House Not Selling? Could It Be You? (Waterville, Eastport: new home, buying)

[Bewitched]

Thanks, gals
Sometimes it's good to have a "kitchen witch" hangin around

[Mainer61]

I'll try anything at this point. I do really love our house as we built it 20 years ago and I have always lived in this area..but with our daughter away at college and my parents gone, we thought we would relocate to Washington County.

[mollysmiles]

Originally Posted by Bewitched

Thanks, gals
Sometimes it's good to have a "kitchen witch" hangin around

absolutely!!

[Elcarim]

I just thought (as I was walking through my house lighting candles) of another thing I tend to do at the first of every year. I've done it almost unconciously up to this point, but today, it suddenly meant something to me. I do a lot of things that way, and usually, just when I need the revelation, something in me clicks and I understand my subconcious actions.

I burn up all the candles I had partially burned throughout the previous year. I keep candles in my house all the time, and I have my preferences that I burn for different seasons and occasions, just for the aroma. Anyway, I start every new year with new, fresh candles.

Today, as I was lighting all the candles throughout, I realized that I was about to burn down the set I purchased that have only been lit when the house was being shown. I was suddenly relieved to get rid of them and start over!

[SantaFeSisters]

Is Maine ready for all these kitchen witches? You get us all together we could really cook something up!

[Bewitched]

Originally Posted by SantaFeSisters

Is Maine ready for all these kitchen witches? You get us all together we could really cook something up!

Is Maine ready?

Heck, the "Maine way of life" raised some

Besides, there's a little witch in every woman

[starwalker]

I also do this... but for me it is a beginning of Feb. thing...

Originally Posted by Elcarim

I just thought (as I was walking through my house lighting candles) of another thing I tend to do at the first of every year. I've done it almost unconciously up to this point, but today, it suddenly meant something to me. I do a lot of things that way, and usually, just when I need the revelation, something in me clicks and I understand my subconcious actions.

I burn up all the candles I had partially burned throughout the previous year. I keep candles in my house all the time, and I have my preferences that I burn for different seasons and occasions, just for the aroma. Anyway, I start every new year with new, fresh candles.

Today, as I was lighting all the candles throughout, I realized that I was about to burn down the set I purchased that have only been lit when the house was being shown. I was suddenly relieved to get rid of them and start over!

[Boomerang]

Almost all my colleagues at work either advised me on where to buy statues of St Joseph, or how to bury him (right side up? upside down? facing the door? facing the street?) No way was I going to do this - my grandma would snatch me bald-headed for sticking a saint in the dirt.

Some cathartic effort was derfinitely in order though. I needed it to keep my hopes up, if nothing else. So I tried the staging idea but with a twist - cleansing, lightnening and brightening for its own sake and to please me with a fresh new outlook, not to please prospective buyers with the newest craze in furnishings. Down came all the artwork and other stuff hanging on the walls. Shelves were emptied, flloors were cleared of the smaller furniture, then I stood back and looked hard at what was left.

What you can see when all the familiar everyday things are gone, is amazing. It's like a fresh canvas. Only about 1/3 of the things went back up, arranged a bit differently. The rest got packed. I only indulged myself in a few new things: some pretty, eye-catching art candles, a crisp white dining table cloth, and one new print for the living room, in a warm but modern style with beautiful frame. Because it was hung on a prominent wall visible from almost every other room, it gave the whole house a different atmosphere. I was really happy liviing with the result and people started making more positive comments.

[BacktoNE]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

Almost all my colleagues at work either advised me on where to buy statues of St Joseph, or how to bury him (right side up? upside down? facing the door? facing the street?) No way was I going to do this - my grandma would snatch me bald-headed for sticking a saint in the dirt.
Some cathartic effort was derfinitely in order though. I needed it to keep my hopes up, if nothing else. So I tried the staging idea but with a twist - cleansing, lightnening and brightening for its own sake and to please me with a fresh new outlook, not to please prospective buyers with the newest craze in furnishings. Down came all the artwork and other stuff hanging on the walls. Shelves were emptied, flloors were cleared of the smaller furniture, then I stood back and looked hard at what was left.

What you can see when all the familiar everyday things are gone, is amazing. It's like a fresh canvas. Only about 1/3 of the things went back up, arranged a bit differently. The rest got packed. I only indulged myself in a few new things: some pretty, eye-catching art candles, a crisp white dining table cloth, and one new print for the living room, in a warm but modern style with beautiful frame. Because it was hung on a prominent wall visible from almost every other room, it gave the whole house a different atmosphere. I was really happy liviing with the result and people started making more positive comments.

Almost everyone I know, including ourselves, have done the St. Joseph statue upside down in the yard, facing the street, near the For Sale sign, etc. It absolutely did NOT work for us. Still took us 3 months to sell that particular house, and it was in great shape, in a great neighborhood, and priced right.

[Elcarim]

Originally Posted by BacktoNE

Almost everyone I know, including ourselves, have done the St. Joseph statue upside down in the yard, facing the street, near the For Sale sign, etc. It absolutely did NOT work for us. Still took us 3 months to sell that particular house, and it was in great shape, in a great neighborhood, and priced right.

LOL! Maybe if you had NOT buried the statue, it would have taken 6!! J/K...kinda........