February 22, 2018

HGTV Restored by the Fords

February 22, 2018/ Erin Quigley

Your design inspiration assignment for the week is to watch this show. A few of us Stager Girls are loving it.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

Photo by High Entertainment for Pittsburg Gazzette

I just watched an episode of Restored by the Ford's and loved it! It is a sister and brother team remodeling their way through Pittsburgh. She dreams up creative design ideas and he makes it happen. She reuses and re-purposes pieces from the home or even has floors patched up. Which is a look all on it's own. Her vibe is a "modern yet lived in" look. And white is her favorite "go-to" color.

“We search out Pittsburgh for the coolest homes, the stranger, the weirder, the more unique, the better,” Steve said. “And then Leanne comes in and puts her spin on it, and I go to work.” By: Jessica Galliart for HGTV

This is the project I saw unfold on the show.

Give it a watch and prepare to be inspired.

July 12, 2017

HGTV'S New Shows

July 12, 2017/ Erin Quigley

So many of us have been fans of Chip & Joanna's show Fixer Upper for 5 years (or 5 seasons that is). I even got the husband to sit down with me and watch it and actually enjoy it. Their new show Behind the Design goes into more design detail and staging! The woodworker that they use, Clint Harp, even got his own show.

These shows are important to us Stager Girls because it's what our clients see. Home Buyers and Sellers see the transformation of homes on these shows and want to "wow" and be "wowed" when buying & selling homes as well. We staged a home for a client and she said "just do it like JoJo would". I think it was one of our top 10 favorite projects because we had the challenge of infusing her style in our work.

There is also, Erin & Ben Napier who fix up homes in the South. Their show is called Home Town.

But the show I am most excited about is a designer, blogger, author, Lauren Liess who I have been following for years. I love her style, love that she works so hard and is pregnant with her 5th child!

She has written a design book, moved several times, designed rooms in show houses, blogged and all the things designers do. The pilot has been approved and now we all just need to love it.

May 21, 2014

Reality TV?

May 21, 2014/ Open House LLC

"Knock Knock"

"Who's there?"
"Cable TV"

"Are you kidding me!?"

Sister Ex has been in dialogue with the peeps at Red Arrow Industries over a possible reality show filmed in Seattle. Like we need another thing on our plate. We are already juggling:

The rat wheel of staging
Moving into our new waterfront warehouse
Our upcoming warehouse sale
Getting our logo on our "fleet" of vehicles
Satisfying a particular "tough customer"
Worrying about the cops in Medina and a certain someone, who shall remain nameless, getting pulled over for going 33 in a 25. (You speeder you.)
Keeping up with our new designer Lendy. (forget it, no one can keep up with her)
Parallel parking the van as beautifully as our Wise and Steady J