Edmonds, WA

While most homes we stage are vacant, many home sellers are still living in their homes while they are on the market. Here are some staging tips for the occupied home:

• Make sure there is enough light in the room and that it is evenly distributed.
  
• Arrange furniture for spaciousness and to accent the features of the room.
• Feature the focal point: here the focal point is the fireplace.
• Add greenery to bring life to the space and bring the outdoors in.
• Colors don't need to "match" but they should blend well with one another.
• Furniture should be the appropriate size for the room.
• Artwork should enhance the space and be hung at eye level.
• Rooms should feel comfortable, not cluttered with distractions.
• Buyers need to see this home as a place in which they could relax.
• Everything needs to be clean.
• Curtains and blinds need to be opened for natural light.
• Paint should be a warm neutral color.

This photo is of a vacant home we recently staged. All of the above staging tips have been incorporated in this living room. Potential buyers can really see themselves enjoying this home!

Staging provided by SISTERS Interior Redesign, Edmonds, WA.

Give your occupied listing the advantage of professional home staging.

Contact us today for a complimentary staging quote, 425.776.7890, sisters@sistersredesign.com

"Are you two really sisters?"

Sometimes refered to as "the sisters" by clients and friends, Diana Young and Alisa Landreth are the real life sisters of SISTERS Interior Redesign. Only 15 months apart, Diana and Alisa grew up in the Edmonds area with their parents and identical twin sisters, Brenda and Glenda.

The sisters and our parents: Alisa, Diana, Dad, Mom, Glenda & Brenda

During our growing up years, our dad was a sales rep for an electrical manufacturer and our mom was a homemaker and tennis coach. Having four teenaged s in the house for several years was a challenge! Our dad was definately outnumbered by all those women! He did get his "boys" eventually...

Here is the rest of our extended family, many of whom play an active role in our staging business:

Diana, daughter Julia, son Jason, husband Dwight (our accountant extrodinaire); sisters Brenda (our truck driver and staging assistant), husband Dan, son Ben and daughter Emma; Alisa and husband Rick (another one of our truck drivers and staging assistants), son Nick (staging assistant) and son Zach; Mom (staging assistant), Dad (fleet maintance manager: he makes sure our truck gets serviced!), sister Glenda and husband Harold, daughter Amelia and son Wilson.

So...yes, we are really sisters!

SISTERS Interior Redesign specializes in staging vacant and occupied homes throughout King and Snohomish County. Contact us today for a complimentary staging quote. 425.776.7890, sisters@sistersredesign.com

I just read the blog post at Edmonds Undressed about the Unocal pier being torn down.  This was news to me, and after reading the Enterprise article about it, I understand why.

The $2 million project is necessary, said Joy Goldenburg, with Washington State Ferries. The agency is paying for the work as part of early environmental mitigation for future improvements to Edmonds' ferry terminal.
The pier's creosote-treated timber pilings are rotting, and the pier is starting to fall apart.
That poses both environmental and safety hazards.
As work progresses, the pilings are broken down and transported to a landfill in Oregon, said Shawn Devine, a spokesman with WSF.  Full Article

Sort of a bummer to be losing a good dive site, and it won't look the same down there, but it makes sense that they need to pull it down.  As I commented over on the Edmonds Undressed blog, I hope someone takes up the cause of adding in a replacement reef or other underwater structure out there. 

If you know of anyone that is going to do something like that or have a comment on the removal of the Unocal Oil dock in Edmonds, post it and let the world know what you think and please, if you think other people should know about this post, share it on Digg, Stumble and so on!

With the new year comes, for us parents , the shuffle to get the following Fall kindergarten schooling set up for our kids. To help get parents acquainted with the Edmonds kindergarten program, the Edmonds school district is kicking open the doors and letting parents have the opportunity to come in and meet with with teachers and staff on Janarty 10th.

The Edmonds School District is hosting its annual District Information Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday January 10 at Lynnwood High School, 3001 184th St. SW, Lynnwood.

With kindergarten registration across the district opening Monday, it's a chance for families to find out more about registration, meet people from their neighborhood school and learn more about districtwide programs and opportunities.

The fair is not just for kindergarten families. All local residents are welcome.

The event includes many services offered in the district. For instance, visitors will have chance to talk with school board members, ride a school bus, learn about highly capable and vocational programs and meet representatives from local child-care programs. Full Information

If you would like to find out more about the Edmonds School District visit: http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/

Call Jacqueline Cliff if you need to sell your home or investment property in Western Washington!

As a professional, full time real estate agent and loan officer, Jacqueline Cliff has helped dozens of home owners market and sell their existing homes and investment properties. Unlike the stereotypical real estate agent, Jacqueline is very involved in the marketing of her clients properties. As a full time professional real estate agent and loan officer, Jacqueline is on top of the latest trends and happenings in the real estate market and passes that skill on in the marketing of her client's properties. Serving Western Washington from Arlington to Seattle and beyond, Jacqueline Cliff is the agent to call if you need to sell your home or investment property!

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Jacqueline Cliff
Lynnwood's Best Real Estate Agent
425-773-3149

My Favorite Seattle Suburb Self Dog Grooming Place:

Edmonds Scrub-A-Pup

180 W Dayton St #101 in Edmonds down by the waterfront. 425-775-7152

These guys are open 9-7 M-F and 9-5 on Sat for Dog Grooming, etc. with the last wash one hour prior to close (two hours in our case most likely). They open at 7AM M-F for doggie daycare. I noticed on their site that they offer dog classes, too.

Here is the Best Part: $20

$20 and they give you all you need! A raised tub with convenient doggy walkway to get into it, soap, brushes, towels, and what we lack at home the most: giant blowers to get our BIG dogs clean. So far, only David has visited there, but we plan to make our other Newfie a regular, too!

OK - I love this place! I should tell you why I am so thrilled: I have not one but TWO giant Newfoundland dogs - one of which is in the 200 pound range. I keep nagging my husband to make some kind of doggy spa room in the house because it literally costs us about $400 a month to take the dogs to the groomers if we did it as regularly as they need it with all their hair. The problem is that Newfies are very large and very hairy. I literally vacuum twice a day to keep up with it and still end up with what I call dog hair tumbleweeds each time. Drying out all that hair and undercoat is IMPOSSIBLE. Enter Edmonds Scrub-A-Pup.

(By the way these guys also offer doggie day care, grooming, and a full line of quality dog products, too.)

Now keep in mind this was a washing not a hair cut which my big guy really needs, too:) He is a clean giant fluff ball after and very happy!

Need help with Edmonds Real Estate? realestate@cooperjacobs.com