The Home Staging Show

Happy Lunar New Year! I want to wish everyone a prosperous, happy and adventurous Year of the Monkey! On today's show, I share 5 crucial reasons to clear clutter and organize your life, my 10 takeaways from Marie Kondo's books and my top 5 tips for organizing, clearing clutter from your home and living a more minimalistic life.

I had a great interview with Desha Peacock, I think she’s a magical woman. I just really loved this conversation with her. On today's show, we chatted about her book Create the Style You Crave on a Budget You Can Afford, the concept behind her book, how to manifest, how to find clarity in all aspects of your life, ranging from finding the man you want to manifesting your dream house and designing rooms that inspire you. She also shared 7 steps on how to design the life that you want, how to manifest and how not to manifest the life that you want. We also talked about lady bosses and heroes in our lives, as well as how serendipitous it is that we'll both be going on the same styling retreat with Justina Blakeney in Italy this May. It was a really fantastic show, I hope you will enjoy it! And don't forget to check out Project Home, our next month's theme! Go to show notes to sign up for the free ecourse to refresh your home for selling or living: staged4more.com/podcast -Doing what our society expects us to do -The stories (or lies?) people tell -Finding your own path -My own personal story about establishing my business -Living your own essence -How to hit your sweet spot -What's your ideal sweet spot -Your personal heroes -What's a lifestyle coach -Core desire feelings -Goal vs. intention -Inspired action steps -7-step process to design the life that you want -What's manifesting -How to manifest -Vision board -Write and read your intentions out loud -How you can manifest what you want -But (!) you can do manifest the wrong way -The importance of having faith and how to built it -How to manifest your dream home -Create the style you crave on the budget -How to create an interior that inspires you -Declutter your mind -Arrange your space through space and color, and following your intuition on what makes you feel happy and inspired -Mood board -Big Magic -Elizabeth Gilbert on passion and work -Multipotentialite -Myers Briggs -How you can learn to develop your creative expression -Arianna Huffington: My Wake-Up Call Came in the Form of a Broken Face

Hi guys, welcome back to the Home Staging Show, where we talk about all things real estate, home staging and styling your home to live or to sell. I hope you had enjoyed the last episode with Laura Gaskill on mindful clutter clearing, the first part of our 3-part series on Mindset. On today’s show, I interviewed Lara Young, who's an expert on goal setting, setting your intentions and designing the fabulous life that you want. Lara’s a life and business architect for women just like you. Her specialty is creating systems and processes that fail-proof your fabulous future. She believes that the power is within you, it always has been – she’s really good at bringing it to light. And after today’s interview, I really agree with that as well. During her 20+ years of experience as a change manager, retreat facilitator and life + business transition coach, she has helped more than 2000 people transform their lives. She had researched the four pillars of resilience and created programs to help people to define and live lives they could only dream were possible. She has qualifications in the Law of Attraction, Neuro-linguistic Programming, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). In her work, she also incorporate Hypnotherapy and Time Line Therapy for good measure. I'm really excited about today's show because Lara had shared some really great and easy to do techniques that's really going to help you shifting your mindset and get things done. I know the process of home staging and getting your home ready can be very overwhelming and a lot of times, life just gets in the way and you can’t do everything you had set out to do. Lara had given some great steps in this episode about setting the right goals and attaching actions to your intentions so that you’ll get things done. Lara had covered a lot in this episode and I actually listened to the episode twice when I was editing so I was able to take down a lot of notes for the worksheet, that you’ll be able to download on the show notes. Things we talk about on the show today: -How to create the structure to avoid self-sabotage -How to recognize self-sabotage -How self-sabotage can unconsciously kick in and get in the way of your goals -How can you recognize self-sabotage even when you’re not aware that you’re sabotaging your own life -Gain clarity about your life -Alignment of your values, beliefs and actions -Establishing morning and evening rituals to eliminate self-sabotage -How to unravel the resistance -Research has shown that people who write down their goals are 87% more likely to achieve them. -What to do when you encounter resistance -How impactful practicing gratitude will be for your goal setting and manifesting the things you want -How to set your goals -How law of attraction works -How to set your intention -Louise Hay -What’s affirmation -How to write affirmations -”Thank you, thank you, thank you” -Create positive mantras that’ll attract positive notions -Action trumps intention -How to get unstuck -The biggest missing piece when people set goals that cause them to fail -Importance of value based words -Separate what you actually want vs. what people or external environments want for you -How to release yourself from guilt for not accomplishing your goals -What is clarity and how you can find clarity in your life -Wheel of life

