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Living in Your Staged Home and Loving It Or Not

Keeping your home on the market show-ready can be tricky.

You want to sell your home quickly at a price that makes you feel great.

So you’ve staged it to impress buyers. Now you get to live in your beautifully staged home.

How’s that working for you?

Having a hard time keeping clutter under control?

Tired of Swiffering every day?

Wish you could leave dishes soaking in the sink every morning?

Miss having your collections and family photos on display?

Going crazy keeping the fluffy towels on display in the bathroom?

I’ve lived in staged homes, and I’ve talked to plenty of people who have done the same. I know it can be difficult and stressful. Here are some of the solutions to problems that go along with waiting for that serious buyer.

Remember it’s temporary.

Look at this period of your life as the time you are running your own business.

Prepping a home for the real estate market and maintaining it so buyers swoon is your mission now. Done right, it will be a financial success, so consider it a job. It may feel overwhelming at times (what job doesn’t?) but the unavoidable truth is the better your home looks, the faster it will sell and the more money will go in your pocket.

Embrace the Simplicity.


House hunters dont expect sterile perfection, but neatness counts. Photo: BHG.

It’s common for homeowners who have staged their homes to say, “Why didn’t we do this sooner? I love how my home looks!”

With all the stress of selling a home and moving, you deserve a serene, uncluttered living environment.

To get to that point, you’ll need to look at your home with fresh eyes. Re-examine all the items on your kitchen counters and bath vanities and bookshelves and desks and tabletops. Ask yourself how often you use that blender or bread maker. Find places to file your coupons and bills. Stash all your cosmetics in one tote that fits under the sink. Whittle down your wardrobe. Get rid of things you don’t need or like any more. In some cases, you might decide seldom used stuff can be completely eliminated or else packed into storage.

This kind of pared down living can be habit-forming. If youre like most people, you’ll feel more in control of your life, less overwhelmed by excess and unfinished business.

Choreograph routines.

There’s a reason factories put products together assembly line style. The same steps are repeated at regular intervals by the same people. It’s a method that saves time because there’s no wasted motion or steep learning curve.

What efficient routines can you establish? Making beds, throwing away papers and junk mail, and getting dishes out of sight every day could be three typical routines. Clothes go immediately to the hamper, not the floor. Dishes go to the dishwasher, not the sink. The toilet lid and seat goes down after every use. Front steps and walkways get swept daily. Toys are picked up every evening.

If you can assign each person in your household a specific room or set of tasks, youve made a move towards more efficient household management.Think like a factory manager and streamline as many chores as practical to save time and trouble.

Call for backup.


A room without lots of small things is easier to clean. Photo:Eric Roseff Design.

Maybe you can’t afford to hire a housecleaning service or lawn maintenance service, but if you have family, everyone should have a daily task to keep the house looking good. After youve deep cleaned and de-cluttered your home, maintenance jobs are doable by the unskilled, and I am not mentioning any age groups or genders here, to be diplomatic.

Have a pre-showing checklist and assign jobs from that. Tell yourself and your children that learning and implementing these simple housekeeping strategies will help develop habits that improve ordinary life long after the house is sold.

Confine Activity.

If you have rooms that get minimal use – a game room, a guest room or bath, a formal dining room, or a bonus room -- consider staging it and then closing the door. In effect, you are placing it off-limits.

With minimal traffic and usage in one area, cleaning there is a breeze and tidying up should be a thing of the past.

This room-quarantine method doesn’t work for everyone. If you’re moving in order to give your family more square footage, I’m guessing that closing off some spaces won’t work in your present house. However there may be smaller versions of the same principal that will work now. Some home sellers switch to a shoeless home when they are selling. Others move their pets to a friend’s house. Are there small changes you can institute that will make living the staged life feel easier?

While these suggestions may not reflect the way you usually enjoy your home, you’ve made the right decision to stage your property. Soon your efforts will be rewarded with a generous purchase offer.

Reminder: Download my staging eBook, DIY Home Staging Tips to Sell Your Home Fast and for Top Dollar. Its an essential guidebook that will let you save money by staging your own home like a pro!

Top Photo: Andreas Trauttmansdorff Photography

Living in Your Staged Home and Loving It Or Not

Carport Shed Plans why to not use free plans

Id like to tell you some points about why you shouldnt use totally free plans with any creating project not even when constructing a tiny shed.

In brief its just about having very good quality things in all parts of your venture and the strategy is just as significant as the paint.
If the plan is a undesirable 1 your final results will be disappointing even although you are a seasoned amateur carpenter.
You may well feel that totally free 12x16 shed plans could be excellent sufficient. This is most most likely not legitimate. It could possibly be genuine if the prepare is a good a single but how can you inform if the program is excellent? And if you are an amateur and begin making anything with plans that are sub-typical what do you get?

