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My Vegetable Garden List idea is the result of having eaten too many sweet potatoes and stuffing and gravy this Thanksgiving Day. Now I am most thankful for my food and I enjoyed every bite! Tomorrow is a good day to eat healithier! Tomorrow means it is time to add a green vegetable to the diet a...
11/22/2012
There is a special part of real estate called property managment where you never run out of hearing  unusual questions! There is always a new question! Today's question from a prospective tenant is:     "DO YOU TAKE SNAKES?"   Even funnier is I thought I heard: "DO YOU TAKE Section 8 (eight)?    ...
11/21/2012
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You have heard the saying, An apple a day keeps the doctor away.    In new research published online September 29 2012, Journal of Functional Foods, study participants who ate one apple every day for four weeks had reduced blood levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad" cholesterol...
11/20/2012
THREE STAGING MISTAKES OWNERS MAKE!   #1  MISTAKE IS SIMPLY HAVING TOO MUCH STUFF IN THE HOUSE!     EVEN USEFUL STUFF IS STILL STUFF, EVEN EXPENSIVE STUFF IS STILL STUFF! STUFF GETS IN THE WAY OF SPACE.  THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE A SELLER MORE MONEY IS TO SHOW THE BUYER  MORE SPACE AND LOTS O...
11/19/2012
Staging is Not Decorating. Let's not get personal in staging to sell. When you decorate a home, it is designed to appeal to the homeowners.  When you sell your home appeal to the buyers.   Staging is not decorating with  your collections of memorabilia no matter how antique and no matter how valu...
11/18/2012
    Scrapbooking is a hobby that many people enjoy. Some are very artsy and fussy about their layouts; others less so.     I am not so artsy, but I do enjoy the process of organizing, sorting, and then arranging photos on a page.  I am too impatient to do that much embellishment. One can also ar...
11/17/2012
Where does the bed go when staging the bedroom?  When you live in the house - where ever you want the bed to go! However, when you are selling or staging a vacant bedroom, this is a good time to think about where the bed goes.   The bed is the obvious focal point in a bedroom and as such should t...
11/16/2012
  How do you Stage a dining room? To create a dining room, the obvious focal point is going to be the dining table.  Even if the dining room has been used for something else such as a  home office, play room or exercise room, by the previous owner, when it comes time to sell a house, it is best t...
11/15/2012
How do you Stage a Fireplace?   A fireplace is almost always the natural focal point of any room.  Even an ugly fireplace needs to be given some focal point honor.  Don't put a couch in front of it.  Don't put a baby gate in front of it.   Don't close it off with a solid screen.  The fireplace ha...
11/14/2012
  Winter Photo in an Abilene Window     Wasn't it just yesterday that Christmas was months away?  The local grocery store  HEB shattered that myth with Christmas music resounding from every corner duirng shopping this weekend including the Hallelujah Chorus. What happend to Thanksgiving?  Did I m...
11/13/2012
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Beverly Carlson

Abilene's Staging Realtor
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My Blog is about my real estate career of buying, selling, leasing, managing properties, and home staging. I can help anyone in Abilene, Texas to buy or sell or manage properties or stage properties. My passion is staging because it is the premier marketing strategy to get to "SOLD" in the shortest amount of time. Staging a home leads to more showings which leads to more offers. Staging is part of my marketing plan for selling and leasing. I stage for other Realtors and homeowners. I stage both vacant and occupied properties. I do model homes and model apts. Big or small, I stage them all.