Abby's Blog

The homeowners of this Douglasville, GA home made their first inquiry about home staging over this past summer.  The house, at that point, had been vacant and listed for about a year.  They decided to get it staged to speed up the process.When touring a home to provide a proposal for services, I ...

The first time I went to tour this house in Lawrenceville, GA I was not only meeting the homeowner for the first time, but the real estate agent as well.  The REA was the one that had made the inquiry about staging this home.  She had never used a stager before but was sure this house could benef...

I just read an article about Bombay Company filing Chapter 11.  They will be closing all of their US doors, but those of you in Canada are lucky as they will be keeping their Canadian doors open.Sorry to see them go....always an enjoyable shop...even for inspiration!  

My 10 year HS reunion came and went about 5 years ago. I didn't go, for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I remained in contact with a few people that I had been friends with at that time.  Our graduating class was almost 800 people.  I recently looked at my yearbook and laughed because I ...

New Page 1 I met a new client the other day to conduct a consultation.  Upon entering her home, we shook hands and I commented how pretty the house looked from the outside.  She immediately said she wanted to sit down and talk before I did anything.  OK...that's fair.  She had already provided m...

Get in shape with the Home Stagers method!  No need for a gym membership here!  Forget the boring repetitions of weight exercises and hours on the treadmill.  Here is the full body workout you've been waiting for!  Don't forget to dress appropriately!  This is a full body workout and you don't wa...

It's been discussed over and over how important relationships are to our business.  I'd like to share a quick example of how a staging relationship has further blossomed.I emailed one of my Atlanta-Area clients last week to remind her that her 90 day contract was about to expire and to decide if ...

Let me set the stage (no pun intended!) real quick:It's a hot and sunny late Sunday afternoon at our subdivision's pool.There are about 5 adults and close to 12, or so, children varying in age from 3-15 in the pool.It's noisy; there's a lot of splashing, jumping, screaming and yelling.I'm there w...

Really, I want to know!  What makes you so special?  No, not on a personal level.  [Everyone here is special!]  I mean, what is it that you do to sell yourself to your clients?  We all know what staging involves, although we all do things slightly different.  If we did it all the same, like cooki...

OK, I've ventured into a world that I am really not familiar with and that's website design and development.  I don't want to be a website designer but I do want to know more about what it takes to create a site.  Knowledge is power, right?  I really just want to know how to manage my own site an...