weekend report, FSBO v. FS-BO

yesterday, a photographer from forsale-byowner.com -- not to be confused with forsalebyowner.com with whom we've already listed -- came over to take pictures of our immaculate house. for the shoot, they had sent us a checklist of things to do ahead of time: de-clutter, hide soft soap dispensers, area rugs, the toaster... in some ways, make it look like no one actually lives there.

so, we spent the weekend hiding things in our closets and cars... and taking multiple breaks to watch the office. two weeks ago, we were working our way through season 2. now we're in the middle of season 5. do we have a problem? i digress.

actually, it was pretty easy to get ready for the pictures. i mean, we've been de-cluttering since january -- getting rid of piles of things we don't need, cleaning, taking our own pictures for the blog about our house, gearing up for open houses, etc.

but, do pictures really look that much better by hiding the toaster?

we shall see. our house will be up on their website by the end of the week. i'll keep you posted.