Thought on Staging Where we LIVE {on a budget!}

More of the decorative touches I gave our house for selling

(I did much of this when we lived here too... but added to it)

Staging the outside is essential too!

Flowers are the perfect embellishment!

{ Glad it's Summer! }

~ Entering the front door you'll see ~

More of my favorites ~ ~ ~ Sea Shells

I added cheery yellow to the master bedroom

with touches of aqua and gray

The bed vignette

A White Summer Dress and Hat

Thanks for coming on the tour!

We all 'stage' our homes

and create vignettes even if we don't call it that.

I don't know when the word "Staging" came to light

in regards to selling a home,

and has even become a profession!

{it's pleased me to no end when people ask

if a "Professional Stager" did my house}

Something interesting happened after I changed

a room some, taking away this, adding that,

purchasing a few inexpensive items to add color...

My husband said, "We should have done this before!"

(Yes, he uses the "WE" just as I do when "WE" build something)

Where we now live has so many wonderful features.

But the hall bath and the powder room were so dated.

There are other things that need to be done on this

30 year old house, and right now the bathrooms are not it.

So I decided to decorate them.

(there was absolutely no staging done on this house

when we were shown it by a realtor)

Although photos can't show the new beauty

(a small bathroom does not photograph well)

Just let me say

A huge splash of a bright floral bouquet on a shower curtain,

a colorful towel and floor mat

and a frame-less oval mirror for over the sink

from Home Depot

has turned it into a room that is a delight

even with dated faucets and light fixture!

~ I'd like to suggest ~

If there is a room in your house you are not thrilled with

a room that you wish you could remodel

or do a complete makeover on but it's just not possible...

look at it and think:

"If I were to sell this house, how would I stage this room?"

Then de-clutter, get rid of things you don't like or don't use,

or would be better in another room.

Shop your home or visit a thrift store,

a flea market or stores like Ross, T.J. Maxx or Target.

Find something that has colors that speak to you.

And then work around that.

A floral bouquet.

A painting (even as an artist I still buy inexpensive

art for my bathrooms if I see something I love)

Spray paint a tray

bright fuchsia for over the toilet and add a hand towel

in the same color, as I did for the powder room.

Then get a couple of pillows for the couch,

or a new hand towel for the bathroom.

Why not LIVE in delight

When it's possible?

It really doesn't take a fortune!

{but oh my it would be fun to decorate with a wad of cash}

~ Violet ~