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Need a Break? Gorgeous Lake Tahoe Vacation Rental! |
Photo to the right was taken from the front door. this is an idlylic setting that backs up to the national forest on one side and has a fabulous view of Lake Tahoe on the other. Every window has a great view and there are lots of windows and two decks totalling 2000 square feet, half of which is covered! |
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Everywhere! Stunning panoramic Lake Tahoe view, casino night lights, amazing Sierra Vistas! Set on a boulder studded secluded Heavenly cul-de-sac location, this uniquely designed modern mountain home set on over a third of an acre which backs to Tahoe National Forest. This expansive 3,432 sq. ft. designer home includes: • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths • Party size family room with fireplace, lake and sierra views, pool table, sound system, TV, DVD and full wet bar • Living room with fireplace, sound system, TV, DVD, and unbelievable views • Formal dining room with great views • Chefs' eat-in gourmet kitchen complete with all the bells and whistles, including: Wolf range, Bosch dishwasher, Sub-Zero refrigerator, double oven, bun warmer, microwave, coffee pot, electric tea kettle, blender , electric can opener, 2000 ft of decking, ½ is covered and lots of parking! |
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| Click Here to see the Rental Listing Now! |
| I have recently taken on the project of doing vacation rentals for the owner and was talking to one of the Realtors I work with who mentioned that her office had just been asking if anyone knew of a great cabin at Tahoe. I, of course, sent her the listing right away but it got me to thinking that others on active rain might also be interested and need a great place to relax after this crazy real estate year. And we would love to have Real Estate professionals as guests because we know they appreciate a beautiful house and this is a beautiful house in an amazing setting! I am renting it through Vacation Rentals by Owner, check out the listing here. If you are interested or need more info there are links on that page to send me an email - don't forget to mention you saw it first on ActiveRain - I;'d love to see what response this gets. This is really a great place and has never been rented before, they just bought the place this year and only decided to rent in the last month, so you can be one of the first. I spent the first week in December up there and it was amazing - comfortable, beautiful, relaxing and so close to everything - I even walked down to town for lunch a couple times and Heavenly Ski Resort is about 10-15 minute walk (or 2 minutes by car). If you like to cook you will love the gourmet kitchen with a Wolfe range, Sub-Zero fridge, double oven, bun warmer and a great assortment of pots, pans, etc... Below are some photos of the inside. |
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Chic Home Interiors has been professionally staging quality homes in the San Francisco Bay Area since early 2002 and their staging work was prominently featured in "Home Staging for Dummies" in 2008. For home staging and consulting services in the Bay Area contact them at info@chichomeinteriors.com . |
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Amid a rough real estate market, you are probably looking to increase home values and speed up sales. Newspaper stories continue to write about staging, and even Oprah did a segment on staging with her favorite decorator, Nate. With all the publicity around staging, more homes are going to be staged; making sure that your properties are done properly and to the best effect is to your definite advantage. While your home should say something about who you are, a house on the market should say something about, and to, the potential buyers. Family homes should say they are “family-friendly”; high end condos should really say they are “sleek, chic and modern - an “it” pad. With the holidays imminent, now is the time to see Staging for the Holidays as a way to keep homes in showing-ready style. The basic steps of staging apply even when adding in holiday pieces. Start with a checklist: Clean It, Fix It, Move It, Remove It and Add It. Guests or buyers’ reaction to embarrassing unfinished projects is a great motivator for the Fix It and Clean It steps. Take this opportunity to go through every room and address nagging issues – don’t leave undone projects that will cause buyers to chip away at the price. Bringing in a tree and holiday colors means that you clear out more pieces than you normally would. Creating and keeping a sense of consistency of style in the house is important even when adding holiday decor. If it is “cute”, it stays packed. “Cute” is not a universally appreciated concept, and the surest way to avoid trouble is to keep it simple and elegant. Keeping it secular will allow all buyers to feel welcome, regardless of religious beliefs or holiday traditions. Using greenery, wreaths, and holiday sparkle creates holiday warmth in a PC and Staging-Safe way. And don't forget the outside! |
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When bringing in your holiday colors, be cautious not to create a clashing color palette. As you purchase and unpack the decorative pieces, take special effort to be picky about what is on display. All ornaments do not have to be used every holiday and certainly not when a home is on the market. Creating themes can be a fun way to change things up, and create some consistency in the look of the house. Ornaments of one basic color palette with “show piece” ornaments adding style can be a great way to create a chic tree without turning off potential buyers with a too-homey (and often homely) holiday look. Glass bulb ornaments (all in one or two tones), and non-blinking white tree lights add sophistication to a tree. An elegant and staging-safe choice would be to keep all ornaments in white and matallic colors. Simple touches throughout the home also help, a fresh wreath on the door (sans Santa - here again, leave out the cute stuff). As you unpack your holiday treats, take a breath and really inspect and organize your decorations. Items do not need to go out just because it has a holiday look; it should go out if it works with the style and color of your décor. Keep the living room tree a show-stopper: white lights, coordinated ornaments that work with the space as a whole. Want some simple touches to turn a bland room festive without going holiday kitsch crazy? Adding simple pieces of greenery to fireplace mantels and as a base for dining room table centerpieces (similarly styled ornaments strewn along the branches make for a stylish horizontal tree) can be a great way to add style and extend the season to other rooms. Small branches placed on trays or in bowls add instant holiday appeal. What’s more, the house quickly smells like winter. Adding a pot of mulling spices or cider completes the sensory experience, equating your home with warm friendly, holiday cheer. Whatever you do, remember in a staged home, less can often be more – keep your décor simple, elegant and spare. |
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Happy Holidays Joanne O'Donnell CEO and Founder, Chic Home Interiors Certified Staging Professional Treasurer, Real Estate Staging Association joanne@chichomeinteriors.com www.chichomeinteriors.com |
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| Open House Sunday 2-4:30 | Beautiful Upper Rockridge Home |
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Experience the best of Upper Rockridge living in this modern home. Perfect for a large family, this three-bedroom, two and a half bath home boasts separation of space for privacy and serenity as well as large common spaces for entertaining and everyday living. The spacious, sunny deck boasts views of Oakland, the San Francisco Bay and beyond. A private terraced garden is located off the master bedroom. An in-law unit with separate entry adds to the home's appealing options.
