Dec 30, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Ocean Blou, Real Estate, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
Starting the New Year with a fresh outlook is the best way to see growth and expansion in your life, business, and relationships. Looking at circumstances, situations and people from a different perspective gives you the ability to evaluate the past year and...
Dec 10, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Ocean Blou, Real Estate, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
A beautiful tablescape is one of my favorite holiday design setups, and it is really simple to achieve. Here’s a hint: start with the runner/napkin material. It is much easier to match the supporting items to the fabric, than matching the fabric to the accessories. It...
Nov 29, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Ocean Blou, Real Estate, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
My team is launching a new initiative that we are VERY excited about. For quite some time, I have been helping friends, family, and colleagues with the setup and staging of their vacation rental properties (or personal homes). I have a very efficient system to be...
Nov 18, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Real Estate, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
Recently, I helped someone turn their mountain cabin into a vacation rental, and it was so fun! I love how it turned out and I’d love to hear what you think. First of all, I spent about a month studying pictures and floor plans with all the dimensions. I took the...
Nov 3, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Real Estate, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
Christine wanted help making her dining room into an elegant, sophisticated space and the only thing she REALLY wanted was a display cabinet for the pretty china she had packed away. How many of us have pretty dishes we either inherited or received as wedding gifts?...
Oct 20, 2025 | 7 Seconds, Home Decor, Home Staging, Real Estate, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized, Vacation Rentals
In early August I wrote to tell you about an opportunity I had to speak at a women’s conference in South Africa. I was privileged to be invited to share my knowledge and experience in business and finance at the Designing Life Women’s Conference in Johannesburg, South...