Kimberley is a Certified Staging Professional™, Interior Decorator, Professional Gardener, Garden Designer and owner of White Swan Properties (a full service Home Staging and Professional Gardening Company). Kimberley has over 25 years of experience in the home and garden industries. She is currently channelling her experience and her energies towards helping home owners, builders and Realtors® to effectively prepare their properties for market. She also continues to service her loyal following of gardening clients that have come to rely on Kimberley’s ability to restore law and order in the garden and to improve their gardens health, beauty and vitality.

Experience and Credentials:

Home Staging:

Kimberley received her Staging designation from Certified Staging Professionals™. She is a member in good standing with the trade affiliations Real Estate Staging Association™ (RESA™), Staging Excellence Alliance (SEA), and Canadian Staging Professionals™(CSP™). Visit these sites to learn more about these organizations and about White Swan Properties.

Interior Decoration:

In addition to her credentials as a CSP™ she is a graduate of The Chicago School of Interior Decoration. Kimberley worked as a Professional Interior Decorator and later as Decorating Consultant for a high end furniture store for a combination of 10 years before switching to her other passions of Floral Design, Gardening and Garden Design.

Professional Gardening and Garden Design:

After spending 10 years as a Professional Floral Designer, Kimberley translated her love of flowers into a lucrative gardening business. Since the spring of 2005 Kimberley's passion for organic flower gardening and Garden Design has won her a loyal following. White Swan Properties offers a full range of gardening services including Garden Design, Consultations, Soil Work, Pruning, Edging, Planting, Fertilizing, Mulching, Garden Doctor, Seasonal and special Events Enhancements.

Services and Specialities :

Full Home Staging and Re-design Services:

•Home Staging Consultations
•Home Staging to sell (New or resale, vacant or occupied)

Specialities and Additional Services:

•Home Staging for Estate Sales
•Decorating or Staging for Model/Showhomes
•Furniture & Accessory Rental
•Full Gardening Services
•Garden Design & Installion
•Painting and Decorating

When Your Home & Gardens Have to Look Their Best Call in the Professionals at White Swan Properties.

Description of Our Services:

FULL HOME STAGING AND RE-DESIGN SERVICES

1. Home Staging Consultations:

a. Verbal Staging Consultation:
Kimberley will walk through each room of your home and show you what needs to be done to effectively prepare the home for market.

b. Written Staging Report:
Kimberley will personally do a thorough examination of your home, providing you with a 56 page written evaluation. Included in this report will be a list of her key recommendations for improvement; improvements that will increase your homes sell-ability and optimally its value. Your evaluation report is chalk full of information to assist you in preparing your home for market and will assist you in making wise decisions and choices relating to the preparation of your home.

Included in our consultation package:
 The 56 page room-ready-handbook™
 Music to set the stage (CD of music selected for open houses)
 An evaluation folder containing additional staging, decorating or renovation information (selected information will vary from job to job. I try to only include the most relevant and helpful information.)
 Sellers Edge DVD
 Your property will be placed on the CSP™ web site, under staged properties for sale for additional exposure.
 You may receive; paint colour recommendations, floor plan recommendations; lighting recommendations; flooring up-grade recommendations, kitchen and bath-room up-grade recommendation, storage recommendations…………………………


2. Home Staging to sell (New or resale, vacant or occupied).
For occupied homes we offer a comprehensive Staging Service. Including a Home Staging Consultation, Project Management (hiring, co-ordinating, and/or personally completing all of the work require to ready the home for market); Show-casing and de-staging. Note: Home owners are welcome to act as their own project managers. We will work with-in a variety of budgets.

For vacant and new construction; with your homes architecture and targeted market in mind we will furnish, accessorize and decorate your investment to create maximum appeal and desirability. We are able to work with-in a variety of budgets.
Staging NEW homes involves a brief inspection of the property (usually about 20-30 minutes) follow by a written quote within 48 hours. Showcasing a vacant home with furniture and accessories is a proven way to cut your sell time in more than half and reduce the risk of a price reduction.


SPECIALITIES AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES

3. Decorating or Staging for Model/Showhomes

4. Home Staging for Estate Sales:

This service is intended for people who have lost a loved one, such as a parent, who owned a home that requires cleaning out and preparing for market. We will work with family members or solo sorting through belonging and arranging for the donation, disposal or sale of personal belongings. Once the home has been cleared of its personal contents we will either personally complete the work or make arrangements for whatever services are required to prepare the home for market. Services such as; painting, cleaning, repairs, possibly up-grades etc. All services and budgets must be approved of by the estate. From start to finish, we will handle the entire project on your behalf even set you up with a Realtor® and maintain the home through-out the listing period.

5. Furniture & Accessory Rental:

Whether you require only a few well chosen accessories and pieces of art to tweak and enhance an existing décor or require a complete decorating makeover we have available a wide selection of furnishings, art and accessories to meet any budget. Whether we are drawing from our own inventory or renting from one of our reputable suppliers we will personally choose each piece for your home with care.

6. Full Gardening Services: (Specializing in Organics):

Whether you are selling, redesigning or just plain need help getting your gardens in order Kimberley's passion for Organic gardening has won her a loyal following. We offer a full range of Gardening services including:

a. Soil Work:
> Testing (pH level of soil, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium levels)
> Digging (hand tilling and digging new or existing gardens… by hand so as to not destroy or disturb the helpful micro soil organisms that are essential for healthy plants. Loose soil is important for proper drainage, nutrient absorption and healthy root development.)
> Amending (compost is the main staple used for amending your soil, but peat moss, sheep or cow manure, triple mix, sand, shredded leaves or top soil may also be use.)

b. Edging:(Lawns and flower beds)

c. Pruning: (Roses, perennials, bushes, shrubs and small trees, hedges)

d. Weeding:

e. Planting: (annuals, perennials, seeds, roses, bushes, shrubs and small trees)

f. Fertilizing: Container gardens, hanging baskets, roses, shrubs, bushes, perennial and annual flower beds

g. Mulching: (adds organic matter to the soil, keeps the soil cooler in summer, holds the moisture in thus reducing watering needs, feeds beneficial soil organisms and minimizes compaction)

h. Garden Doctor: (Diagnosing and treating various plant disorders, with eco-friendly remedies.

7. Garden Design:

Create landscape designs, complete with sketches and list of recommended plants, materials and prices.
Perennial and annual flower gardens are our specialty.

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