Open Door Staging team members, Nadine Gross, Feng Shui Master, and Akanke Cadden, President, were featured on a recent WPB TV ( an NBC affiliate) feature about using Feng Shui for romance.

The goal of the feature was to leverage Feng Shui to transform a home so that the owner could attract a romantic partner.

See the transformation for yourself. Need some help organizing your home or business? Schedule your feng shui consultation today.

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Stagers from across South Florida attended the first South Florida ‘Stage It Forward’ Roundtable.

The response to the invite below was tremendous, and we would like to thank our sponsors Arrons Rents, and DS Cleaning and Maid Service for helping make this event a sucess.

Use the link within the invite to sign up for the next event in the series. Photos below.

Best Regards & Successful Staging,

Regards,

Akanke Cadden, ASP, RESA

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South Florida’s Premier Home Staging Professional Services Company.

http://www.opendoorstaging.com

Have us present at your brokerage or organization.

Warm regards,
Akanke Cadden
President, RESA South Florida Chapter

The Realtor Association finally gets behind the need to stage your home for sale, and has produced offical collateral for their real estate agents to use when communicating the need for home staging.

For more details on how to get the offical brochure, click here. They cost $39 for 100 brochures. ($29 for members).

This endorsement by the Realtor Association finally validates the need for staging services with their members (real estate agents). Make sure to mention this when talking to prospective sellers and real estate agents alike when offering your services.

Kudo's to the Realtor Association, finally staging is another accepted service when selling real estate.

Warm regards,

Akanke Cadden
President, RESA South Florida Chapter, ASP, IAHSP

(c) 2008 - Open Door Staging Inc. South Florida's Premier

Home Staging Professional Services Company.

http://www.opendoorstaging.com

Have us present at your brokerage or organization.

Want to join our team? - Apply here.

It took some time, but finally, the Florida Realtor Association is advising their Realtors to include home staging in their approach to selling a property.

Are other Realtor Associations communicating a similar message around the country? Please comment and let us know.

Simple fixes and staging practices can focus buyers' attention in the right places and keep them from getting sidetracked by personal items in the home. Here are some staging suggestions from Deborah Ehrlich-Layne of Tampa, Fla.-based Staging Plus, Handyman Matters, and HGTV's show, "The Stagers."

• Eliminate countertop clutter. A countertop covered with small appliances and utensils looks crowded, not spacious.
  
• Pack up the too-personal. Don't leave toiletries on the counter. Stash family photos.
  
• Be prepared for snoops. Prospective buyers pull open drawers, look in closets and peek behind the shower curtain.
  
• Make sure things work. Dripping faucets, burned-out light bulbs and squeaking hinges detract from the home's appeal.
  
• Think "white-glove clean." Mop, dust, vacuum, clean baseboards and wash windows. Make sure the house looks fresh and smells neutral.
  
• Make sure the front door is clean and the hardware polished. Power-wash walkways.
  
• Store furniture that makes rooms feel crowded.
  
• Show every room for the kind of room it is. Maybe you've turned your formal dining room into a home office. Get rid of the desk and computer, and bring back the dining table and chairs.
  

Source: The Dallas Morning News (09/05/2008)
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Open Door Staging, Inc. has been asked by a South Florida television network to participate in a fun and exciting feature segment on Feng Shui and interior redesign.

The TV segment will focus on how the art of Feng Shui can help a home owner or tenant acquire a romantic relationship.

If you know of someone looking for a romantic relationship, and wants to see how a Feng Shui treatment of their home can help - send us an email.

Make sure to include your contact details and some photos of the interior of the property.

The property and participant should meet the following criteria:

• Located in Palm Beach or North Broward County .
  
• Owner or renter should be single and looking for a romantic relationship
• Property should not be for sale (staging to sell and staging to live/redesign require to different approaches)
• Participant must agree to allow the Open Door Staging team into the property prior to (for assessment and planning) and during the redesign and filming stages.
• Participant must be present at the time of filming and may be interviewed by producer Participant should be open to or already know about Feng Shui
• Participant must be available for a planning meeting in September and filming during the first and/or second week in October 2008

This will be a fun experience. I look forward to your responses. If you know of someone looking for a romantic relationship, and wants to see how a Feng Shui treatment of their home can help - send us an email.

Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China . It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure the health and good fortune for people inhabiting it. Read more

Redesign is decorating a home using the owners existing furnishings to give a more updated, contemporary, and fresh look and feel to the home; it’s like a house “makeover”. In some cases we need to bring in a few needed accessories to create the desired look.

Warm regards,

Akanke Cadden
President, RESA South Florida Chapter, ASP, IAHSP

(c) 2008 - Open Door Staging Inc. South Florida's Premier

Home Staging Professional Services Company.

http://www.opendoorstaging.com

Have us present at your brokerage or organization.

Want to join our team? - Apply here.