Challenge awaits

I posted this blog on a different site, but only members had access to it. Since I just got started in the Home Stagers industry, I just had to share my story... This was my 3rd house.

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So my next house is going to be a real challenge! I cannot wait to get started! It's a neat little house, from the outside, close to Downtown Austin and close to UT.

The problem with it, it is completely outdated and neglected! The poor owner is in the middle of a divorce, working long 12 hour shifts and is emotianally very attached to the house. And the colors!

A bright baby-blue Living Room meets the eye as you walk into the front door, pink paper blinds, ancient pelmet with a olive-green ruffled "window treatment", scratched wooden floors, red kitchen appliances visible from the living room, stacks and stacks of paper, files and magazines in every single corner.

The only positive item so far - well-used olive green sofa and a decent fireplace, somewhere in there....

More paint colors as we walk through. Mint green, pale blue, dirty pink in the main bedroom.

The wall paper in the dining room and bathroom is peeling off, the kitchen is dark and dysfunctional, there is not one single room, door or windowsill that does not need paint. I noticed some "antique" furniture pieces under all the clothes and paperwork, I might just be able to use it. The one bedroom had baby-pink batting and fabric stapled to the wall. Imagine that! Needless to say I couldn't resist ripping it off. Oops!

It is a complete disaster! Or challenge :-) But I have some ideas

Oh, I did mention there is NO MONEY available for renovations, contractors or renting furniture and accessories, did I? Just for a gallon or 2 of paint

I'll tell you how it went on Tuesday. Watch this space.