka9u8zHZay5E7Tn9fOrd6DJ2k8YhHsp54j9KBPBUTnDLIKox_D6V81CZanau_UMZaFtUI1yaVWGCV_0CsQ09vI70DuNC-PN/s1600/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another Girl's room.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the theme but it is too cluttered for resale.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_jInUCRbzAX0vHbziECTxZWuWFfccxE7ZQ7JOWYgvsc5GY4zOWeAkCGubx8xMlJHQlyZaxklkdl47UId1MpPK9qoG4Ij8ISxO_RNAuEtm9MnsU7A15y3jhWXxXd-J1qxnILk841mKLim/s1600/IMG_8380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_jInUCRbzAX0vHbziECTxZWuWFfccxE7ZQ7JOWYgvsc5GY4zOWeAkCGubx8xMlJHQlyZaxklkdl47UId1MpPK9qoG4Ij8ISxO_RNAuEtm9MnsU7A15y3jhWXxXd-J1qxnILk841mKLim/s1600/IMG_8380.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By just removing the sofa </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and repositioning the bed you gain so much space!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uwmVJAuuegxf0vLzPgh703O9mDHOqRS2BJ-wQMTaW9wfGjN34Nf5Ub30iN95IGz_EF0sdOFa9toPjK6WmMv6WE72gTsQhU7YH_1qUM4HJMNGLe-QsASXUvnt3P_g_QW8hQhvNpnMmION/s1600/IMG_8381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uwmVJAuuegxf0vLzPgh703O9mDHOqRS2BJ-wQMTaW9wfGjN34Nf5Ub30iN95IGz_EF0sdOFa9toPjK6WmMv6WE72gTsQhU7YH_1qUM4HJMNGLe-QsASXUvnt3P_g_QW8hQhvNpnMmION/s1600/IMG_8381.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really did think that this was an adorable house.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGVJHy89G8xt2g0yQTMPPlCyHCGgm5GkAK0rPPzJqsg4Wok5is75eS8pAd6DGiHxSLBwGYTYyQ4bNX2bngXUUXrT4flc0jFDHiLDVrfVurjB3CrK_4FgRkHSFFOSKo-EaEG-4floCu0db/s1600/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGVJHy89G8xt2g0yQTMPPlCyHCGgm5GkAK0rPPzJqsg4Wok5is75eS8pAd6DGiHxSLBwGYTYyQ4bNX2bngXUUXrT4flc0jFDHiLDVrfVurjB3CrK_4FgRkHSFFOSKo-EaEG-4floCu0db/s1600/25.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">New MLS photo.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbEAN4jnZsfxQ6b4NsDcjjcfzQiKLmeiGMYCiCy-mE0eIzb0mTQRfYKxNPpw32kHs_bQhBAI9KHZ3xM53S4BKU1kxvYmVRZ-gwDHJipFSNNOfcEpAZKUnsmsQAWjDa4xEAKL0pyyAP1Xr/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbEAN4jnZsfxQ6b4NsDcjjcfzQiKLmeiGMYCiCy-mE0eIzb0mTQRfYKxNPpw32kHs_bQhBAI9KHZ3xM53S4BKU1kxvYmVRZ-gwDHJipFSNNOfcEpAZKUnsmsQAWjDa4xEAKL0pyyAP1Xr/s1600/17.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Guest Room.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks dark and uninviting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6GqLeqvmrhNekZ3OM4-zDN7lr5JmqmrGNpnUksTEVqsILoji1nSdjNZu9S62ItcvDEXkEEBggxf-9l9-M0M7rbgg0RXSivFGaRnc4uGwp-nHEneWb9Nw1n0_pbVMyksWbW9817cyM62I/s1600/IMG_8383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6GqLeqvmrhNekZ3OM4-zDN7lr5JmqmrGNpnUksTEVqsILoji1nSdjNZu9S62ItcvDEXkEEBggxf-9l9-M0M7rbgg0RXSivFGaRnc4uGwp-nHEneWb9Nw1n0_pbVMyksWbW9817cyM62I/s1600/IMG_8383.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took out the extra furniture </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and used lighter pillows </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and that was it.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVdQVWDFxzjpuc-3Dpm1nPc8G4NhZm1468R_OMtFp7ok9EswSk2ytaLDi0gAyqAWsVBXrJwhPksctnRhcRPABdqkZvLafz6r6ugPpLnP0vqOaSlZp-n7RNPbHk9s26Lsa8GHCDhUGM4Rp/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVdQVWDFxzjpuc-3Dpm1nPc8G4NhZm1468R_OMtFp7ok9EswSk2ytaLDi0gAyqAWsVBXrJwhPksctnRhcRPABdqkZvLafz6r6ugPpLnP0vqOaSlZp-n7RNPbHk9s26Lsa8GHCDhUGM4Rp/s1600/23.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">NICE!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkOu7BSR_gUX7uONhIfGl1ZGaMJCddQs8CQjoPJJlfm7Jd8oUdNeFZXV-TK5IB-aVdAIqwvNGPaeazmXuIt7NBznnub_2SIMy8V8wldVn0_zbd45z2ZIU3Rm70PifejHTSB5qz7bqS_T1/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkOu7BSR_gUX7uONhIfGl1ZGaMJCddQs8CQjoPJJlfm7Jd8oUdNeFZXV-TK5IB-aVdAIqwvNGPaeazmXuIt7NBznnub_2SIMy8V8wldVn0_zbd45z2ZIU3Rm70PifejHTSB5qz7bqS_T1/s1600/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I saw the Master Bedroom pics </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">what jumped out at me was the chairs </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">turned toward the fireplace.