Today I’m interviewing Laura Gaskill, who is an interiors writer, e-course teacher, mother, and creative soul, living in her hometown of Alameda, an island in the San Francisco Bay, after seven years on the east coast. Her mission is to help people unearth their treasures and live more authentic, beautiful, and meaningful lives. She is a regular contributor on Houzz.com and she teaches people how to mindfully clear clutter, which I think is such an important process and conversation to have in the home staging process. I hope our conversations will help motivate you to start removing clutter in your life and inspire you to better and bigger things. That’s why I thought it would be perfect to have her on, to discuss her own personal experience staging her house for sale and what she’s learned through her professional experiences. I also thought this series will be a really great starting point for next month’s special project, which is something I’m calling Operation Home. Things we talk about on the show today: -What’s Houzz -Laura’s biggest lesson learned from writing for Houzz -What’s the #1 thing to help homes sell faster & for more money -What Laura had learned from her experiences of staging her own home to sell -What was her biggest challenge with DIY staging -Learning to let go of emotional attachment -Techniques on letting go of emotional attachment -Benefits of clearing cluttering -Memory keeping -Project Life -What’s clutter? -Tricks to get into the habit of removing clutter from your home -”But what if I want to keep everything?!” -Breaking down the process of clearing the clutter of the entire house -KonMarie method -Decluttering by category -Ways to help you feel motivated, stay focus & positive about clearing clutter from your home -Tips on managing the clutter clearing process -Clutter wake-up call -Some of the main causes of clutter -Teacher Resource Center -Scrap San Francisco -Visualization -Laura’s best tip for clearing clutter

On today’s show I’m interviewing Lisa, host of The HGTV Show: Critical Listing in Canada. She’s one amazing lady. I just LOVE her energy. She is personable, energetic and incredibly knowledgeable about real estate and selling houses. If you guys haven’t seen her Youtube channel yet, definitely check it out. I loved the episode where she practices Chinese in the car with her husband. It’s adorable. She has some really fantastic things to say about her time on the show, how to target buyers and how to avoid common real estate sales mistakes. We also talked about renovations for selling, she had a great tip on working with contractors that’s very applicable even if you are not selling your home. She shared her biggest lesson about selling real estate from doing the HGTV Show: Critical Listing. She also shared 4 questions to ask to figure out your buyer’s lifestyle, and a real life scenario on how those 4 questions work. Which was totally mind-blowing and amazing. HERE ARE WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW TODAY HGTV Show: Critical Listing (here is Lisa’s bio on HGTV) How to plan out the timing for selling & buying The best way to reduce stress and minimize the risks during the sale When you are leaving money on the table and how to avoid it Lisa’s best tip for renovation that works for selling or living in your home Material selections for renovations for sale Current color trends Biggest lesson Lisa learned from doing this HGTV show How to attract the most amount of people, create urgencies for buyers to submit offers The importance about appealing to buyers’ lifestyles 4 questions to ask to figure out buyer’s lifestyle Turnkey homes v. fixer uppers How to really sell that lifestyle to your buyers Benefits v. Features Storytelling method of marketing Social media marketing in real estate Lifestyle marketing How pictures & videos can help you sell and connect you to the buyers Current real estate trends Generational selling Real life case study using the 4 questions Some behind the scene of the HGTV show Critical Listing #1 cause of a home doesn’t sell and how to change it

On today's show, I am interviewing real estate agent Marj Weir, who has a lot of experiences working with investors. I know most of you who are listening are homeowners and you may never want to be an investor, but I think there are a lot of nuggets in there that you will find beneficial. We talked about the typical home selling process for sellers, pricing the listing, how investors approach remodeling and selling a home, and whether you should remodel if you are not an investor. Lots of great information! And DON'T FORGET! Our Free 30-Day Home Staging Challenge is BAAAACK! Sign up here -->> bit.ly/30dayhome and the $99 Winter Promo for Stage Your House Like A Pro, our DIY home staging online course, will be ending soon! Here are what we discussed on the show today: -What is short sale? -What is foreclosure? -As an agent, working with real estate investors -Why bank prefer short sale over foreclosures -Where staging & good listing photos come into play -Listing photos do's and dont's -Setting up the right expectations for buyers to tour homes in person -Why you should hire professional photographers vs. taking photos yourself -How buyers buy houses nowadays -What happens when you show vacant listings -If you can't stage, at least do... -How banks put in effort to make foreclosed listings look more attractive but still fail on... -Buyer psychology -How smell can influence people's buying decisions -Walking homeowners through the home selling process -Making recommendations to sellers during walk-throughs and design decisions -A crucial & important step to get ready for sale -FHA financing -First time home buyers -How to avoid reducing your listing price -How to come up with pricing for the listings -Looking at competing listings -The timing of selling real estate -When to put your home on the market, especially if you have a larger home -Marj's common home staging & prep suggestions for homeowners -Home staging inventory & props -What's over-staging and why it can be a negative thing in selling real estate -The importance of lighting -Working as a buyer's agent -Why you should put size-appropriate furniture into rooms, even rooms that are considered as small -Why staging is so important for buyer's perception -The home selling process for real estate investors -Why appraisers & inspectors are so important in a real estate transaction -Determining the right buyers for the home you are selling -Selecting the right finishes for the right price point -Prioritizing the right to-do to work on to prepare the home for sale -How you can tank or raise the property value in the neighborhood -How to look at budget, profitability to determine how much work you'll do for your home -What type of appliances to choose -What type of work investors usually do -What you need to know when you sell -The moneymakers of your listing! -Why homeowners should think twice before remodeling for selling their home -Picking the right type of countertops for your home -Does what type of appliances (brand) matter for selling a house? -What you should do to get your home ready for sale if you have ZERO budget -Common mistakes that homeowners make -How to lower the chance of buyers' agent making a low-ball buyer -"Every seller wants top dollars and every buyer is cheap" -Common mistakes when homeowners stage the homes themselves -What you should do if you are thinking about selling -Why you shouldn't just meet with one realtor -Ways to vet potential realtor that you will hire -How to work with your real estate agent

