A HOME I JUST STAGED FOR FUN! Befores and Afters

Hi there!

Lest you think I am sluffing off when I am

not on the computer

I will prove otherwise.

I met a new friend a couple of weeks ago.

She recently retired and decided

when she grows up she wants

to be a realtor.

Her name is

Cindy VanEffen.

You know how it is when you meet

someone new and it is like you are

OLD FRIENDS.

Well...not that we are OLD...

but we felt like we were not

NEW FRIENDS.  lol

Guess what!

Cindy got right out there and got her first listing!

Whoo Hooo!

Cindy asked me if I would be interested in 

STAGING THE HOME.

I have kind of quit doing that over the years but,

being the sucker that I am

I decided I would stage this one for her.

The bonus is that the owner, Brenda,

has some wonderful pieces

AND she has a good eye for color.

(She's a quilter extraordinaire--

and you know how quilters are with color-

okay---if you DON'T know- they are GOOD)

So, I had good bones to start with-

It just needed a bit of shaping up.

I won't tell you that my 

daughter-in-love calls me the staging Nazi-

but she loves me anyway--or pretends

she does.

So- I did a walk through one day and went

back and spent a second day working.

I am using pictures from the realtors' listings

so bear with me.

Going to show you 

BEFORES & AFTERS.

In case you CAN'T tell-

the BEFORE shots are on the left...

First up-

The Foyer

The Kitchen

Dining

Dining 2

Living Room

Fireplace

 Loft

This was probably the biggest change.

This HUGE bedroom was set up as a

Sewing room.

We made it back into a bedroom.

And then, we combined the 

Sewing Room & Office in the other

LARGE BEDROOM-

MASTER BEDROOM 

is on the first floor.

There is also a nice sized 

MASTER BATH.

There's a large 

UPSTAIRS BATHROOM

There is also a 

POWDER ROOM 

on the first floor.

And a nice sized

LAUNDRY ROOM

Here's the link if you want to see more.

1064 Coronado Ct-Oneida WI

It's a really lovely home-

bright, airy and a great use of space.

There is also a lovely club house

and pool.

And, the best part of it all-

THE OWNER.

If this sells she is moving closer to me.

Win/Win!

Hmmm...swimming pool, huh?

Well---I might just pop over for a swim...

Or....Maybe not.............

Have a great day!!!!

Final Staging Pictures Of Tom & Ruth's House

Finally!

The first floor is all done

except for the master bedroom!

The attic is emptied!

The house is on the market!

Here is a quick recap of what we did.

This is the outside entry to the house.

We added the lions (which Ruth had)

the plants and the bistro table and chairs.

Entering the house there is a small table 

and there is the hall leading to the living room

Small table sits to the left inside entry door.

Living room.  

The sofa sits was in front of the windows

but was moved to the wall where the TV rested.

The dining room staged to sell

The kitchen

The color of the walls is as seen 

above the BREAD tin.

The family room

Girls room

Wallpaper is from Victoria Magazine

and the bedding is 

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic

Bed moved from left wall to back wall.

Closet (w/garden door) 

is now to the left of the bed.

Boys room

Backyard

Okay-That's it for now.

I'll do some final pictures when the master bedroom

is finished.

It has been a lot of work but a lot of fun

talking over old times as we worked.

Lots of laughter and a few tears when

I realize that when the house sells they 

will down South for good.

Ha!  I know how to drive!

They are not gonna see the last of ME by moving!

The Kitchen Witch Stages The Kitchen

Yes!  

THE KITCHEN WITCH

would be ME!

I actually think Tom  might have

replaced the first letter of Witch

But-I'm not sure

as we moved our way from staging

the dining room into the kitchen.

After I had the kitchen staged 

for the showing I wouldn't let

Tom eat at the table...

(snicker)

Now you know WHY I am the

KITCHEN WITCH.

However, it does look NICE, doesn't it?

The solid cherry cabinets are in excellent shape.

Not a nick or a scratch on the countertops either-

This is looking out the patio doors to the back yard.

Dinette is on the right.

For some reason my camera was

NOT working right

it certainly could NOT have been the photographer's fault

Anyway, here you can see how the kitchen/dinette

leads into the family room

and ties into the alcove

between kitchen and dining room.

I'll have a few more pictures to show you 

in a day or so.

I told Tom if he doesn't 

LIKE ME as his KITCHEN WITCH

I will send him a replacement.

internet image

Now, I ask you.

Who YOU gonna call to stage your kitchen?

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch (House)

Well, I took a break from

posting about Tom & Ruth's house

for a few days.

