Presenting a polished final product on an immovable deadline made me think back to getting our last house ready for sale and 'styled' for open for inspections. We had a daughter studying for her School certificate, another smack bang in the middle of her Higher School Certificate exams and an energetic four year old son! My hubby and I were alternatively sick and carted off to hospital in this time too!
I tried to present every room as best as possible (Good Lord, I even 'pointed' the toilet tissue on the holders!) whist using and editing what we had.
I am really missing living in a 'finished' house at the moment. Our current build is S . L . O . W ! and to cheer myself up I thought I'd reminisce of what I can achieve with patience; and I found these pictures. The first is REALITY. The second is how we would liked others (particularly potential purchasers / visitors / mother-in-laws) to think we lived! Hilarious!!!
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| Lounge from Mezzanine. Gotta love a Matchbox car collection! |
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| Kitchen from stairs to upper level. Should I cringe? |
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| How it looked - ready to sell! |
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| The reality of our Main Bedroom! Gotta love the ice-cream container 'sick' bowl! |
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| The beauty of styling and a good photographer! |
Our buyer, an absolutely beautiful young woman, inspected our home at 6:30 pm. It was not an Open -for-inspection day and (it was the ONLY day I told the agent we were NOT available) we had just 15 minutes notice. Our home looked more like the first pictures!
It was my eldest daughters Graduation night and I had a make-up artist, in-laws, her boy friend's parents, our friends, the girl's friends, Nanna & Grandad and neighbours all in -house. We had food and bodies everywhere. I was in trackies sewing a bra into her 'prom' styled fairytale dress. The car to transport her to her special evening was 2 minutes away. My hubby and I were due to be there 10 minutes later!
And we had the potential buyer inspection! Aaaahhhhhhhh!!!! Talk about stress!!!! In hindsight, it makes a good story! God knows what our buyer thought of our crazy family but she loved our home. After champagne together we all relaxed... so much for all that stress over perfect styling !
(But boy, do I empathise with The Block contestant's every reveal episode!!!)
x KL
I just lost a long reply :(
ReplyDeleteI will try again but with shorter comments in case they disappear again :)
ReplyDeleteIt's been happening a lot when trying to leave a comment in your blog - I think it started when you selected a mobile display version... Could be wrong though
I also wanted to say that I love your previous house and hope you will share more of it with us. I would love to see the wet areas :)
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to thank you for sharing the "regular" photos of your home. It's great to know that those stunning homes don't always look perfect :)
ReplyDeleteMakes me feel a tiny bit better about living in a messy house most of the time.
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Hi B, thanks for your comments. I have no idea what a 'mobile display version' is! I don't know if I've selected it or not!???? Had a play with the settings though. Hopefully there wont be any more problems! I appreciate you letting me know if there is! I'll try to find wet area photos of our last place. Not sure if we have any!
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