HAPPY DECEMBER! On today's show, I am interviewing interior design and color consultant Renate Ruby. This is a bit of a longer episode but we just had such a great time geeking out over colors and everything has to do with colors. We talked a lot about selecting colors, paint, lighting and home staging as well. There were a few things we disagreed on, but again, every home is unique and so if you are not sure, really learn about your local market and buyers when it comes to staging decisions. You can also always ask me questions on the show notes or in our private facebook group. Renate also has a beautiful store in Seattle called adorn that carries a great line of wallpapers, bed linens and all these beautiful things. So you will hear us geeking out about that as well! Here are what we discussed on the show today: -What is color consultations -What is color -Why using color fan deck is not a great way to choose colors -How light affects the way we see colors -LED light bulbs v. CFL -Check your local government for subsidizing for LED light bulbs -What can consumers expect when they work with a color consultant -Color temperatures -Design philosophies -Design process -“You don’t want it to match, you want it to go” -Color wheel -How does color impact our perception and how we feel? -Is there such thing as the "right color?" -Can you have too many colors in the home? -How does one go about choosing the right colors for their home? -Differences of performance in paint with different brands such as Benjamin Moore, C2, Farrow & Ball -Painting the ceiling -What is the most common mistake homeowners make when it comes to picking colors -How to select the right colors for exterior? -Techniques to help to decide on final colors -Current trends in the paint & color world -Colors apps to help you choose colors -What you should know before you start working with a color consultant -Common mistakes in bathrooms -Adorn.house -How to put wallpaper up if you have textured walls -Belgium linens

I have the fortune to interview Stacie Staub, who is the Marketing Director at Live Urban Denver, a boutique real estate brokerage in Colorado. This was a great conversations for you whether you are homeowners or a real estate professional, because ultimately marketing expands the reach of your listings and can help you sell your house. We discussed a lot of things ranging from getting the house ready, marketing online, to blogging and even business model for home stagers. So it’s a really great conversation today. I’ll be back after the show and tell you what I think about the business model. Here are what we discussed on the show today: -Social media marketing -Pinterest board as a marketing tool -SEO for real estate -Blogging to boost SEO & organic reach -Importance of vision board -6-week business planning class for all agents in Live Urban Denver -In-house stager working for Live Urban Denver: initial consultations, to do list for sellers, tweaks or full staging with inventory -Popular trend on leveraging texts as a way to generate leads -Standards of service for agents: communication methods -Live chat as an effective lead generation tool for Live Urban Denver -What are Millennials looking for in today's market -16 things you can do right now to maximize your listing’s exposure -NAR’s rebrand -Leveraging power of open houses & happy hours -In today's show notes, we also include samples of their marketing pieces. So definitely check it out at www.staged4more.com/podcast!

Hi guys, welcome back to another episode of The Home Staging Show podcast! On today's episode, I'm going to share my top tips on shopping for inventory since I've been getting several questions about shopping recently. Shopping can be really fun but can also be very stressful. On today's show, I'll share tips on how to buy staging props and what to buy, as well as how to avoid common pitfalls for both homeowners and new home stagers. Here is what I talked about on the show today: -Prep before shopping -Where I shop for what -My top 5 tips for shopping for inventory If you have any questions about the show, ask me a question in the show notes, or pop in our private Facebook group and chat with us. Have a fantastic week!

On today’s show, we are interviewing interior designer & blogger Carla Aston. I first came across her work when I was researching for a blog post and came across her blog. I love her approach on design and really making it work for her clients. I also love her work. She has a great way to pull rooms together to make them both functional and beautiful. On this show, we are going to discuss interior design, remodeling, finishes selection, color selection, and many other tricks and tools that make great looking and functioning rooms. Here are some of the stuff we chatted on the show today: -The design process -Kitchen countertop selections -Working with clients’ needs and future needs -Design rules -Process of pulling a room together -Biggest mistake when it comes to remodeling -Countertop finishes -Quartzite countertops -Expectations / must-know for homeowners when it comes to remodeling -Working with contractors -Biggest return on investment when it comes to remodeling -Color & finishes selection -Working with color tones -What are tones -Design inspirations -Big trends coming up in 2016 -Design pet peeves -Go to styling props -The business of home staging and the growth of home staging industry