Hide the My Little Ponies and other tips: staging and photographing your home for sale
We sold our first house in 2007, just as the mortgage industry was crumbling around our ears. I credit staging and photography with how we were able to sell our house quickly. Here’s what I did.
Rachel and Jared’s three bedroom art collection in a college neighborhood
I invaded Rachel’s house and gave myself a tour. When I showed up I sort of said, “How ’bout I just take photos and we’ll see where this goes?”
It went awesome. You’ll love it here.
’70s kitsch in a Floridian mid-century modern
A Siamese cat, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, and a glittery gold carport: these are just the tip of this bright retro Florida home.
Dee and Nathan’s very orange mod collection in a warm industrial loft
Hardwood factory floors, hugely-high ceilings and 18-foot windows set the stage for Dee and Nathan’s home/pop-up vintage shop. Come in a take a tour of their loft, covet their art and scope Dee’s lunchbox collection/filing system.
The HippieShack2000™: the most amazing place I ever lived
Six months of living in an industrial loft in 1999 soured me so deeply on everything urban, I fled the city completely and moved an hour south of Seattle to Olympia, WA. This is in commemoration of the amazing house we rented.
An antique-filled Midwest bungalow for four
Lindsay and Matt share their tidy retro home with two dogs in Oklahoma.
A bright and happy retro-styled Sunshine Coast apartment, filled with Blythe dolls
You won’t believe the quick work Nicole and Greg made in decorating their new apartment: they just moved in six weeks ago and already it’s full of thrifted funky goodness.
Australian anti-minimalist 1970s house that will bring you to colorgasm
These folks have curated their vintage object collection, and their house is filled with so much cool stuff from the ’70s that you’ll give the decade of bell bottoms a second chance.