Spotlight on Entertaining

Entertaining ideas from one of our Stager Girls.

An invitation to attend one of Jodi’s gatherings is a big deal. Her home is a feast for the eyes, flickering white Glassy Babys line her mantle like little angels looking out on her guests. The charcuterie board is brimming with assorted meats, cheeses, nuts, dates, pears and more. A perfect art piece. The wine is abundant and top notch and the beer is varied and ice cold. It’s not stuffy and high falutin’. It’s simply warm and welcoming.

We have asked her to share some of her favorite ETSY finds. Take note my friends, she is a professional…

We like to keep this Stager Girl around. She is hard working, creative, motivating and often keeps us at the staging jobs until they are finished. No slacking on her watch. Cheers Jodi!

Gasworks Park Condo

Can’t beat this swanky condo overlooking Gasworks Park. Talk about front row seats to fireworks, kite flying, concerts and events.

Listing by Carrie Debuys & Katie Hess of Sotheby’s International and staging by Open House.

Looking For Love....Gifts

VALENTINES DAY!

There is still time to CLICK & SHOP

Keeping the love and inspiration coming your way. Gift suggestions for your peeps!

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Trying to give you plenty of time to celebrate your Valentine. Get on it!!

Hunts Point Heaven

I think this is called the perfect storm. A home is on the market 2 times without success. Enter a top Eastside Agent, a creative Staging Team and a Rock Star Photographer and you have a sale in the 1st week! Takes a village…A very talented village.

It’s easy to give props to our staging company because it’s not about my Sister Extraordinaire and little ol’ me. It’s about a team of doers and thinkers that make Open House turn out a product to be proud of. Sister Ex and I started this endeavor 16 years ago loading and driving our truck. Now it’s bigger, better and way more fun!

Shelly Zhou is the agent. She has an invovative sales style that I fully embrace. and very much admire. John Wilbanks is the photographer-and yes, he is our favorite, and finally Open House Staging has the beautiful furniture, art & accessories available to help create the dream.

A Great Beauty

Behold…a stunning beauty. Wow! Big Big Wow!

When I walked in the empty house to preview for staging my jaw was on the floor. Then in came K2 and she started to tear up. No lie. We were blown away at the finishes, the seamless merging of the old and new, the two islands in the kitchen, every light fixture carefully selected, the view opened up and highlighted, a brand new garage, an added family room and so much more.

It could not have been without a great deal of pain and agony to create a product like this. Very proud of my Sister Extraordinaire for orchestrating such a feat.

See what I mean? It’s breathtaking isn’t it.

Good job Tara Nelson. A Builder Girl AND a Stager Girl.

The listing is by Rene Ruhl for Windermere Real Estate, the staging by Open House Staging and the photography is by Amaryllis Lockhart for Clarity Northwest.

Looking For Love....Gifts

Keeping the love and inspiration coming your way. Gift suggestions for your peeps!

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Trying to give you plenty of time to celebrate your Valentine. Get on it!!

Get Our Look!

It’s not difficult to create a room if you simply follow the Pros here at Open House Staging. Copying is the best form of flattery and we will take it all day long. Grab you’re cuppa Joe and start designing!

Did you know that Open House Staging is now selling many pieces of our staging furniture? Or, you can simply click and purchase on your own. Easy peasy to create a fabulous room!

Medina New Construction

Talk about custom! This home has imported everything! The stones, the front door, the flooring, the kitchen, the bathrooms, the light fixtures. Imported Imported Imported. Utter decadence and style.

My very small ask of the buyer: PLEASE INVITE ME TO ONE OF YOUR PARTIES!

Take time to view this Video of the home. It is B.R.E.A.T.H.T.A.K.I.N.G!

Right Here!

The listing is by Shelly Zhou for Coldwell Banker Bain, photos by John Wilbanks at JW Photo, and the incredible, sophisticated, stylish, sexy staging is by our Rock Star Team at Open House Staging.

Twenty Twenty Thoughts

The 2020 buzzzz…..

Visualizing, dreaming, organized, mindfulness, motivated, energetic, fearless, launching.

Those are the words tossing around in our universe.

Here are some Etsy ideas to guide you along the way.

Very cool vintage journal and collage supplies

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Vision Board Kit

Everyone gets motivated and organized in different ways. Hope one of these ideas got the wheels turning in your 2020 bound head.

Olympic Manor Neighborhood

This is a jewel of a neighborhood. Big fat views, tons of kids, friends to walk with, Trick or Treat heaven, Magical Holiday lights, beautiful sunsets and in the city.

Listing by Colleen McCann for Windermere Real Estate and Staging by Open House LLC

Be a Force! 2020 is Your Year!

We all need renewal and new beginnings. It’s good for the soul to be sure. Some of us spent November being Grateful, December-Giving and now let’s make January-The Launch. Celebrated with clients today and we talked about vision boards, dreaming big, planning big and not fearing.

Here are some ideas to get you launched!

1. Clean up your office, studio or work space.

Messy offices can clutter your head and create a backlog of paperwork. Get ‘er done!

2. Sort your mail daily.

You know it is only a 2.5 minute task that needs doing.

3. Sign up for daily inspiration.

My favorite is tut.com . Each day you will receive an email with 1 or 2 lines. For sure you are gonna smile and most definitely laugh out loud. It’s good stuff about loving your life… (You’re welcome)

4. A Netflix show to get you organizing: Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

One cannot help but love this sweet woman who gently teaches you to get rid of and organize your stuff.

If anything, it will at least get you to look at your home and your “stuff” differently.

5. Less Talking and More Listening

It’s just all around good when listening happens more than talking…

6. Get more Sleep and Drink more Water

Ya’ll know that goes without saying but it is often a good reminder.

7. Create a Vision Board with Action Steps

I guided a group of family and friends, with the help from my sister Sue, on creating vision boards. They loved the part of cutting out of magazines but did not like the more difficult part of the action steps.

8. Be of Service

Volunteering or giving is a great way to get those “life is good” vibes. I promise you-it works!

9. Make a quick list of 10 things you would like to do this year.

Post it where you will see it. One year I had something as simple as “Order a cheese plate". Weird, I know but I would so often pass on that in restaurants and it was something I just loved. I finally did it at the very end of the year.

10. Do Something that Scares You.

Step out of that comfort zone and take a different route. Maybe a solo road trip, a bit of networking, a job change perhaps, talking to strangers,or take a trip with my high school girlfriends. That’ll scare the crap out of you!

My husband and I were at a bar and a young gal approached us and asked us what our names were and what was our favorite movie. She said she was new to Seattle and this helped her get to know people. That would be scary for me.

There you have it. Your 2020 list.

I am proud of you already!