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Garage De-Cluttering and Organizing

Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Garage De-Cluttering and Organizing Before Picture

Garage De-Cluttering and Organizing Before Picture

Is this garage like yours?

Are you a bit overwhelmed too?

Try breaking your project into phases.

This garage is at phase one.

The first goal of the home owners was to clean out the clutter, get things more organized  and be able to get the car back in the garage by 6:00 P.M. of that day!

This was actually achieved by going through the boxes and quickly deciding if it was something that was being used or going to be used in the next six months.

We picked a day that the garbage was going to be picked up.

Then we started early in the morning so that we could get a large amount of the items picked up that day.

Garage De-Cluttering and Organizing After Picture

Garage De-Cluttering and Organizing After Picture

start time: 7:30 am
end time: 11:35 am

time to clear = 4 hours

As you can see the garage is now ready for the car.

The home owner is now looking forward to phase two of the project to completely de-clutter and organize their garage.


Please find More Client Testimonials for Madonna’Staging’s De-Cluttering and/or Organizing Services, respectively, at:

http://blog.madonnastaging.com/topics/client-testimonials/declutterng-testimonials/

and …

http://blog.madonnastaging.com/topics/client-testimonials/organizing-testimonials/


Would You like Your garage and/or home de-cluttered and/or organized like this too?

Just Contact Madonna and schedule Madonna’Staging’s De-Cluttering and/or Organizing Services for Your Garage and/or Home Today at:

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Introducing Mike, Cathy and Wilson

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I want to introduce Mike, Cathy and Wilson.

Mike and Cathy Ostrander are a husband and wife team that we have worked with us on a number of projects. Mike & Cathy Wilson

They are great people to work with.

I find them to be very professional and have high work ethics.

They do a lot of different home improvement projects.

So …

Give them a call at: 772-464-8347 to see what they can do to help with your projects.

- Madonna

P.S. Wilson (the dog) works for treats  ;-)


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How To Enhance a Front Yard

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Front Yard Before

Thought you might enjoy a sample of what can be done to enhance a front yard.

This is a yard where the extra driveway was just added.

The lady of the house wanted to have a flower bed in the front instead of grass.

Front Yard After

So …

We removed the grass and cleaned out the area.

We planted easy to maintain plants.

Simple fix with a Big Impact!

What do You think?


Please find more of Madonna’s Great Gardening and Landscaping Tips at:

http://blog.madonnastaging.com/topics/gardening-landscaping-tips/

and …


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and/or …

Please also Post any your questions you may have regarding how you may enhance your front yard, ok?


and …

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Feng Shui Tips – Part 4 – Curb Appeal

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

In Part 4 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the “curb appeal” of your home and/or make your home more attractive, more comfortable and more balanced:

Here is a exercise that may be very revealing and make you see your home in a new light.

Take photos of the front of your home. (photos are very important you will see thing in photos that you do not normally see).

Start at the curb and take pictures as if you are a potential buyer.

We all view our homes with our emotions and it is hard to see it the same way a stranger would.

By doing this exercise you will be able to make the improvement that are needed. Not only for the sale of your home if you are wanting to do so …

But also for feng shui, it is very important to keep the front of your home clean and in good repair.

The placement of the front door is of extreme importance in feng shui.

The positions of the front door and the stove are the most important aspects in feng shui.

The size of your front door should be in keeping with the size of your house.

If the front door is overly large compared with the size of the house your fortunes will suffer.

If it is too small, ch’i is constricted and there will be disagreements in the family.

REMEDY Any shars that may be afflicting your front door.

This is the most important single aspect of feng shui.

Look for angled roof lings of neighboring houses, straight lines, streetlight poles, a single tall tree, and anything sharp, angled, pointed  or straight.

For instance, if your home is facing a T-junction you will need to make the road that heads towards your front door “disappear.”

A pa-kua mirror above the front door will do this.

Fences and trees can also create an effective remedy.

