A Healthy House

A Healthy House is bright, open, energy efficient and welcoming. It can be new or renovated, in downtown or suburbia. Wherever you find it, the Healthy House is characterized by five key elements.
1. Occupant Health – The Healthy Housing concept promotes superior quality of indoor air, water and lighting.
2. Energy Efficiency [...]

Life Lessons

At a recent Roaring Women networking meeting in Calgary I had the pleasure to meet a very nice lady. Her name is Annette Stanwick and she is a professional speaker and an award winning author of a book called “Forgiveness: The Mystery and Miracle”.
She was kind enough to refer me to a good friend [...]

Upcoming Certified Staging Professional Training in New York City

Upcoming New York City Staging Training: December 6-8,2008
Train with one of New York City’s top stagers, Nairn Friemann, and earn the highly respected
Certified Staging Professionalsâ„¢ designation.
With the economic downturn causing the real estate market to be more competitive than ever, professional staging is no longer optional. Savvy real estate agents are including CSPs as key [...]

WEST COAST GREEN 2008 – 400 miles for $1.00!!!

The conference was amazing, oppoprtunities for entrepreneurs, vendors and the public to see, touch and feel green products and hear speakers who have been making HUGE strides in the Green technology and awareness on the West Coast and around the world. I’ll review other things in other blog posts but today just was thrilled [...]

West Coast Green 2008 – What did you do with my cactus plant?

The West Coast Green 2008 conference in San Jose this week was full of exhibits, speakers and wonderful ways to make a difference in the future green efforts for our planet earth.
As you know, Carbon dioxide is generated as a by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels or the burning of vegetable matter, among other [...]

West Coast Green 2008 – How many soda cans???

West Coast Green 2008 was an amazing and out of the box experience. It is so much more than a conference for all who attend. One of the speakers for the opening session was Chris Jordan, lawyer turned artist, photographer and perhaps eco activist.
Chris puts a face on our overconsumption. He says [...]

What a Team!

Thanks to all.
Team CSPâ„¢ Niagara recently attended the Niagara Real Estate Association trade show on October 02, 2008 at the Americana Resort and Spa in Niagara Falls ON.
CSP™ Team Niagara – Golden Horseshoe – alphabetically
Devin Khuu – dk design studio / dk transitions
Mara Snider – New Leaf Designs
Pam Culp Blanchard – Pamela’s Home [...]

Working as a team!

Working as a team in Niagara offers our real estate partners a solid resource for all their staging needs. I have heard some disappointing stories about stagers battling it out for the real estate agents in their area; which is just crazy. There are more than enough agents, homeowners and network support groups to [...]

Renovation a good investment

The Metro Homes October 2nd edition issued the following article regarding investing in renovations when putting a property up for sale.
Houses in tip-top condition often attract top dollar from buyers, and if you’re trying to sell a home that may not be in the greatest of sape, it may behoove you to invest in a [...]

Urban Encounters follow up

Hello Fellow CSP Stagers,
 I was happy to see familiar faces at the Urban Encounters in Calgary.  It was a great opportunity to view new and existing product lines and connect with industry suppliers and resource specialist in a relaxed environment. 
Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres were served, door prizes and the admition was free! 
For those in the Edmonton area, [...]