The beginning of my process in design and home staging is getting a feel for the space. I spend time walking through the rooms and imagining how they can best express comfort and beauty. Next I give...
The Saga of the Lost Chair
Once upon a time, I made my first trip into Big Lots! and now I am living happily ever after. Generally I have specific places to get my favorite things, like Lowe’s, Hobby Lobby, HomeGoods, and...
What Is Home Staging?
Once upon a time a real estate agent observed the way empty houses took much longer to sell than houses which still had occupants. Since it can’t be guaranteed a house will still be occupied when it...
We Have Some News For You
Happy New Year Ladies. The kickoff for this year has been filled with fun and family and some exciting changes we want to let you know about. Level Up Ladies has been one of the most rewarding...
Happy New Year Treasure!
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...
4 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!
If you aren’t ready for Christmas by now, you are gonna need to step on the gas. Only one shopping weekend left and that doesn’t include wrapping. Yikes! Actually, I am fairly certain all of you...
Merry End of Year Coming At Ya
It is a prudent decision to do some end of the year review/clear out/evaluation, whether for personal, business or relational areas of your life. Once a year is not too often to put everything on...
Something to Watch After Your Turkey Dinner
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you are enjoying family, good food and some well deserved rest. Of course, I am only talking to the Level Up Ladies who are in the USA. Thanksgiving is exclusively...
Do I Need a Mentor?
What is mentorship? The simplest way to define mentorship is to think about it in its most usual form – a helping relationship in which one person, usually more experienced or senior, takes time to...
I Hope You Didn’t Miss It!
Just in case you missed our Christmas webinar, you can watch it here on YouTube. We had so much fun with Karen and Dave talking about developing a peaceful, beautiful atmosphere in your holiday...
Christmas in October
The retail world is already full of Christmas, with all the shiny, trendy new decorations for this year. No matter that it isn’t Halloween yet and Thanksgiving is becoming a smaller and smaller...
We want to see you on Saturday
Have you had any obstacles in your way recently? Have you looked around and felt like you were hedged in on all sides? Are you thinking you don’t want to answer another email with a subject line:...
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Name That House!
All of our properties have personalities. We start each project referring to the property by some part of the address, but fairly soon after the clean-up and demo day, the personality starts to break through. Every house has a personality and I feel like part of our...
We’ve Come a Long Way!
Once upon a time in a design business long, long ago, picturing a front door or a bedroom wall painted a new color was a tricky business. Often I held a paint swatch an arm's length away, closed one eye and tried to superimpose the new color over the current color....
Stuff Happens
Several of our properties came with sheds included in the purchase. From our very first project in Florida, the sheds have actually been a source of mystery, adventure and a bit of danger. Our process with a shed usually begins by deciding whether the structure is in...
DIY٠FTW٠IYKYK
National Do It Yourself day was April 6, but we are celebrating all month. I generally do a combination of DIY and purchased decor in our properties, but I also love to save money. The result is, I try to limit my purchases to major bargain shopping no matter which...
Bloopers and Blunders
Sometimes property investing and all it entails is like a bunch of old sayings. Here are a few we have experienced. These have come to mind more than once on our property owner’s journey and I expect will continue to be part of our story. Some bloopers and blunders...
That Was Quite a Week!
My life has been a triangle for the past several years. Let me explain. My husband Dave and I lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area after we got married. I was blessed to be VP of WealthBuilders in Colorado and also teach at Charis Business School (now I am the...
Is the Couch Gonna Fit or What?
The beginning of my process in design and home staging is getting a feel for the space. I spend time walking through the rooms and imagining how they can best express comfort and beauty. Next I give each room a purpose, then I meticulously measure every space before I...
The Saga of the Lost Chair
Once upon a time, I made my first trip into Big Lots! and now I am living happily ever after. Generally I have specific places to get my favorite things, like Lowe’s, Hobby Lobby, HomeGoods, and Home Depot, but Big Lots! has never been on my radar. (This doesn’t...
What Is Home Staging?
Once upon a time a real estate agent observed the way empty houses took much longer to sell than houses which still had occupants. Since it can’t be guaranteed a house will still be occupied when it goes on the market, real estate agents everywhere got creative....
We Have Some News For You
Happy New Year Ladies. The kickoff for this year has been filled with fun and family and some exciting changes we want to let you know about. Level Up Ladies has been one of the most rewarding endeavors our team has participated in since we became a team. We are...