PS - The Art of Home Preparation

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Home Stager - Preferred Staging, LLC

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2010 

"Its Not MY Job" - Part 2 is the continuation of the story started in "Its Not MY Job" Doesn't Get You the Job, or My Respect". More of the story- the owner of the property had passed away (yes, I wrote a previous blog where another house was staged under similar circumstances), and if I remember...
02/16/2010
“It’s not MY job” doesn’t get you the job, or my respect. Allow me to elaborate. Not too long ago Preferred Staging was hired to stage a small vacant property. I did a consultation with the Realtor prior to the staging and made a few suggestions, some “stronger” than others. For example, the ligh...
02/15/2010
One of our favorite houses that we staged back in November sold (not too bad with the holidays and a snowstorm in December!), and destaging was scheduled for Monday, February 8th.  With the arrival of "Snowmaggedon" (as President Obama called it) that weekend, no one was moving come Monday (see "...
02/14/2010
You've seen it on the news... Washington DC and the surrounding metro area is virtually paralyzed.  I can remember only one other time in recent memory when the Federal Government shut down due to snow, and that was back in 1996 when I worked for the National Park Service.  We had 2 days off, and...
02/08/2010
I recently read where there was no snow predicted in Vancouver, site of the Winter Olympics, between now and February 12th, and that they have to truck in snow from other locales. HELLO, VANCOUVER!  YOU CAN HAVE MY SNOW! Of course that's not feasible, as I'm in Northern Virginia.  But as of 11:00...
02/06/2010
I recently read where there was no snow predicted in Vancouver, site of the Winter Olympics, between now and February 12th, and that they have to truck in snow from other locales. HELLO, VANCOUVER!  YOU CAN HAVE MY SNOW! Of course that's not feasible, as I'm in Northern Virginia.  But as of 11:00...
02/06/2010
Staging vacant homes are always a lot of fun for Preferred Staging.  It's a great creative challenge to walk into an empty house and then envision how it will look furnished and accessorized.  Although it's not quite as simple as it sounds.  Room measurements, zones (like space between furniture,...
02/02/2010
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