tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post5238142393940437777..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Meeting the Camera, Staging. . .materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24392896079213602782016-04-01T15:35:39.810-07:002016-04-01T15:35:39.810-07:00Ah yes, the dirty-pots-in-the-oven trick, rivalled...Ah yes, the dirty-pots-in-the-oven trick, rivalled only by my leave-the-vacuum-cleaner-by-the-front-door so it looks as if you were interrupted from cleaning, thus rendering the detritus less disturbing. . . ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-39208129725907380702016-03-31T01:20:47.142-07:002016-03-31T01:20:47.142-07:00The coat suits you extremely well, it is very neat...The coat suits you extremely well, it is very neat, classic, stylish. I have been known to chuck dirty pots in the oven as visitors walk up the path. The trick is to remember they are there before you switch the oven on next time...XPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-23181318957877948662016-03-23T07:45:20.067-07:002016-03-23T07:45:20.067-07:00Thanks, R! Is that in your future, the real estate...Thanks, R! Is that in your future, the real estate doings? I know you'd like a move back south eventually . . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57852068277257416512016-03-23T07:45:13.917-07:002016-03-23T07:45:13.917-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-87683259275439169502016-03-23T07:44:57.121-07:002016-03-23T07:44:57.121-07:00You're welcome, and thank you! It's a very...You're welcome, and thank you! It's a very elegant coat, and I don't see myself as elegant generally, but am happy to borrow from my mom, bless her sweet shy spirit. <br />materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-26721288178571625362016-03-23T07:42:39.979-07:002016-03-23T07:42:39.979-07:00Thanks, R! Is that in your future, the real estate...Thanks, R! Is that in your future, the real estate doings? I know you'd like a move back south eventually . . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-56448447758296245362016-03-22T09:57:19.259-07:002016-03-22T09:57:19.259-07:00Thanks for the link. The coat is cool and reminds ...Thanks for the link. The coat is cool and reminds me that its opposite, unconstructed clothing (of which there is so much now) has accustomed us to women looking like ambulatory rectangles. I love the shape this lends. <br /><br />Will be eager to read what you say about your hair. I would not go back, though did enjoy being a redhead. Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-42333208193993055362016-03-22T08:26:48.535-07:002016-03-22T08:26:48.535-07:00That coat is lovely! Just the idea of having to ke...That coat is lovely! Just the idea of having to keep my house clean enough for staging and showing is overwhelming me. I wish you lot of luck with it!Raquelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138113830990586689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-17261180160785739592016-03-21T17:10:41.680-07:002016-03-21T17:10:41.680-07:00Thanks Mardel. The photography went well, the list...Thanks Mardel. The photography went well, the listing's live, and now just the waiting and the maintaining the place with some order. I'm not a minimalist either, but perhaps I'm craving some of that right now with stuff going on. . . except at the same time craving the comfort of certain possessions. I guess I'm in the grey as well!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57756211855791421452016-03-21T17:08:53.082-07:002016-03-21T17:08:53.082-07:00Thanks! She had good taste, my momma. . . Thanks! She had good taste, my momma. . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88869737348243902882016-03-20T09:57:33.764-07:002016-03-20T09:57:33.764-07:00That coat is AWESOME!That coat is AWESOME!LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-55992238466974043582016-03-16T10:55:17.600-07:002016-03-16T10:55:17.600-07:00Beautiful photo of you. And good luck with the ph...Beautiful photo of you. And good luck with the photography and the resulting showing of your house, as well as the decluttering and keeping clean. I've read Kondo, and there is something to her approach I like, but overall am not a minimalist. My own line is somewhere in the gray area of am I a slave to caring for things, or do they enhance my life? It is an ever evolving question. Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-36267597292480280052016-03-15T18:19:26.700-07:002016-03-15T18:19:26.700-07:00Ward off the staging trend as long as you can. The...Ward off the staging trend as long as you can. The expectations are tiresome, really -- I mean, homes are where people live lives, right? We're embracing the opportunity to get organised and to get the jump on preparing for the eventual move, but some of the advice is being firmly ignored.