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Welcome to The Sublime Times |
Greetings!
Hello. Thank you very much for the positve responses to the first edition of The Sublime Times. As the President of Sublime Solutions, a home staging and design firm, it is my hope to transform every house into a home. In each edition, I will be providing you with more information about the importance of staging your home to sell, staging your home to live, or staging your home office or organization to work.
This March/April edition of The Sublime Times includes a brief review of the top HGTV shows that feature staging homes to sell. Also, this newsletter contains a feature on Alysheba and a review of the classic movie |
Preparing a Home
"For Sale" to "Sold"
Everyone has witnessed homes staying on the market for months. We wonder "what's wrong?" Many times the problem and the solution is right before our eyes!
If you haven't learned how to spot a properly "staged" home or need more ideas to make your current home more appealing to future buyers, don't worry! HGTV offers endless hours of advice and examples of staging to sell. Most every is familiar with "Design To Sell", but there are three other shows that deserve your attention. A brief review of each is below!
The Stagers. Set in Canada, Stager Matthew Finalson and colleagues are challenged with staging a high-end home or a contemporary loft or condo. The majority of the episodes center around what furniture and accessories are needed to transform the space. Matthew will sporatically use items from the home owner's collection, but the majority of the time you will see him choosing from the large warehouse of items at the staging company, Dekora, in order to transform the space. With the exception of repainting, The Stagers does not demonstrate any changes to the house itself. However, it's captivating to watch Matthew beat the clock to make the home "showroom perfect" just in time for the open house.
The Unsellables. This show is filmed in Britain and focuses on staging the worst of the worst. British property guru Sofie Allsopp expends an extraordinary amount of effort to convince and encourage homeowners that change is necessary. As always, when your house is on the market, it's not your home anymore. After winning the owners over, Sofie and her crew go to war battling cluttered rooms, dated decor, and filthy interiors to transform the unsightly and unsellable properties into real estate gems.
Get It Sold. Filmed in the United States, staging expert Sabrina Soto recruits the owners to work with her to make simple changes to their home to help it sell in a softening real estate market. Top real estate experts tour the home before and explain why buyers aren't biting. In addition, a listing agent provides a close look at the
competition through tours of other comparable homes in the area. Once
the makeover is complete, the real estate agents and the public view the staged home during an open house. This show is perfect for the do-it-yourself audience who need to make minor, but aesthetically important, changes to market their home.
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Alysheba Remembered
as "America's Horse"
Alysheba was sired by racing legend Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba. He was bred by Lexington horseman Preston Madden at Hamburg Place Farm and was sold as a yearling for $500,000 to Dorothy and Pamela Scharbauer. Alysheba was trained by Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg and was rode primarily by jockey Chris McCarron. The bay colt won the 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and placed fourth in the Belmont Stakes. He placed second to Ferdinand in the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1987, but avenged the loss the next year. Despite his showing as a 3-year-old, Alysheba earned his place in history the following year by winning six Grade I stakes races and setting two track records for 11/4 miles--at Belmont and at the Meadowlands. The future Hall of Famer was voted 1987 Chamption Three-Year-Old Male and 1988 Horse of the Year. He concluded his racing career with 11 wins in 26 starts. Although later eclipsed by Cigar, Alysheba finished with then-record earnings of $6,679,242.
After leaving the track, Alysheba stood at stud at Lane's End Farm in Versailles before he was sold to a breeding operation overseas. In 2000, he went to Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah's royal stables. The horse was given back to the United States in 2008 as a diplomatic token after President George W. Bush gave King Abdullah an ornate western saddle during a diplomatic visit. Alysheba moved into the Kentucky Horse Park Hall of Champions last October. "America's Horse" fell in his stall due to a degenerative spinal condition and was euthanized in March 2009. |
Krista's Classics
Will Return in the Next Issue
Email info@sublimesolutionsky.com
if you have suggestions for classic
movies you would like reviewed! |
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I hope you have enjoyed this edition!
Sincerely,
Deborah
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| About Me |
Deborah Stigall
Accredited Staging Professional
Realtor
The Realty Company
Jimmy Nash Homes
Member
Commerce Lexington
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