A reference....

For those of you who would like a reference of what the kitchen looked life previous to the staging experience.....

And the same angle--though bigger--after.

Star of scream and stage.....

So, my in-laws came to my house a couple of weeks ago to help stage the house. For those who are not "in the know", staging is when you make your house look like no one lives there. This included packing half of all that we own and storing it. Good news is, the garage is beautiful!!! Bad news is, I am going to go nuts if I have to spend the next couple of months living in a better homes and gardens magazine!!!!!!!!!!! My children are constantly making messes and I am constantly cleaning them up. My day now consists of getting up, making all the beds, picking up all the toys the kids just took out, going downstairs and cleaning the kitchen, feed the kids, cleaning up the toys the kids just took out, going back upstairs and cleaning the bathroom and picking up the toys the kids just took out.......lather, rinse, repeat. Since it may never happen again, I am posting two lovely pictures of my home as it currently looks--like nobody lives here.