The Best Staging Job Ever!

We are very fortunate as our first year of business has been a very successful one. Many of our staged foreclosures have sold, leaving us with A L O T of inventory. As Lisa and I were organizing our inventory, we brainstormed about what we could do with all our furniture, bedding, accessories, etc.. We decided that we would donate our excess to a homeless women's shelter. It didn't end there...rather than just dumping a load of stuff off at a shelter, we wanted to actually stage a shelter. After a few calls to shelters, we met with a director of one shelter and then planned our staging day.

The shelter that we staged was home to the director, six residents and their six children. It is a long-term (12 month) shelter for clean and sober women (and their kids). Every woman at the shelter has a story and is at the shelter for one or more of reasons. Each woman and their kids have only one room for their of beds and their life belongings. Our goal was to bless these women by dressing up their rooms.

We dressed beds with new bedding, hung artwork and arranged accessories. The rooms looked great! We were able to bring color and life into the house.

The women loved their rooms. Their gratitude towards us was amazing. Here is a brief summary of thanks from them:

"Thank you for the amazing work that you have done to our home. God bless you"

"I love my room! 'M' loves it very much. I feel like I'm on vacation. You both brought Hawaii. Thank you."

"Oh wow. The beautiful job you ladies did, made moving in so much more enjoyable. Our room is so accessible and sunny. Great colors. Thank you."

"We are so unbelievably blessed by the love and generosity you showered on our home. God bless you abundantly!"

"My room looks wonderful...thank you so much for everything. 'L" didn't want to sleep in her bed for 2 days and I needed to share with her my bed. Thank you."

These are women who have essentially nothing, yet they are filled with gratitude, peace, joy and contentment. What a life lesson for us! To be grateful in all situations and to be content with what we have. In today's economy, being grateful is so important. All around us people are hurting; whether it be losing their home, losing their job, losing a loved one, losing their health, etc.. Giving of our inventory and giving of ourselves through the service of staging has blessed us more than words can describe.

Go, help someone in need today!