Oh dear, I
am in trouble! My wife, Rosalind, thinks
I am spending too much time blogging about fishing etc! I told her it is my new hobby and she responded
by saying OK but would I help her with her hobby?
How could I
refuse such a lovely lady after 46 years of married bliss? So let me tell you about my wife’s rather
unusual hobby called “Home Staging”! I first
heard of it when my son Dan and his American wife Holly wanted to sell their
house at Leigh-on-Sea, quickly and for a good price, so they could move to the
USA. We went round to help get the house
ready for sale only to be introduced to Denise the “Home Stager”. We were told that Denise was providing advice
on what needed doing to give the house “buyer appeal”! At first I was a bit sceptical (as usual) but
Denise had lots of energy and brilliant ideas and worked hard advising and
improving their home. The net result was
that they sold it immediately for what they felt was the right price. Now unbeknown to me Rosalind was watching Denise
and the whole home staging thing very carefully. A few weeks later following some research
Rosalind announced that she wanted to be trained as a Home Stager by Ann
Maurice of House Doctor fame. I
surrendered (as you do) and Rosalind did the necessary training and assessment projects
in order to qualify as a consultant.
Since then Rosalind has had great pleasure in helping people “stage” or “makeover”
their homes on both sides of the Atlantic.
She seems to specialise in helping people, who desperately need to sell
their house, to improve it so they get a quick sale. She has also given advice on how to “makeover”
rooms to improve them. It gives her
great satisfaction to improve a property at very little expense and then to see
it sold for a higher price than originally estimated. From my point of view (obviously biased) it
has confirmed my opinion that my wife has more design ability in her little
finger than I have in my whole body! If
you fancy having a look at her website here is the link:-
The only downside for me is that sometimes the people
Rosalind is helping want her to undertake the transformations and I find myself
putting up pictures, curtains and shelves!
Here are a couple of examples of her work that are among my
favourites.
Tatty old loft space becomes a desirable guest room
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