Moving is the worst. I don’t care how experienced or organized you are, there is just no way around it being a ton of work. Still, there are definitely ways of doing it smarter and making the work a little easier. We moved last summer. And we moved 3 summers ago too. I know from […]
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So we’re building … again.
7 years ago when we were still in Northwest Arkansas, we custom built a house we lived in for only 5 years. The process was stressful, and as a result, I said I’d never do it again. Our home search was going pretty rough. But then I walked through a model home from Highland Home […]
Staging Tips & Photos {I’m selling my house again!}
If you subscribe to my newsletter, then you already know that I’m getting ready to move because Matt started a new job on the other side of Dallas. Today I’m showing some of our real estate listing photos and sharing some staging tips. Staging your home is different than decorating. Even if you live regularly […]
Tips for Stress-Free Moving
I’ve moving again for the 2nd time in less than 2 years. I asked my friends at HouseTipster.com for some of their helpful moving tips. I think these are great tips and reminders! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Tips for Stress-Free Moving According to a survey published in 2015, moving home is one of life’s most stressful experiences. […]
Moving In: How To Clean & Prep The Garage
You learned in May that I think garages are very important. When you move, the garage becomes an important area to stage and store things as you put your home inside together. The garage is the first and the last place I suggest worrying about when you are moving. This is how I suggest approaching the garage […]
The Funny Things I Found In My New House
MOVING IS SO FUN! – said no one ever. This part of Texas is a seller’s market right now, so some home sellers are stretching the bounds of common decency because they can get away with it. We looked at a half-million dollar home that had only been on the market for a few days and […]
Moving? 10 Things A Professional Organizer Buys FIRST
I love being a Professional Organizer! Part of what I do for my clients is help strategize the best approach to tricky situations. Do you have a whole bunch of rooms that are a cluttered mess and you don’t know where to start? I help clients figure out where to start. I bet you already know that […]
New House BEFORE Pictures (Finally!)
We moved furniture into this house on Labor Day weekend. In celebration of a month living in our new house in Texas, I thought I’d share the pictures I took the day before the furniture arrived. I call these the “before” pictures. Of all the homes I looked at, I chose this house, so obviously […]
Video Tour of Arkansas Home {And Amazon!!!!!!}
A few weekends ago I was in Arkansas and spontaneously made a Facebook LIVE video of the house we just left. It is terrifying to make a video in general, but a live video … I have to really throw all my inhibitions away! If you ever saw the separate tours of that house and wondered […]
I’m selling my house! See My Listing Photos …
A month ago I didn’t see this coming, but things were already in motion that would cause me to be MOVING IN TWO WEEKS!!! <Let’s pause a moment while I freak out.> Three weekends ago I travelled to our soon-to-be home state of Texas for some house-hunting. It was a whirlwind weekend in which I was […]