For those of you out there that are starting to get your home more attractive, more comfortable and more balanced, I hope my Feng Shui tips will help!

- Madonna


Please find more of Madonna’s Great Feng Shui tips at:

http://blog.madonnastaging.com/topics/feng-shui-tips/

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Please see Madonna’Staging Interior Real Estate Staging Services at:

http://blog.madonnastaging.com/services/real-estate-staging/

and/or …

Would you like some help encouraging as much positive chi’i as possible into our home?

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Feng Shui Tips – Part 3 – Entrance

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
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In Part 3 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how to encourage more ch’i into your home:

The front door should be easy to locate.

If your guests find it hard to find, the ch’i will find it hard to find too.

A front door that opens in rather then out is better.

Doors that open out discourage ch’i  from entering.

The front door should open onto a bright, well-lit room, giving a glimpse of part of the interior of the home.

We want the entrance foyer to appear expansive.

If the front door opens onto a small lobby area, the ch’i is constricted and confined.

The remedy for this is to put up a large mirror. The mirror should be large enough that it does not appear to cut off your visitors’ heads.

A mirror in this position makes the entrance area appear larger and encourages the ch’i inside.

It can be a good idea to place the mirror above a small side-table or other piece of furniture.

Fresh flowers or ornaments could be placed on top of this to help attract the ch’i indoors.

The interior should be well-lit to encourage the ch’i to enter.

Dimly lit and gloomy entrances discourage ch’i.

The remedy for this is to increase the amount of light in the entrance area.  A chandelier would be perfect for this, as the crystals energize the ch’i and reflect it in every direction.

For those of you out there that are starting to get your home in balance, I hope my Feng Shui tips will help!

- Madonna


Please Reply Here with Your Comments regarding any other Great Feng Shui Tips you may have?

and/or …

Please also Post any your questions you may have regarding how you may encourage as much positive chi’i as possible into our home, ok?


Need more help encouraging as much positive chi’i as possible into our home?

Please see Madonna’Staging Interior Redesign Services at:

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Testimonial – Real Estate Staging

Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Real Estate Owned (REO)

The Testimonial for Real Estate Staging on the sale of the home in Palm Bay.

For those of you that do not know this …

I just sold my own home! :)

This is a great story because it is a perfect example that Staging works.

My home that sold was a villa.

It was not in foreclosure and it was not a short sale.

We just wanted to move closer to my husbands work.

Being a villia it had two other one on the same street for sale that was just like it.

and …

The other two were well under my asking price.

The Realtor had wanted us to lower the price, but we said no!

So I asked my husband if he really wanted to move. Now I mean REALLY !!!!!!!!.

He looked at me and like I was crazy and said “Yes”.

So …

I told him them I was going to get serious about selling it.

So …

I started Staging it.

I walked through it with the eyes I use if I were at work on a clients home.

I staged the home and I made a Real Estate Marketing Flyer (that you can also get from me for your home).

And …

In just three weeks the house was sold! :)

My realtor and the buyers realtor could not believe it!

But both now see Staging in a new light! ;)

By the way I did not lower my price!

Info: My Realtor
Mary C. Shewman
321.733.7120
Mary@SellFloridaHomes.com
SELLFLORIDAHOMES.COM

She is a great lady, and was fun to work with!

- Madonna


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Welcome to MadonnaStaging.com’s Blog

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Welcome to the MadonnaStaging.com Blog

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Madonna’Staging is owned and operated by Madonna McDowell.

Madonna’Staging offers Real Estate Staging, De-Cluttering, Home Re-Design, and Cleaning services in Central Florida, and in the Treasure Coast and Gold Coast of Florida and via Virtual Consulting worldwide.

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Madonna McDowell is a Certified Real Estate Staging & Redesign Professional.

Contact Madonna McDowell Today! via:

Cell Phone: 772-359-0930

Email: info@madonnastaging.com

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