Tag: organizing
Does your office make you feel like a million bucks?
If not…Envision-Designs can help!
Small Office Cleaning & More~ We are adding this service in October 2015
New Services added:
Organize/Clean
- Cubicle and work station cleaning
- Restroom sanitation
- Dusting and wood furnishing polishing
- Lobby, reception area
- Conference room detailed-clean
- Waste removal
Redesign/Space Planning
- Use space efficiently and effectively
- Accommodate special processes and work flows
- Create a desired image and atmosphere
- Redesign IT and Telecom set ups
- Redesign for Flexibility and growth
- Consider dilapidation (leased/rental spaces)
Staging/Event and Meeting Support
- Set-up (events, meetings, staff rooms)
- Conference, workshop (consult, design, set up)
- Detail-cleaning before office events
- Pre/Post conference/event meeting
- Set-up and Tear-down of office events (holiday parties, special celebrations)
- Consult on office décor/decorations
Few things that makes Envision-Designs different:
- Daily/weekly/monthly cleaning services
- Green Products used throughout
- We specialize in small offices under 3,000 square feet
- We personalize/customize your cleaning and event program
If it can be dreamed, it can be done~
What is the difference between House cleaning & Detail cleaning?
The Cleaning Chick…….
I have had this question asked a few times in the last couple months, so I thought I would answer it today. Back in the day – when I cleaned for a living…..a real living! It was one of those things where a hobby turns into a means to pay the bills, I know I know a hobby of cleaning – and I like to iron! Put me away…..
I cleaned homes of 3,000 to 5,000+ square footage – Needless to say I had a lot of cleaning on my hands and it had to be strategically planned out or I would not make money. Once I started cleaning the house a few times – 4 or 5 cleanings, I would come up with a list of regular cleaning to be done – then on the side I came up with a more detailed cleaning checklist for all areas of the house – the detail cleaning list is a list of items you are going to give extra attention to on your detailed-cleaning days.
I hope the list below helps, if you have a different way of cleaning your home or your own lists and checklist to share, please do – I would love to hear about them!
What will you do with your 24 hours today?
The interesting wonder about Time –
It does not matter how much money you have……or don’t
How old you are…..or not
How successful you are…..or wish to be!
We all have the same 24 hours…….What will you do with yours today?
Thinking Spring!
I am thinking of Spring on this very cold grey day. In just 18 days we will be able to enjoy the best Old Vine Zin on the wine trail, with music outside under the tent overlooking over this beautiful pond – alright, I am waking up now from my daydream!
More Snow…..What?
He is waiting in the truck for someone to drive him to the trails ~ No trails today Duke!
Have FAITH my friends in New England – Spring is on it’s way.
If Your Life had a Theme Song ~ What would it Be?
My theme song would be “What a Feeling” from the movie Flashdance~
What’s your life’s theme song?
Trends you need to know before selling your home
Since the time when I was a young girl of about twelve or thirteen years of age, I would accompany my Mother to Open Houses in the San Diego area on Saturday mornings. My mom would have the newspaper at the breakfast table, marking all the open houses we were going to visit later that day, I would grab the town map and pencil~in all the addresses and off we went. It was fun pretending for a day – that you had money and a normal life ~ that’s another blog! Lessons learned from those open houses in the 1970’s, staged homes do sell and they sell at a higher profit! The trend is continuing today, there are a lot of homes for sale and if the traditional seller wants to compete they must have their home staged to have any chance to sell it at a greater profit in today’s market.
Trends of Home Staging in 2015:
1. Home sellers are staging their homes – there is fierce competition with short sales, bank-owned homes and traditional sellers. We are now seeing short sales and bank-owned homes being staged.
2. Home Stager and real estate professionals are teaming up more and more to give superior customer service to the seller.
3. The real estate agent that makes Home Staging part of their marketing plan will lead the market and obtain more listings.
4. Real Estate Mantra : Staging, Staging, Staging ~ has replaced ~ Location, Location, Location
It’s about presenting a home to a potential buyer, where the buyer feels the comfort, see the beauty throughout the home.
New Organizing Packages
This is the time of year that everyone is thinking PACKAGES ~ well isn’t it time you give yourself a package?
Envision-Designs is offering “Pre-Staging” Packages for home owners that are looking to put their house on the market in the Spring of 2015. What a great way to get through the dreary & grey winter days in New England, then by getting your house organized, clean, redesigned and ready to stage for the Spring!
A Package consists of a Min/Max of 4 Hour Organizing Sessions –
12 Hour Session: 3 sessions x 4 hours ~ 12 hour package = $660
20 Hour Session: 5 sessions x 4 hours ~ 20 hour package = $1,100
40 Hour Session: 10 sessions x 4 hours ~ 40 hour package = $2,200
* The number of sessions are adjustable to your schedule*
How the assessment session works:
1. Initial assessment/observation of space (takes 1-1 1/2 hours) $100
2. Set ‘zones’ and time frames for each room
3. Discuss/observe specific problems
4. Talk tips & techniques for rooms
5. Create a plan with the client.
( $100 discount applies when packages are paid in full at time of assessment session )
Winter Projects!
I am not a fan of the Winter Season ~ Except for Christmas!
Envision-Designs is going to be posting some winter project ideas to help myself and others out there, to get through the dark, grey days of Winter. I am going to be – Shhhh….stealing or I like to call it ……copying, the idea from HGTV Flea Market Flip. Each month I will post a Flip List ~ to take with you to flea markets, tag sales, thrift stores, antique stores – wherever you like to hunt for treasures. Once you find an item that is on the Flip List, you think about how you can fix and flip: re-purpose, re-finish, re-make, re-design, etc. to resell at a profit. Here is an opportunity to work alone or as a team to show off your skills or to try out your creative side! You never know this could be your calling…..take the challenge!
Come Back for Flip Lists & Remember to post pictures!!!!!
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