Heeding My Own Advice~Staging My Home For Sale

As an Interior Designer and Certified Home Stager I give out a lot of advice.  

In fact, I write up pages of advice for people getting ready to place their home on the market.  

It's good advice!  

Houses that I have staged or just written up staging reports for have sold in about 60 days or less.  

I must be doing something right... right?  

Well folks, the time has come for me to heed my own advice.  

We are in the process of putting our home up for sale this Spring.  

With my daughter the last one at home and a junior in High School we really need to downsize.  

So, why is it so much harder for me to take my own words and put them into action?  

I wish I had the answer, but, for now I am just putting one foot in front of the other 

and getting each task on my long list done one project and one room at a time.  

Let's start in my son's room.  

For goodness sakes, he will be graduating from college this Spring!  

Why does his room still look like the day he left it?  

Yes, I am THAT Mom! 

He pillaged the room and uses it now to store his drum set and whatever else.  

The room is in need of paint to lighten it up 

and some kind of color scheme to tie things all together.  

 And what am I supposed to do with this?  

That certainly won't help to sell the house! 

Source-HGTV

 I came across this photo of the 2013 HGTV Showhouse guest room 

while I was looking for Inspiration.  

I needed a LOT of Inspiration to get started!  

And a few Starbucks too!  

I liked the blue tones and the lightness of it all.  

It is neutral enough without being boring.  

So that was my jumping off point.  

My goal (as always) was not to spend very much money.  

I mean why would I want to spend money on what would soon be my "old" house?  

Here is the old headboard painted with ASCP in old white and Cocoa.  

I removed the stickers with a putty knife (cursing my son the whole time) 

and painted two coatsof the chalk paint.  

I found these adorable Equestrian pillows at Target in the clearance section for $13.50 each.  

The plaid pillow is a pillow case with an old belt around it.  

And the rest of the bedding I already owned.  

I like to use white bedding in the homes that I stage.  

It keeps everything light and clean looking.  

The room has been painted in Sherwin William's Patience 7555 

and boy did it lighten up the room!  

There's more to do and I will be sharing it all with you 

as each project unfolds.  

That is when I am not hitting my head and reminding myself to 

HEED MY OWN ADVICE!!!

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

XO

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