Home Staging Southern California

HIGH EXPECTATIONS It's funny as you get on in years, the things that you would roll your eyes about when younger start making sense.  Have you ever caught yourself sounding like your mother?  Something many of us swore would never happen right? I have four very great kids, healthy, happy and yes...

  THE COLOR PURPLE The color purple is really hot now days.  Yes it is.  It's splashed all over the design magazines and TV  shows, it's the "it" color at this very moment. Purple has always been by oldest daughter's favorite color. Now I am not afraid of color and never have been.  Bright reds, ...

  This morning I listened to a very amusing talk on the radio about a NABA piece released discussing the disconnect between the reality a buyer sees and MLS descriptions used to market homes.  Take the description "COZY", you may have heard the old joke the house is so small you have to go outsid...

  KITCHEN SPICE You can get rid of the kitchen blahs for very little cost by creating small areas of contrast that make sense.  Spicing up this boring bar and desk center was a relatively easy project.  A glass mosaic tile back splash was added to the bar area. The bottom cabinets and desk were s...

BACK TO SCHOOL Ok, so those of you who read my blogs know I have a real problem with Christmas lights left up year round.  There is another pet peeve of mine you may not know about which brings me to the subject of this post. I run a pretty tight ship.  I am a lean and mean business.  I handle a...

  EASY VANITY MAKEOVER Getting tired of all that builder's grade oak?  Don't have the budget to replace or reface?  It's an easy project for just about anyone if you have the time and inclination.  Below is an example of how a little bit of change goes a long way. Before                  An oil b...

  CHRISTMAS IN JULY...AUGUST...SEPTEMBER... Yes, it's time once more for my rant about year round holiday lighting.... Moving here six years ago from the Midwest, it was an adjustment around holiday time.  Palm trees and 80-90 degree temperatures made it quite hard for me to get in the Christmas...

  I don't know about everyone else,  but I love Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.  It's just that everything goes so well together.  It's sweet, sticky and filling.  I tend to have food on the brain, maybe watching too many cooking shows but guilty I am.  Thinking of Peanut Butter and Jelly bro...

I was recently surfing other blogs about Virtual Staging. Interesting trend but not the subject of this blog.  I came across one by a realtor considering using or testing it, interesting I thought and then.... a realtor posted this comment ....."First of all, I'm not sold on staging as anything m...

  "...that is why I am standing in front of you today, I may fail, but I'm failing at the right thing." Melissa D'Arabian. I heard this phrase recently from the winner of The Next Food Network Star, while she was in the midst of competition. Wow I thought, that is a statement.  I think it sums it...