Newly Staged, Continued...

The way the system works here, as I understand it, is that first the realtor brings all of her co-workers through the house, looking for feedback.

That happened today.

Then she'll host an open house for all Realtors so that they will know to bring their potential buyers to see it.

Then she'll hold an open house for prospective buyers.

The Realtors from Rita's (that's our realtor) office came through today. Haven't heard anything yet but I had the distinct advantage of being down the street from a smaller house where the owners didn't even bother to make the beds. Rumor has it that there were dishes everywhere and the place needed a good cleaning.

My house needs a lot, mind you, but it was pretty darn spotless. I had all the lights on and those scented airwick things billowing vanilla all over the place. I was playing a very understated classical CD in the background and when the first realtor got here, I high-tailed it out into the woods with the dogs, ostensibly to run them, but really so that the Realtors didn't get a load of my unwashed, paint spattered self, not to mention Scout, the Submissive Urinator. (As an aside, and you knew there would be at least ONE, right? Scout's really alarmed bark? Sounds like a beagle. He BAYS. It makes me want to hit him with a big stick. But I digress.)

They were only here for 15 minutes, tops.

Still, I actually felt proud of my house and my work to get it ready for today.

There are still a few things to do--some cabinets to paint and both the craft room and my husband's studio (from which he moved most of his gear over the weekend) need to be "staged." And it's too bad that it's raining because the house looks a lot better in the sun.

But here are some more pictures.

Here's Jane's room, which used to have a big princess painted on the wall.


Here is the pool area, which used to have this incredibly bright neon yellow wall.


Here's the master bedroom, for which I bought new bedding. Of all the things I did in the house, this one small thing makes me the happiest. I just love my new comforter and sheets!

Here's the spare room (that is not a really furry pillow. That is Edward, who seems to be taking all this frenzied activity in stride.)


Here's the den--look, no bicycle!


Here's the front door:


And here, finally, are the right-side up shutters!


Okay then, this is my last post about selling this house for a while as I am positive you all are quite sick of the whole subject. Tonight I am going to my book club--there is always good blog fodder there!