Liz Gallagher,Montreal Quebec RESA member.

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Remember me? Yes, I'm still alive and staging here in Montreal. It's been some time since my last post but I have been keeping busy and enjoying the beautiful summer we are having. Hope you are up to the same.

Although the summer months are typically a little slower for the staging industry, Home Harmony has managed to keep busy with staging and organizing for Montreal area residents.

Here are a few pictures of a recent project. These home owners are relocating to the Toronto area and their Realtor called us in to stage their lovely home. Having 4 teenage children made it difficult for this Mom to get anything more than laundry done! Home Harmony was able to wrap things up in a 1/2 day staging.

Removing the wallpaper border in this kitchen made a HUGE difference. The colour of the paper was only enhancing the orange tone of the wood which was not a good thing for this somewhat dated oak kitchen.

Although this family room is quite large the dark furniture and accessories were srinking the room. We added the rug we found in the dinning area, drew back the curtains and removed the lacey ones under that didn't with this model look. We also removed some wall deco that was visually cluttering the space.

Using what we removed from the family room below we were able to enhance this beautiful bedroom with more jewel tone accessories. We relocated the dresser to the far side of the room because it was hindering the bedroom door from opening wide.

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As I had mentioned in my post last night, I was experiencing a few glitches with the ActiveRain site, so here I am this morning to follow up with a few additional photos from the lovely home we worked in this week.

Not all home owners have the luxury of moving just for the sake of moving. In this particular case, although the senior is less senior and more "boomer" than some we have worked with, she is putting a plan into place for her handicapped adult son. She wants to be sure he is close to family and has goods roots in the town if something should happen to her. Not an easy decision I am sure to up root oneself from years in a community but one that must be taken to unsure her son security when she is no longer there to look after him.

I am happy that Home Harmony was able to lessen the burden of this homeowner in a small way. By not having to show the house repeatedly over what could be months, this homeowner can now put her focus on where they are going to relocate to and get settled more quickly.

I LOVE what I do ... it's not just about moving furniture it's about MOVING people and making a real difference in someones life.

Although, we would have loved to remove the border around the kitchen, Home Harmony is able to work around these limitations when needed and put the focus on other parts of the room. We were able to reposition the island and create a better flow around the kitchen and into the dinning area.

Small changes can make a HUGE difference in the flow and openness in a home. It's easy to see how much space there really is now that Home Harmony moved some things around.

As MICHELLE KING writes in her blog BEDPLACEMENT ... What a difference a few feet can make.

by reposistioning the hopechest we are able to free some space up around the room. You will also notice we changed the art above the bed to something we found in the entrance. The art that was previously in the room was harsh less suited to the calm feel of the room.

This is the third home is as many weeks that we have staged for a senior.

This home had solid bones, well maintained property and house. It had lovely furniture, art, and things we could really work with. The owner, was very open to the idea of staging, which is often the biggest battle when staging any home.

Well, we went in on Tuesday afternoon and in just 4 hours myself, Louise Garai and our assistant Lori, had completed this 4 bedroom home.

Wednesday morning the photographer took the photos and by Wednesday afternoon the agent had the listing posted ...

Now this is the part where I SWEAR I am telling the truth ... we got an email from the agent yesterday stating that the 1st first visitor to the house on Thursday has made an offer!

The right combination of price, location, photos and of course staging can accelerate the sale of a property.

Home Harmony is happy to be part of this agents stats!

Experiencing some ActiveRain glitches ... will post some more photos tomorrow.

Unlike the last senior client we had, this elderly gentleman was enthusiastic about what we were about to do.

Living alone with the occasional weekend visit from his handicap son he was ready to downsize into a smaller home and was prepared to do whatever it would take to get his current home ready to sell. He had declutter a few key places within the home that required him to sift through papers, photos etc, so it allowed Home Harmony's team to move quickly though the entire house in just a 1/2 day staging.

All the while we were staging the upper floor of this traditional split level, classical music played in the background. The sun shone brightly through the large windows and we occasional caught a glimpse of waterfront from the rear windows ... it was very pleasant.

While staging the gentelman would pop into the doorway of the room we were working in to see how we were doing. By the end he would show up with articles he thought apporiate for that room ... it was really cute.

We started and finished this project with 4 hours on a Friday and by Monday morning we were informaed that the home was SOLD!