Phyllis's Blog

If you are like me you love those little tidbits of information that will make our life easier, while a lot more pleasant.

Okay then, strong, stinky smelling paint, especially if it is oil based, what to do?? Well while staging a home last weekend my seller was amazing me at all her little tricks. Here is one I never heard of before and just could not wait to pass on to all of you.

ONIONS...hmmm, we know the odor can be unpleasant at times BUT DID YOU KNOW, that if you place a halved onion in a dish of water it will actually take away the smell of the paint?? I DID NOT KNOW THAT AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT WORKS!

The other amazing thing is the odor of the onion was not present in the kitchen at all!

What little tips for the trade would you like to share?

Happy Staging Phyllis Pafumi

ReStyled to Sell...Your Home Staging Experts!

I want to thank everyone for all your valuable information and ideas that you so generously passed along to me with regard to setting up my table for the Home Buying and Staging Seminar that was held yesterday by KHovnanian .

It was a HUGE SUCCESS and I was happy with the outcome of my table. I was also very glad I packed additional items JUST IN CASE. As you remember I was told I was only going to be given a 4ft table, but when I arrived a large 8ft table, right out front, was waiting with my name on it! ALWAYS GO PREPARED FOR THE UNEXPECTED!!

With valuable information given to people who will be selling their homes, I believe that MANY ARE FINALLY SEEING THE LIGHT with regard to Home Staging. What Helped??? Well, take a look..

Guest Speaker, Vern Yip from Design Star, was giving his tips on STAGING YOUR HOME TO SELL!! When he spoke, they listened, so  WE WERE THRILLED when he said REMOVE THE WALLPAPER...LISTEN TO YOUR HOME STAGING PROFESSIONALS PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT THEY GET PAID TO DO! Vern is AS NICE IN PERSON AS HE APPEARS ON TV. Here is just one of the many photos we took together.

OOOO, I JUST LOVE VERN!

Here is a picture of my table, the other longer shot came too blurry so you don't get a good view of the whole table. The flowers I purchased were in a REAL PUMPKIN as their container and the apple candle caught everyone's attention.

Thanks again for all your help and I look forward to meeting with many of you at our FIRST TRI STATE STAGERS EXPO this Wednesday in Secaucus, NJ!

God Bless and Don't Forget to VOTE TOMORROW!

This has been a long, overdue project, and as we all know in our business, First Impressions Matter Most, so it was killing me that this aspect of my business was never getting taken care of.

Thank you TONY and SUSAN for helping me achieve the look I have always wanted. You matched my colors perfectly and worked around the clock to help me have this site up and running for the KHOVANIAN HOME STAGING AND BUYING SEMINAR of the YEAR!!

It is important to take the down time that sometimes comes with running a small business, and pay attention to building up the back end of your business. I have encouraged all to do so and I am happy to say that we accomplished our goals. The funny thing is that our phones have begun ringing again, so we are up and running and ready to meet our clients needs.

More items of interest and pics will be added over the next few weeks, but for now the new site IS LIVE!

Please visit our new site at www.restyledtosell.com.

I look forward to meeting so many of you at the Tri State Stager's Expo held in Secaucus, NJ this coming Wednesday, November 5th. If you have not registered yet, please take the time to do so!

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to set your clocks back..AHHH an extra hour for all!

Happy Staging

Phyllis Pafumi