WE didn’t do much to the kids’ room or the toy room. The biggest change was painting the toy room. You can see the before HERE.
I did try to declutter the toys a little and even moved some into the garage to rotate in and out. The color is so much better!
This bathroom used to be very childish….flowers, lady bugs etc. I loved it but we felt it would look better to be more neutral and grown up for the sale of the house.
Found some “before” pictures of the bathroom!
We added a neutral shower curtain, new towels, a new framed mirror(only because Mark broke the other one while painting…oops). A fresh coat of neutral paint and some accessories.
We like it a lot better now too!
So back to the home staging tour….
In the Master bedroom the only major change was having my mom make some pillow shams (all the blue and brown ones), to add to the bed. I also decluttered a little more.
In the Master bathroom we added the plant and the towels.
I have since put the plant in the corner of the tub and moved the towels onto the vanity where the plant was. Tomorrow…the small bathroom.
I used to read about people who bought bunches of groceries for only a few dollars. I thought yea right how do they do that? I figured it took forever and I didn’t have time. Well, I have been trying to save money any way I can lately! I decided to try my hand at couponing. I am just starting and know there those who save lots more but it’s a start. CVS is my favorite!!
I got all the candy in this picture for $3.03 With tax! I used extra care bucks and coupons and still have extra care bucks left! Between this picture and the one below I still have $17 in extra care bucks left!!
I got all of this at CVS for $5.57 with tax!!
Our local Community Markets had triple coupons up to .50cents. I got the next 2 pictures all for $36. I didn’t do as well as I would have liked but Caroline was with me and I had never been to the store before.
I got all of the stuff in thisstuff for $5.37. The formula alone is normally $4.69!! I think I am starting to get the knack! I was so mad all the deodorant I could have gotten for .13cents was gone!! It is only Monday! Should have gone yesterday I guess…..
To continue the home staging tour, here is the dining room and kitchen. In the dining room, I cleared out that cabinet and removed a bunch of glassware and vases from the top of it. It is much less cluttered now. We also removed a treadmill that has been in there forever (not being used).I raised the window treatment a little to let in more light. I used a leftover piece of fabric from the curtain for a runner. I just folded it lengthwise and put it on the table. I found coordinating yellow placemats at Big Lots for $1 each. The centerpiece I found on clearance at Kroger for $1. It is just fake grass in a a white distressed pot. I set the table with our dishes as well.
In the kitchen I just cleaned the counters off more. I even removed the toaster oven. I packed up some more extra dishes and things to get the cabinets cleared out a little too.
We even set our outside table to make it look inviting when people come to see the house…..now if we can just get some lookers…anyone….
Tomorrow….the Master bedroom and bathroom!
We have had our house on the market for 18 months now! It has been extremely frustrating not being able to sell, but we know the market is what it is. We just want to move closer to my parents and to Cincinnati. Anyway, after 2 realtors and no luck we decided to try a home stager and we were going to list for sale by owner. We have since decided to list with a new agent but have also done some sprucing up. I will split these posts up so there aren’t so many pictures in each post. I should have taken some before’s but didn’t…I know….silly me.
In the living room we added lamps (we just had recessed lighting and no lamps before). That alone made a big difference. We got these from Wal-Mart for like $25 a piece. We also added the iron thing over the couch. We took out a full sized sofa to make the room look bigger and re-arranged the furniture slightly. Removing the couch made a big difference. We also brought back in the coffee table. We had removed it when Caroline was learning to walk but we are hoping to be moved by the time Grant is walking…..we will see!
The curtains are fabric from Wal-mart that I used to make “mistreatments”. We added the plant in the corner and a few accessories on the mantle. The wingback chair was in that corner before and the mantle only had the clock.
We added a few accessories to that alcove above the TV as well.
We think it looks a lot better in the pictures online for the listing and in person,when we show it…..let’s hope it looks good enough to sell!!
I downloaded Windows Live Writer and am LOVING it so far! It is so much easier to post pictures and to post in general. Hopefully I can stay a little more up to date! Now on to more exciting things…..EDIBLE PLAY-DOUGH! A few weeks ago I decided to try the recipe that they had on Jon and Kate plus 8, for edible play-dough. It is equal parts of powdered milk, peanut butter and honey. I also added a little flour to make it not quite so sticky. I used 1 cup of each ingredient and had enough for both kids.
The kids used their breakfast making play-dough tools. Grayson made mostly bacon but also some waffles. Caroline made lots of waffles. They loved eating it! Mark even liked it! It was pretty good!