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were blocking the view.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You are trying to sell the features </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of your home not furniture!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOvkb7vdfWCdv9BIcinh7BUKu70OqZFx7FD3bNCOuwbL8KYE4AJMOHG7i2bYEJ7j-1RppYqsuTIXtmZBuwCgDazkybIXlyiSms40zWQWhP22aGWbAnZqmmjiC_sIL61VWbngzbbOmfZ4R/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOvkb7vdfWCdv9BIcinh7BUKu70OqZFx7FD3bNCOuwbL8KYE4AJMOHG7i2bYEJ7j-1RppYqsuTIXtmZBuwCgDazkybIXlyiSms40zWQWhP22aGWbAnZqmmjiC_sIL61VWbngzbbOmfZ4R/s1600/19.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I literally wanted to reach </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">through the computer screen </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and turn the chairs around!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMxXuPrndbb7mXhfE6tuYPaHAdFfbIkKV6k0oMYk5QOTYT8WgPyN85dpxIGE5LBoWTJ0p40IzFGc7G0q73GysdjB3MqT8kp0gcjaxvzf8KjK_cwTIHxcyCXY1nQDvvt8s8Oj4IEqwTyLx/s1600/IMG_8385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMxXuPrndbb7mXhfE6tuYPaHAdFfbIkKV6k0oMYk5QOTYT8WgPyN85dpxIGE5LBoWTJ0p40IzFGc7G0q73GysdjB3MqT8kp0gcjaxvzf8KjK_cwTIHxcyCXY1nQDvvt8s8Oj4IEqwTyLx/s1600/IMG_8385.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I feel so much better now!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love those chairs, don't you?</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLmdlQQla7DAhwCUpaodMGxNy0Wm8jiYW28KsS5iAGfjikLRTGmNVqFjGJxRGDEmNAfTYoqYuceW4KwWllmkNo5QUpQaK7jVqBdzBQRlhpHJBG3jyt7nnXu100hRvSYlyHCJmjN1T2XYa/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLmdlQQla7DAhwCUpaodMGxNy0Wm8jiYW28KsS5iAGfjikLRTGmNVqFjGJxRGDEmNAfTYoqYuceW4KwWllmkNo5QUpQaK7jVqBdzBQRlhpHJBG3jyt7nnXu100hRvSYlyHCJmjN1T2XYa/s1600/19.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So nice, </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">how does he do it?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-OXGV3AUQxzCQJLg8m6ZZNvEKDWmUdjnwmIchIdQSEjKeTswUboiR0Bz5U8h4RiltvlGu9NyP1xxv4nIFmOZO2dtOc1TaJ9_mQDtyWSXJfBChr_bOryRiz9N8Zh0fTPDFfUE-tVnhHW/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-OXGV3AUQxzCQJLg8m6ZZNvEKDWmUdjnwmIchIdQSEjKeTswUboiR0Bz5U8h4RiltvlGu9NyP1xxv4nIFmOZO2dtOc1TaJ9_mQDtyWSXJfBChr_bOryRiz9N8Zh0fTPDFfUE-tVnhHW/s1600/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rest of the bedroom just for fun.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb6lWN9FXWIimmodJu7w3g0ndfB7lcj2tHPJpsmooJBSagvN0aLjRq06-4nElMGsqpJgsqrH8ZmYLx6jvHpMHp4vfmWsUWvuninIFfBBeZf0oPD7qjjF5qOYnoGvC1_3djVA4yN6LHYxB/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb6lWN9FXWIimmodJu7w3g0ndfB7lcj2tHPJpsmooJBSagvN0aLjRq06-4nElMGsqpJgsqrH8ZmYLx6jvHpMHp4vfmWsUWvuninIFfBBeZf0oPD7qjjF5qOYnoGvC1_3djVA4yN6LHYxB/s1600/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the Master Bath.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt887k2AAfr2nod9fEzSQSJKPgWj8pDe_l6Gy4qAwOqLOt7NrQX3KXXmWOIMs48GZzqd3ptRz0UKj29CIchkzykH-C0bWpClShLBmb6JGFOK6i0CxJ6abtLalenCuPxcv8YCg001_GENl/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt887k2AAfr2nod9fEzSQSJKPgWj8pDe_l6Gy4qAwOqLOt7NrQX3KXXmWOIMs48GZzqd3ptRz0UKj29CIchkzykH-C0bWpClShLBmb6JGFOK6i0CxJ6abtLalenCuPxcv8YCg001_GENl/s1600/21.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, the lesson learned here?  </span></span></i></span></div><div 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Home Staging~Before And After~Week 4

Welcome back to my Home Staging ~Before And After Series!   If you have missed the past three weeks  you can find them all here. Week 1 Week...

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