Family Photos

Sometimes when I tour someone's home that is being prepared to sell, I don't want them to take down their family photos. Great stories and many times they are so artfully displayed that I don't want them to go. Alas, most times they must go...

Mine are displayed in an upstairs hallway that really only the family sees.

 These are at the base of my stairs for everyone to see.

Inspiration....

 [Martha]

 I very much like the wall that everyone can see.

Staging Maple Leaf

We always love using these cute floral chairs on a job. They bring happiness and light. Several offers from people to purchase them from us but they are no longer sold so we must keep them.

We staged the unfinished basement which instantly shows how usable the space is just the way it is.

Listing by Julie Polkinghorn for Windermere Real Estate.

Closed for the week.

Sister Ex and I are off for a much needed break. We will be poolside discussing items on our "to-do" list for the week: golfing, wine tasting, eating, drinking, shoping, reading and exercising. It's going to be a long conversation...

See you soon....

Book

Just finished this book. Lots to think about...I am still processing. (I wonder what Ms. Saver's opinion is on this one. Surely shes read it.)

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"When you really want something to happen, the entire universe conspires in helping you achieve it.” This one sentence captures the essence of the book in its entirety. The Alchemist is the story of a simple shepherd boy named Santiago, who believing in recurring dreams and prophetic signs, decides to undertake a journey across the deserts of Egypt in search for buried treasure.

Staging Ravenna

This job we mixed our furniture and accessories with the homeowner's. The staging was cute but the garden was my favorite.

Listing by Reilly Shanno for Windermere Real Estate.

Airstream Update

My 1963 Airstream fits beautifully with the Worlds Fair energy. It is in the city now getting ready for some summer fun.

Staging Hawthorne Hills

We do love our job. It is so fun bringing personality into a home and helping it shine.

Super cute home listed by Julie Polkinghorn for Windermere Real Estate.

Really?

I try to be aware and involved with my kids nutrition but I turn my back and here is what I find?
Really? A Menchie's spoon in a now empty Nutella container? Mother of the year....

Plate up!

So many of us have a love of dish collecting. What a way to highlight some of your pieces.

 images: livingetc.

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Ramance in the Bedroom

Bring it on...

All images: Livingetc

Off to work!

Took a little time off and now we are hitting the ground running. A ton of houses to stage this week.

image: Home in Harmonia

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Hannah Blackmore