Perfectly let me notify you an individual issue youre not obtaining and that is what you intended. You will get anything else.
The last result will probably be anything not so pleasing to the eye and not really sturdy.

A proper approach should really have plenty of details and directions and not just some blurry image with short hand notes you expend half a day attempting to decipher.

Ive tried a cost-free approach as soon as and Ive had a look at really a handful of of them and I would not propose constructing anything employing cost-free shed plans.
All no cost 12x16 shed plans Ive noticed are low in detail and dont give you the recommendations you require, at least that I wanted at the time.
They are incomplete and typically harmful copies of a essential shed layout.

Ive made these errors mainly because I was lazy. A great approach doesnt price very much contemplating the expense of the entire venture, and it was not the added amount that built me use the cost-free plans, its just that I had them currently and I believed they may perhaps be sufficient.

So I ended up sitting there surrounded by nails and planks, wondering why I didnt invest some additional time and a couple of bucks to purchase suitable plans.
Dont be stupid and lazy like I was, spend money on a correct strategy and save your self the frustration.

Consider that a properly-constructed shed or outhouse can add significantly to the value of any genuine estate property.

When you construct your shed it should really be enjoyable and give you satisfaction.
A fine plan with uncomplicated to adhere to guidance, complete color diagrams and a list of material and resources essential prevents you from finding frustrated and lets you love the process.
I extremely advocate picking a provider of 12x16 shed plans that lets you download a free of charge sample you can evaluate previous to you pay for it.
This is the greatest and fastest way to guarantee that youre finding the correct plans.

Can you now appreciate my passion for the accurate shed plan? Get a one and youll be golden. A really good place to start is myshedplans.com !

Carport Shed Plans why to not use free plans

Inkblots as Art Why Not

One day just over 100 years ago a young Swiss psychologist was reading a book of poems written fifty years earlier.

Each poem was illustrated by an inkblot design.

The psychologist was only 26, and the inkblots intrigued him.

Over the next two years he experimented with hundreds of inkblots until he found ten that he used solely to diagnose schizophrenia in his patients.

The man was Hermann Rorschach.

He lived only 10 years more, never knowing that his test would be used worldwide as a mental health indicator.

They are used to interview patients who are reluctant to discuss what they are thinking or feeling.

Rorschach never intended the blots to be used as they are today. Not as clinical tools, and certainly not as art.

Inkblots are fascinating. They’re loosey goosey and yet symmetrical.

You can pay $50 on Etsy for an inkblot print. Or you can make your own, saving money and experiencing the satisfaction of creating something unique.

Lets make some inkblot prints to decorate your home for sale.

What you Need

Were still in the kitchen this week making prints for wall decor. I chose to use food coloring because I think most people have some. I also chose construction paper because it is inexpensive, available everywhere, and will absorb the dye easily. Plastic boxes to frame your prints are an easy framing and hanging option. I like that theyre lightweight enough that a push pin will hold them up.

Who knew Rorschach
was such a handsome dude?

Some sheets of construction paper
Food coloring dye
Paper towels
Newspaper or other paper to protect work surface
Acrylic box for framing
Paper sized to fill frame

How to Do

Decide what color paper and what color dye youll use. I would avoid the neon colored construction paper for home staging art. Youll most likely make more prints than you will want to frame. Make a bundle and choose the best. You never know entirely how an inkblot print will come out.

Work near a sink. Prepare a work surface nearby by covering it with newspaper or kraft paper. Place a few layers of paper towel in the center.

Start with one piece of construction paper. Wet both sides of it under running water for a few seconds. Place it on the paper towels and fold it in half, being as precise as possible.

Open the sheet of construction paper and a place dots of your selected color(s) in the center. Close it on the fold, and use a paper towel to press the surface to distribute the food coloring.

Open the paper. You may decide to add additional colors of dye and repeat the folding, or to lay it flat on newspaper to dry. After its dry, iron it between layers of paper towel to remove the center crease.

Your inkblot art is ready for mounting on a piece of plain paper (color of your choice, but nothing beats white) and placed in the acrylic box for hanging.

Hermann would be amazed. But maybe not. The images captivated him as well.

Inkblot art has a contemporary feel to it, but looks at home in any setting.

The classic Rorschach test is made with black ink on white paper. Photo via Centsational Girl.

Begin here: Dont be afraid to put dye on both sides of the fold. There are no rules.

If you want to keep the dye from staining your fingertips, nows a good time for latex gloves.

I decided this inkblot needed more color, so I dabbed on some more dye.

The color I added was blue, so this is how it looked after folding and pressing.

For tips on making your home look better, whether you are putting it on the market or not, download my $4.99 eBook, How to Arrange Furniture, A Guide to Arranging Furniture Using What You Have. I guarantee youll be satisfied or I will give you your money back.

Inkblots as Art Why Not