In today’s episode,I am interviewing Shannon Kaye who is the Color Marketing Manager for Kelly Moore Paint.  We discuss all things paint and the biggest roadblock homeowners have around choosing paint colors for their homes.  We dive into how to choose colors when selling a home and living in a home. Tune in to learn about different paint sheens and mistakes to avoid with touch-up paint, secrets behind the color of the year, color trends, and so much more.  As an entrepreneur and independent artist for most of her career, Shannon has enjoyed opportunities to create DIY paint, co ..read more

If you’re in the process of selling your home or preparing your house to sell, this season of the Behind the Renovation podcast is perfect for you.  Over the next few weeks, I am interviewing industry professionals and related businesses for the Home Selling Success series to help you understand what home selling and buying look like in 2021 and how you can prepare yourself for the good, the bad and that elusive virtue called patience.  In today’s episode, I am interviewing Mike Bui who is currently President & CEO of EQ1 Real Estate, a boutique real estate brokerage in San Jose ..read more

In today’s episode, I'm sharing my tips for creating a proper workspace for adults and learning space for kids to thrive while sheltering in place. Have a dedicated space to work and learn in  Have a proper desk to work on Have a comfortable chair to sit at Make sure to have proper lighting Make sure you have easy access to an electrical outlet  Have your supplies on hand - from a printer to writing utensils, etc. Incorporate some good habits for a more successful day every day Following these tips and following good habits will make sheltering in place a little easier for everyone ..read more

In today’s episode, I will be walking you through The Renovation Planner™ and explain why I created this product and how to use this to design and manage your home renovation. The Renovation Planner™ was inspired by my nearly 2 decades of experience in home renovation projects.  know that managing a renovation project can be daunting.  There are a lot of moving parts and lots of things that can easily fall through the cracks. That’s why, I took everything I know about renovating, basically everything I do for my clients every day and created a powerful resource so that whether you’re ..read more

In light of current events, I was thinking about how race has played a part in my business.  In today's episode, I discuss how I used to get calls from Realtors requesting that I stage a house for a Chinese Buyer.  I know how to stage a house, but how do you stage a house specifically for a Chinese buyer?   There’s really no way to do that.  What you want to do is design to attract the right demographic of buyers, not ethnicity because if you’re designing for ethnicity, it’s really all based on stereotypes and that’s not right and won’t work.  Design for resale based o ..read more

In today’s episode, I'm talking you through 10 Easy Ways to Update Your Home for Resale.  I am currently in the midst of renovating a condo for resale and it's been 8 weeks since my initial inspections were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic taking over the world. Lucky for me, California just lifted the ban on construction so I was finally able to schedule the rough inspections (yay!). It's timely that I share my top tips to Update Your Home for Resale, especially since the real estate market is so tentative at this time.   Listen to this episode to learn about these top updat ..read more