MARY LOU TEAGUE'S BLOG

I was decorating this home when the homeowner said that corner looks bare...and yes it did. It was the TV cabinet and the top had nothing sitting on it...So I put my thinking cap on and this is what I came up with. After a trip to Dollar General store for mini lights, white candles, and some white plastic snow flake decorations. The wandered through the owners home ( don't you just love "shopping" in someone's home ? She had these wonderful antique white candlestick holders and vases...I had a great time making this bare corner BRIGHT WITH LIGHTS !! Let me know what you think.. and I still do not know how to place the photos...sorry..

The Realtor that I worked with had placed the "Before" photo on his web-site, as you can see it was uninviting and you could not even see that the lake was right there. How relaxing, sitting in the hot tub, glass of wine and a view of the lake !!! I did the staging, showing off the view of the lake. Now he has placed my "after" photos on the web-site and he had a call just one week after changing all the photos. You gotta show it off and make them want to jump in and have a glass of wine..Give me some feed back...

Oh what to do in a small bathroom to give it that "SPA-LIKE" feel ??? .. Give me some feed back, the owner loved it and wanted to keep my things. I keep all white accessories handy for making a bathroom into a spa. However, this was a little challanging since the room was long and narrow. Since I am fairly new at this let me know what you think, what I could have done, what maybe I should have not done... The realtor had the photos on his web-site that were my "before" and after I did the staging he changed his photo on the web-site.

I recently was asked to stage a home on the lake, well it became something more. The owner asked that I do a little more that staging the home, she asked what we could do to make the house "POP". The house was older and very dark. I suggested that she paint the cabinets and replace the hardware, paint the paneling in the kitchen. I hired a painter to do the work. I did some of the work, instead of buying new hinges, I sprayed them black. Actually I had forgotten about them and since this location was far from  the local Lowe's or Home Depot, I  had to  improvise, since the hinges really did not show, it came out very well. Here are  my before and after photos.