Valerie Sagheddu ~Home Staging Professional, Poconos, PA

Looks like these fellows have been swayed by the fashion trend of the last few years!

Unlike, so many youth (and plumbers) out there, at least these guys don't have to walk and function with this fashion faux pas. Waddling like ducks, juggling all their possesions in one hand, keeping the other on their belt loop so their pants don't end up on the floor.

I just died laughing when I saw this driving home the other day...clever eh! Too good not to share!

Never know what you are going to see in the Lovely Pocono Mountains!!

Happy FALL!!

:)

I seem to be making a lot of fast friends these days. So many very special people keep popping into my life in droves it seems. I recently blogged about one in my Humble Pie series but there have been many more.

I have a business associate that I know through a local networking group. We were talking one day last year about our kids and it turns out he has a daughter who is 15, same age as my son and they are both very passionate about music. He owns a video production company and recording studio in Stroudsburg PA, Tera Productions,...very cool so he suggest we get the kids together. Well, life happens and finally a year later, last Saturday we go over to see his studio.

His house and studio were like a fairytale! It turns out that he is an artist and a designer as well and his lower level where he works was transformed into a European street scene complete with columns and meticulously faux finished, antiqued walls...a man after my own heart!

We quickly discovered just how much we all had in common and really did become "fast friends"! His daughter, Francesca, absolutely blew us away with her talent. She was having her very first performance ever that night at an event at a local Pizzeria. I am so glad we took the time to come out and see this beautiful young lady perform as I know she has an extremely bright future ahead of her.

You Go Francesca..our new and very special fast friend!! :)

(Just click on the video to play)

Staging takes you places!

I love the fact that being a professional Home Stager has allowed me to travel all over my region to places I didn't even know existed... all right in my own backyard!

 Over the Pocono Mountains, through the valleys, down private roads, behind gated communities...the spaces, places and properties I have seen and transformed over the past 5 years have been truly incredible.

My most recent staging though, took me somewhere I would have never imagined...a space where something magnificent took place...

...A place where Heaven met Earth in the most beautiful way.

This special place was not a million dollar mansion with magestical views but rather the humble gymnasium of my kid's Catholic school. Not pretty, not new, nothing fancy...but this staging of a different kind has been one of my most rewarding for sure.

A very special young man who has graced our school for the past year with his service was ordained over the weekend and choose to have his first Mass at our school which is quite an honor...the kids absolutely adore him!! Sooooo....operation transform the gym into a church was in effect. It was simple but served as a great backdrop for an incredible event which I feel incredibly honored to have been a part of.

Not something you experience every day...Take a minute and watch the video I put together of the Ordination at the Cathedral and then his First Mass. There are some really beautiful images....

I was so looking forward to today knowing it was going to be warmer than it has been for weeks here in the Poconos. While the cold and snow is great for the skiers... we had 2 properties to de-stage so the milder temperatures were a much welcome and anticipated blessing.

So, still rubbing the sand out of my eyes and stumbling to the sliding door on my upper deck, I peeled back the curtain to be greeted by the day and this was my

"Good Morning"...

Pinks and purples in full array...All I could think was that this was God's Valentine...His way of saying "I LOVE YOU!"

What better way to start the day?

LOVE, SWEET, LOVE!!!

There is nothing more Sacred...

...or more beautiful...

...Than LOVE!

Happy Valentine's Day...and Thank You God!!

( The Pocono Mountains, PA is an incredibly, inspiring and beautiful place to live and enjoy. Why not plan a visit? )

Winter hurts!!! I mean literally. I was going to open the door to my van yesterday which was encased in ice and as I grabbed the handle ...without my gloves on....and felt a sharp jab to my forefinger. Ouch! It actually drew blood! That is some nasty ice...but I have to say....it was extremely beautiful to look at...from the inside looking out anyway. I did venture out though...camera in hand...I just couldn't help myself.

Now with the forcast calling for temperatures BELOW ZERO this week, Vegas couldn't come at a better time! We have been hammered with snow and ice all week and now arctic temperatures...

Goodbye TUNDRA...SUNSHINE HERE I COME!!!

This is my driveway that was so perfectly shoveled before we got dumped on 2 more times this week!!

Now it is frozen until who knows when...May probably!!!

This last one sums it up nicely!!!