However, that does not mean that the work

came to a standstill.

My oldest son, God bless him,

had some time between jobs and 

worked tirelessly for 2 days on the back yard.

Here is a quick AFTER:

 My friends were gone about 8 months out of the year for the last 3 or 4 years.

The yard kind of took on a life of its own.

Here is the before of this area.

Much better, huh?

Here's another BEFORE shot:

That pile of brush in the center is a koi pond

that has been abandoned and filled with brush.

My son cleared it and then 

we covered it with plywood

and some indoor/outdoor carpet with signs

telling people what it is and warning them to

 STAY OFF THE GRASS!;>)

Here's the other side of the back:

Before:

Another Before:

After the MAGIC SCISSORS  treatment:

MUCH BETTER.

Not perfect- but oh-so-much better!

Tomorrow, if I can stay awake long enough to type

I will show you the final staging on the

inside of the house.

It's looking GOOD girls, REALLY good.

I think I have EARNED a treat, don't you?

Hmmmmmm

I don't drink so I guess I will have to do 

the next best thing:

Care to join me?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Two For Tea- Or Three-Or Four-Or Five- Or- WHAT? How many?

Don't you think this

is beautiful?

It is probably my favorite~

at least for the moment.

Do you remember when I showed

you Ruth's cabinet filled with teapots 

the other day? You can see it here

Several of you expressed

an interest in teapots and

asked for a closer look.

So-I snapped some quick pictures

of some of her teapots.

I didn't take them out of the cabinet

so you will have to take what you get here!

I am SO nice, aren't I?

Take a peek at a few of them.

Did you notice that about half of the teapots

have porcelain trivets under them?

I don't think I ever saw these before.

They are as pretty as the teapots.

Here's a close up of three of them.

This set has two matching cups-

Ruth sure does like PRETTY, doesn't she?

She has MANY pretty things.

Remember when I said she willingly gave me things?

I am drawn to things that are a bit offbeat.

(which explains why I married MyHero)

Well...look at this sweet little thing!

Guess what!!!!

While you are making tea

I will be 

Warming My Buns-

And NO! I am NOT sitting on a heating pad-

Thanks for asking!

Hope you have a great day.

Back with more staging pictures tomorrow.

Ruth's Living Room- Staged To Sell

I am almost embarrassed to show you

the pictures I took.

I don't know what happened but I think

my camera was on the wrong setting.

I am just going to give you a peek

because these are the only pictures 

that turned out.

Here is the Jasper secretary 

on the left side of the fireplace.

This fireplace is also an antique mantle 

that they salvaged

like the one in the family room here.

Here is kind of where we started.  

We had started sorting and had

packing materials on the floor.

The sofa moved to the wall that holds the TV.

The TV was given away and 

the two furniture pieces

you see on the left went to auction. 

See the Noah's Ark picture?

That's the one we moved to 

the "boy's room" here.

This is where the white chairs that are covered

with packing materials in the left photo above went.

They are where the sofa used to sit.

Hmmmm-just noticed I need to 

neaten up those cords.

The pillows have bits of color that 

pick up the color of the carpeting.

Here is the Jasper curio cabinet to the right of the fireplace.

We gathered and displayed 

Ruth's teapot collection in there.

This is looking out through 

the French doors towards

the foyer.

Can you see all the wonderful doors?

I will try to get some full room pictures

on Wednesday.  

Hang in there!

I promise you pretty!!!

Staging Ruth's House- There's An Elephant In The Room

Okay-

Can you spot it?

The elephant!  Can you spot the elephant?

How about TWO of them-

Can you spot TWO of them?

Okay-then-smarty pants-

How about THREE of them- 

Can you spot THREE of them?

Look close-there are at least

THREE ELEPHANTS in the room.

Here is the room when we 

were using it for sorting things.

Yeah- It's a mess-we know it..

It didn't always look this way until we started

ripping things apart.

Can you see the wallpaper on the walls?

Abracadabra -loving the off-white paint that replaced it.

Out went 2 big pieces of furniture

and assorted other pieces.

We moved the bed to the wall on the left.

In front of the windows went a small stand.

The house has quite a feminine feel to it 

so the goal is

to make one bedroom feel like a boy's room.

What boy wouldn't love this sweet little dog?

The bedrooms are all good sized.

This is the smallest one and is still good sized..

Bits and pieces

Oh- And did I happen to mention that

EVERY BEDROOM 

has French doors into the closets?

Uh-huh

Don't you love that detail?

Looking like a boy's room now, isn't it?

More rooms coming up!

Y'all come back now and bring a paintbrush,will ya?