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And we are back, and I was talking about peacocks, no chickens, no CROW, yes crow and how shall I prepare it tonight.
It all started 8 months ago when we decided to sell our farm and live naked in hippie land. Ready to survive off the land and be 100% sustainable was our common ground. Agreeing on a plan to get there...and the ground turned rocky. The husband said "Sell it ourselves" The overwrought, too busy farm wife gently suggested, "ARE YOU NUTS ? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! NO WAY ON EARTH!" or something equally sweet.
So we listed the traditional way, with a local realtor and it got us no where, as in no where, no how. And I think I'll just leave it at that.
Last week we ended our contract with the realtor, and I dished up my first plate of black feathers and beaks. With a sauce of buckwheat honey, it wasn't all that bad. The feathers did make me though. Immediately after dinner I looked into For Sale By Owner.com and satisfied that it couldn't be any worse than listing it with a real estate agent, we paid our fees and posted our farm.
Only one small problem, I had many pics of the outside, lots of farm building and livestock, but very few of the inside of the house. And VERY VERY few of a clean house. I decided to do one or two rooms each day and just add them to the sight as progressed. Yesterday was the kitchen. Following the info I learned years ago when I used to watch HGTV, when we had satellite TV, when we had time to watch TV...I stripped the kitchen nearly bare.
Here is the result
And here
So there you have it, my first real attempt at "staging."
Now I could use some help "un-staging" I have a few items to return to the kitchen. Help Wanted
I love your "table around the post"..what a great use of space.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful kitchen / eating area! But I do agree with the "staging" at least for pictures. Most of us know that is't not how OUR kitchens look like once they are lived in, but it does give the potential buyer a better idea of what it would look like if they lived there & added their personal touches.
ReplyDeleteDang it! And here I was looking for a real recipe for cooking crow!
ReplyDeleteOh. Wait. I'm a vegetarian. Ok, back to the post: Love the interior AND I would have agreed that you had every right to dump the realtor. I've heard crazy stories of realtors and lack of care in selling is the LEAST of your worries.
In the meantime, love your kitchen AND the wrap around dining table! Good stuff. I still say you keep the place and hire a spiffy haired farmerette with weird hair to tackle your big farm projects ;)
Dang it! And here I was looking for a real recipe for cooking crow!
ReplyDeleteOh. Wait. I'm a vegetarian. Ok, back to the post: Love the interior AND I would have agreed that you had every right to dump the realtor. I've heard crazy stories of realtors and lack of care in selling is the LEAST of your worries.
In the meantime, love your kitchen AND the wrap around dining table! Good stuff. I still say you keep the place and hire a spiffy haired farmerette with weird hair to tackle your big farm projects ;)
You didn't get a pic of that really cool chalk board of yours!!
ReplyDeletePS. Have you thought about keeping the place, scaling down and building a little cottage for yourselves and renting out the big house for farm stays?
Zan Asha's at it again...trying to fill your comments box.
ReplyDeleteActually I'm always rather suspicious of overly tidy homes. I'd rather see a few books on the floor, slippers by the fire, and dirty dishes in the sink. It makes me think that the occupiers are normal!
I wish my kitchen was half as tidy as yours. Crows were eaten here many years ago by country folk on a regular basis.
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Did you really eat crow or are you pulling our legs?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the sale :)
Yep. Crow. I've had it in many forms. None of them well done. Your kitchen looks lovely. I especially like your fitted table!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I have to admit though, that I've looked at so many model kitchen photos lately, that I've decided there must be a table behind the photographer, piled high with all the stuff that's usually kept on the cabinets!
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