Since creating the “to be continued” blog, I’ve been closing each post with the words “dwell in possibilities.” I must confess that I borrowed this phrase from the great poet, Emily Dickinson. I saw her quote and realized that it summed up what I am doing as a professional home stager and interior designer.

I am most grateful to Ms. Dickinson for her insightful and inspiring phrase.

Regardless of the size or price range of a house, my objective is to find the possibilities in that house. I am looking for those unique features of that house and finding possible ways to accentuate them for the potential buyer. I am analyzing those unusual spaces that buyers find difficult to understand upon first glance and finding possible functional uses for those spaces.

In the end, my mission is to help the potential buyer see how they could dwell in the possibilities of this house!


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Weekend Treat – Tulsa’s AARP Award, Cave Painting, Instant Karma, Six Tips for Faking It and More

Our weekend treat includes some interesting news and information, tips and quotes that I discovered along the way this week.  I thought you might enjoy them and maybe even learn something.  The possibilities are endless!!

·       Tulsa was selected by AARP as one of this year’s 10 Affordable Cities for Retirement.  “Tulsans delight in how their city surprises outsiders — it's a small-city jewel, with an impressive art deco district downtown, first-rate art museums and plentiful green spaces.”  Read more about why Tulsa was selected as well as what they liked about the other nine cities (such as Winchester, VA, Portland, ME, and Gainesville, GA) at http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/info-07-2011/affordable-cities.html

·        The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. (Will Rogers)
·         In any two days, human beings create as much information online as it took our species to create in 30,000 years between the dawn of cave painting and the year 2003.  In another 10 years, that same amount of information will be generated in less than one hour.  (Reuters.com)
·        Instant karma, after Victor Giesbrecht, 61, stopped on a Wisconsin highway to help a stranger, Sara Berg, change a tire. After he drove off, Giesbrecht suffered a heart attack; Berg then stopped her car, and saved his life by performing CPR. (The Week)
·        We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. (Cynthia Ozick)
·        Forget a Name? Six Tips for Faking It – Gretchen Rubin has trouble remembering names.  “So I've developed some strategies for coping with the fact that I'm not able to pull up a person's name right away. Of course, you can always just say politely, "I'm sorry, I don't recall your name," but if you'd rather try to disguise your forgetfulness.”  To learn more about her tips, check out Gretchen’s article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gretchen-rubin/remembering-names-tricks_b_1097518.html?ref=healthy-living

Remember to dwell in possibilities but be sure to have fun doing so!!

Cindy
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