March Newsletter

March 2, 2007 by becky.

We have an exciting announcement: There will be a one-day Staging Seminar on April 11th at the Queens Harbour clubhouse. It will be jam-packed with some of the juiciest parts of the class. It will include several design principles illustrated with a couple of  professionally produced DVD’s of actual stagings. Dozens of “before and after” pictures will show in detail some of the essential steps necessary to prepare a home for sale.The lucious buffet will include some of the new gourmet chef’s specialties. If you have not decided that Staging/Redesign training is for you, this class will be a great opportunity to get your feet wet. If you love it and want more, the cost of the seminar will be applied to the Certification Class. This basically makes the seminar free if you decide to take the class. This first class will be 1/2 price because it will be our “dress rehearsal” for a later class offered nationally. Also, real estate agents are given special consideration…three people for the price of two. The 1/2 price cost is $250. and seating is very limited. 1/3rd of the class is already reserved. It will start at 9:30am and end about 4:00pm.There will be free goodie bags with supplies and lots of drawings for major prizes related to this industry. Come join us. E-mail your response ASAP. becky@beckyharmon.com

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1.Before Staging 2.After Regular Staging 

3.After Partial Staging                            

Be on the lookout for my next Florida Times-Union article about “Staging An Empty House”. This house is a listing from Tami Keener of Remax Unlimited and a November class graduate. The first picture, of course, is the “before” shot. Most agents would stop there because this house looks professionally decorated. But she decided to flip the sofa and chairs to open up the arrangement. She also removed about half of the accessories and one tree….Watch for the rest of the story in the Homes section of the Times-Union. I’ll let you know the date as soon as I know.

More student stories…

“I sold my house in 8 days for the full price,” reports Judy Smith, recent staging class graduate. “I took the class in November not realizing at that time that I would soon need the skills I learned to stage my own house. Everyone said it looked like a model.”

“A ‘classy’ class!” remarked Muriel Thorne of Prudential Network Realty. “Becky has an inate talent… and the methods she uses in teaching her design principles were so instructive, helpful and fun! Excellant visuals.”

“I liked that the information presented in the classroom was followed by hands-on practice,” said Sandi Gunn of ERA in St. Augustine. ”How exciting! The transformations were truly amazing, the teacher was wonderful and inspirational and the atmosphere very friendly and positive.”

“I enjoyed Queens Harbour’s accomodating staff and excellant food…yum yum!” remarked Shirlyn Lytle.

“I loved seeing the end result,” Grace Stephens of Los Angeles exclaimed. “Truly amazing what redesign can do to a room.”

Thanks everyone for the kind remarks. By the way, I have an important report on “Ametuer Stagers”  that will show up here in about two weeks. So stay tuned…

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