<br />You Scots have so many great expressions -- writers, all of you, from an oral tradition . . . And yes, you'll see from reading through the comments above that I'm not signing on to be Kondo-ised anytime soon...materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27099554569001828102016-03-15T18:17:38.572-07:002016-03-15T18:17:38.572-07:00Thanks Charlene -- so many find Kondo's book t...Thanks Charlene -- so many find Kondo's book transformative. I'm not in that number, but I'll be curious to know what you find when you read it.<br />I bet your hair is great -- I'm imagining a high-contrast black-grey, spiky style! Very chic!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-68822686700634431782016-03-15T18:16:31.861-07:002016-03-15T18:16:31.861-07:00I'm looking forward to writing about them ;-)I'm looking forward to writing about them ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57068094768756142962016-03-15T18:16:13.843-07:002016-03-15T18:16:13.843-07:00And those two are good ones -- enjoy!And those two are good ones -- enjoy!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-74738373582057159692016-03-15T18:16:01.407-07:002016-03-15T18:16:01.407-07:00Yes, our realtor is really good as well. My proble...Yes, our realtor is really good as well. My problem is sorting through so much stuff left by having raised 4 kids . . . and we have enough bedding and cutlery and dishes to accommodate them when they visit. I'll take that offer of luck, thanks!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-28814994434917065162016-03-15T18:14:33.289-07:002016-03-15T18:14:33.289-07:00Oh, so many with my eyes closed and/or goofy expre...Oh, so many with my eyes closed and/or goofy expression!<br />Ha! I think of your poor children, worrying that the house was being sold from under their feet ;-)<br />But I'll admit that I've thought through the years that moving is the only way to really declutter -- and turns out I'm right (no satisfaction, in this instance)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-44982887571904138302016-03-15T18:13:11.205-07:002016-03-15T18:13:11.205-07:00Yes, it feels like being on display, for me, but i...Yes, it feels like being on display, for me, but in an odd way because we're expected to remove the most distracting evidence of self, life, family -- no photographs, for example. Which means, in my office, a wall with many odd bare spots!<br />Thanks re the hair. It's getting there!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-8570201169737683112016-03-15T18:11:44.845-07:002016-03-15T18:11:44.845-07:00Good pointers from someone who I know has some rec...Good pointers from someone who I know has some recent experience with house selling...<br />Thanks re the coat -- my mother had great taste for the classics. And Kondo? some of it I liked; some of it I thought . . . well, you'll see...materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-71213083508201950412016-03-15T11:47:32.840-07:002016-03-15T11:47:32.840-07:00Not sure staging has reached the UK yet. I hope n...Not sure staging has reached the UK yet. I hope not.<br />Can't speak on the greying curls. Am grey, but with very straight, very thick hair. I keep getting my hairdresser to thin it out otherwise I'm like a 'sheep in a drift' as we say in Scotland. <br />C<br />Kondo-ing just seems too fad-like for me. I'm not really the disciple kind.Lindahttp://occasionalscotland.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-77267062045414403202016-03-15T11:38:38.363-07:002016-03-15T11:38:38.363-07:00I love the coat on you...even more special that it...I love the coat on you...even more special that it is your mother's. And love your hair. You would laugh if I told you how much I have spent on perms to get my straight Asian hair to curl. Now it's graying while cut into a short, spiky do. <br />I am looking forward to your future post on Kondo-ing. The book is on my reading wait list at the local library. Best of luck on your real estate dealings! <br />Charlene H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-47102147353814152672016-03-15T09:02:41.684-07:002016-03-15T09:02:41.684-07:00Can’t wait to read about all the topics you mentio...Can’t wait to read about all the topics you mentioned...Marie-Odilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355868749168296642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-50850713778348144852016-03-15T08:42:11.050-07:002016-03-15T08:42:11.050-07:00Enjoyed that post. Also tottered along and added ...Enjoyed that post. Also tottered along and added my views re grey hair. Nice to find some more blogs to follow.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784336429060492455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-31308974362297466812016-03-15T02:59:43.495-07:002016-03-15T02:59:43.495-07:00Ah staging ... fun with a husband and 11y old to m...Ah staging ... fun with a husband and 11y old to manage alongside, but my realtor made it easier. Good luck!pomomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338550638937829078noreply@blogger.com