staging consult.

we're selling our house.  have i mentioned that? we have it listed and will hopefully be able to move to bartlesville before haley starts school.  i know that's a little bit of wishful thinking on our part because it can take quite a while to sell a house, go through closing, close on land, and build a new house.  even if we decide to purchase an existing home, the process can still take some time. so keep your fingers crossed for us. 

in the meantime, a woman named amy came to the house on friday for a staging consult.  we have the house listed, but the photographer hasn't come to take pictures just yet.  we were waiting for amy to come by and tell us what to do.

everyone warned us not to take anything she said personally - that she's a pro at telling people what to do so their house appeals to a lot of people.  i gave myself a pep talk and braced myself for the worse ... but surpringly enough, it was painless.  i thought she would have lots to say about our house, but everything was positive. 

she mainly just wanted us to open the shower curtain up part of the way for pictures, remove anything that might normally be hidden by the shower curtain, and put away a few things from our kitchen counter tops and our nightstands.  everything else was good to go. 

whew.  hopefully this means everyone will love our house and it will sell quickly.  here's hoping.