Karen's Central Connecticut Staging Blog

I'm so very proud to announce that my friend and Broker, Linda Tosta of Northstar Real Estate will be soon be sworn in as the new Vice President of the Midstate Association of Realtors! We know that with Linda's outstanding leadership, dedication and boundless energy the Midstate Association of R...

One of the many connections I am so happy to have made here at Active Rain is with George Souto of McCue Morrtgage.  I contacted him a while back when I was trying to figure out how to get the condominium communities my company manages FHA approved.  (By the way - they extended the application de...

Today I had a client ask me about the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program. Did you know that all contractors who perform renovations in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978, need to be operating in compliance with the new le...

Are we giving up before we try?  I did a staging consultation the other day for a sweet young couple.  They need to sell their house so that they can be closer to family members who help out with their daycare needs.  They have a great house that they really love - it's an older home and they've ...

Thank you David Popoff for inspiring - or should I say challenging me - to study the "statistics" behind my blog posts.  It's not something I've been in the habit of looking at.  Here are my Top 10 posts based on the number of times they were viewed - definitely more than a few surprises here ......

Happy New Year to All!  I haven't posted in a while .... I decided to spend the last week thoroughly enjoying my 3 amazing kids while they were home for Christmas vacation.  I am thankful for this feeling of being restored, revived, reclaimed and redeemed .... "For attractive lips,
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Last week I attended a "Thank You Holiday Open House" at the magnificent home of my dear friend and Ready2Sellin30Days contributor Lisa Leonardi aka The Room Doctor.  She invited all of the Realtors she worked with in the past year so that she could personally thank them for their staging busines...

I wanted to throw in a little something extra for all of my Christmas cookie recipients this year.  I stumbled upon this last minute gift idea that is cute, clever and very inexpensive so I thought I'd pass it along.   These adorable poems were easy to find online.  All I did was attach them with...

I am very grateful to be able to start each day with motivational/inspirational messages that are sent to me via email every morning from My Daily Insights.  I found today's message particularly meaningful and felt compelled to share it ... Teach us to value most eternal things. To find the happi...

Thank you Juli Vosmik for challenging us to acknowledge those who inspired us to write our first post.  This is such a nice idea. You can check out Juli's post here..... Thanking Activerain members and a wonderful way to start the day. I owe a very long overdue 'Thank You' to Julia Maher for insp...