Size: 1,992 sq.ft. living space; 5300 sq.ft. lot (per public records, does not include in-law) Additional Rooms: 1 bed, 1 bath in-law with separate entry Garage: Carport, additional off-street parking Yard: Fenced & terraced yard and gardens; large deck with views Year Built: 1968
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100 Buckeye Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618 Price:
$899,000 MLS # : 40458730 Bedrooms: Three Bathrooms: Two & one half |
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Professionally
staged by Joanne O'Donnell and Chic Home Interiors. Listed by
Cameron
Platt of Platt, Inc., Oakland. For more information
and additional photos, check out the listing website.
Joanne O'Donnell has been professionally staging quality homes in the San Francisco Bay Area since early 2002 and her staging work was prominently featured in "Home Staging for Dummies" in 2008. Joanne does training and consulting in home staging, design and green business practices throughout North America. For home staging and consulting services in the Bay Area contact her at joanne@chichomeinteriors.com. |
I had the privilege of attending the San Francisco RainCamp yesterday and came away with a cramped hand from trying to write faster than I could even take in all the information. But I am energized to try and incorporate all that I learned from these amazing people into my business. I am inspired and so day by day, I intend to open myself to doing things outside of my comfort zone because "what got me here, won't get me there" (I think this is a quote from Ben Kinney but may have been from Bob Stewart... like I said, I was like a deer in headlights trying to keep up - no matter, they were both amazing!)
I am a Bay Area Home Stager and Staging Trainer who always takes multiple photos of my work and after almost eight years of business have so many photos that most of them never get on my website. So, I decided to make good use of one of the tools ActiveBob (follow him on twitter) shared with us - Photosynth.
This great software allows you to take a bunch of photos of the same object, room or scene and stitch them together into an interactive 3D viewing experience, which can be shared on the web. Now, this is my initial experiment with the software and I used photos I took last month of the Certified Staging Professional course final project from my Dallas, Texas class. Since I used existing photos I obviously wasn't following the easy instructions they provide when I took the original photos and so I know results will be even better when I do new projects following their guidelines.
Click on the photo to follow the link to my photosynth - I haven't yet learned to imbed a video in ActiveRain... so this is the next best thing... Hope you enjoy my efforts and it gives you an idea of the power of this application and the breadth of the information we got at San Francisco RainCamp - I had a ball!
I can definitely see how I could use this great tool in my business, thanks again to all the staff and presenters - you were amazing! Thank you to presenters Brad Andersohn (and family), Ben Kinney, Bob Stewart, panelists Nick Cameron, Janet Guilbault, and Jeanean Gendron and all the great staff - Joel, Steven, Kerrie, Doug, Aaron (hope I got everyone and got them spelled correctly..., I apologize for any and all missing, misspelled or incorrect names)
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Chic Home Interiors does Home Staging, Interior Redesign and Training in Staging, Color and Green Build Science. We service the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Chic Home Interiors - Home Staging and Interior Redesign
Joanne O'Donnell entered the staging industry in early 2002. Leveraging her 25 years of business and corporate training experience she began staging homes for sellers and realtors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joanne also teaches the CSP Elite course designed to help agents protect their clients' equity with staging. In 2008 Joanne and Chic went Green! We greened our internal processes, our design and staging services, our recommendations to clients and began teaching the Certified EcoProfessional program. In 2009 we launched EcoChic Partners, our Green training and Consulting for business arm. EcoChic Partners works with business to build and train Green Teams, decrease their carbon footprint and promote sustainable business practices. We are very excited about these changes and the exciting road ahead.
Joanne's work was prominently featured in "Home Staging for Dummies", published by Wiley Press and available in bookstores and on Amazon. We had more of our work featured than any other stager!
Joanne's Training includes: Certified Staging Professional Instructor(CSP), Dewey Certified Color Instructor (DCI), Certified EcoProfessional Trainer (CEP), One Day Staging Professional Course, House Doctor Property Presentation Seminar, Certified Home Marketing Specialist (CHMS), Accredited Staging Professional Master (ASPM) program and Train the Trainer. Joanne attended the University of Illinois studying sociology, criminal justice and psychology for both undergraduate and graduate school.
Before
After Staging by Chic Home Interiors
Home Staging for Vacant and Occupied Properties: From a simple consultation to full blown staging of the entire property; we can do as much or as little as you want.
Interior Redesign: Whether you simply want a plan for placement of your furniture in your new home or a revamping of your current home using mostly what you already own to create a whole new, fresh look - we will help you create that "Wow" factor!
Personal Shopper for the Home: We can provide catalogs, do scouting trips to narrow down options, and/or accompany you when looking for new items to enhance your home.
Color Consultation: Paint is one of the most dramatic and affordable ways to enhance your space. We can help you make decisions you will love to live with!
Training, click on a link for information, class dates and to register:
Dewey Color Consultant: Designers and Stagers - Make Your Client Color Consults all about the Client
Certified EcoProfessional: Green Course for all Real Estate, Design and Business Professionals
CSP EliteTM Course: Real Estate Professionals - Protect Your Client's Equity with Staging
Services San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Danville, Pleasanton, Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Concord, San Leandro, Castro Valley, Alamo, Berkeley, Albany, Hayward, Emeryville, Alameda, El Cerrito, San Pablo, El Sobrante, Richmond, San Ramon, Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco East Bay, Marin County.
Located In: Oakland, CA
Phone: (510) STAGING
In 2003, I was referred by a local design firm to Joanne O'Donnell. Along with the reference, they gave her rave reviews about her interior design work. I called her, and we met. Since that day in May 2003, I have worked with Joanne on four design projects including our current and previous home as well as two residential income properties. Joanne is an excellent listener and quick to understand a client's preferences and taste. I find if very easy to discuss personal design ideas and then together choose the best design plan. She can work totally independently or involve a client at any preferred level. Shopping with her is efficient in time and cost. She knows quality, and she knows how to stay within budget. I am completely satisfied with her professionalism. I recommend her unconditionally to anyone in need of creative, professional interior design work. My husband and I love our surroundings. We owe that creativity to Joanne's trained eye and expert design skills.
Naomi Applebaum
Castro Valley, CA
We have good news -- we are in contract! Is this a record for you? You handled the whole process so quickly and professionally, it really was amazing. We called you on Wednesday January 5th and you went that day to review the property and meet our agent. Since we no longer live in the area, you emailed us a proposal that evening and had the staging complete by Sunday, January 9th in time for the Open House! Thank you for doing this so quickly and professionally! Our home had been on the market for over three months and then you staged the house and we received an offer that we accepted in less than 10 days! So please feel free to use us as a reference, as we are very happy with the result of the staging. Again, we really appreciate all your effort and fast timing on this house.
Katherine Wittenberg
Mill Valley, CA
How can I say thank you enough (again)! The home you used for your staging class last weekend looks spectacular. It was on the market since late September and I was really beginning to worry if it would sell. Even though we had plenty of traffic through to tour the home all of the feedback was pretty negative. Most people felt the home was dark and crowded. I got a lot of people who felt that the rooms would not work for the layout of their furniture and many people felt that the downstairs bedroom was useless and too small. We did get one offer but my clients rejected it. It was a very low offer and they were treating the home like a fixer upper even though there was nothing wrong with it. Homes all around us had sold; I have it advertised in many magazines and on the internet but it was just sitting there and both I and my clients were beginning to panic. And then you and your class worked your magic.... After your class I took a client out that had seen the home a month prior just to have another look - she kept assuring me that she had never seen the home before - she was wrong, I had record of it. She loved the layout of the second floor loft / game room; the reason she didn't like the home before is that the second floor loft was "set-up awkward and wasted space" and she didn't think the layout would work for her. One agent who had brought clients through before told me how great the new paint job looked and how it opened up the whole house - I still don't think I convinced him that the house was not re-painted it was just staged. We had seven showings over the weekend after your class and not one person used words like "small", "crowded" or "dark". Both the agents and their clients were complimentary of the home and the feedback consisted of word like "bright and open", "great downstairs bedroom" , "good size rooms" and "great floor plan". The residents of the house were amazed, even they did not realize what great space they had and they loved the changes. I kept meaning to call you and give you big THANKS on Monday but I was busy presenting an offer on the property you staged! That's right...We had a great offer in by Monday and I know that we owe it all to you and your students! My clients only regret is that they will not get to enjoy the new look of their home longer, they will be moving out in mid February and are starting to pack as we speak.
Lydia Clark
Las Vegas, NV
I want to express my profound gratitude for the expert decorating you provided at my sale property in Berkeley. I am confident that your installation was responsible to a large degree for the multiple offers I received, all of which were above asking price, one 0) which was "way" above asking. I noticed that you and your crew worked very efficiently both in installing and removing the decor and; that your decorating concepts and decorative items were in excellent taste. I recommend you very highly.
Peter Husman
Berkeley, CA
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