Hey, Realtors! Got an empty house you’re trying to sell but little or no money to put toward staging it? Try this trick that an agent in Houston came up with. Simply fill two vases with fresh flowers and set them in the entry. Take the photo and then move them to the dining room…
…into the kitchen…
…and then to the bedroom:
Make sure you can see them peeking out of the bathroom:
Now transfer the vases to the family room:
And don’t forget the backyard!
I got such a kick out of watching those vases move from room to room, almost like they’re taking us on the house tour themselves. But hey, at least the agent made an effort. I look through enough real estate listings to know that’s not always the case. (Elizabeth gets credit for spotting this one!)
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Awesome…very creative agent!
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That is so funny – and always the two of them…like they’re a couple!
too funny!! think I’ve seen worse tho
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The large vase looks as though it would have held all of the flowers for a more full display.
LOL Karin! It looks like they had a little spat in the kitchen and are kind of indecently intertwined on the patio so I guess they made up.
I wonder if the realtor could keep a straight face when taking these shots. It really is like the flowers are viewing the house with a view to buying… especially when they are looking out of the window in the family room… I can imagine one of them saying “And look at the garden Lily… can’t you just imagine the seedlings running around out there?”… or in the bedroom, “Do you think a king bed would fit in here?”… That’s given me a chuckle today! Thanks. Lx
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LOL – that is hilarious!
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This is too funny! I also got a chuckle out of the comment one vase couldve used more flowers…umm I’m thinking that wouldn’t of helped matters much!
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No caption, but that’s hilarious. And, I noticed that the floor plan of that house is EXACTLY the same as the house we lived in in Houston. Thankfully, our agent took some great pictures and sold our house in a record amount of time.
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I’m not sure you could call that effort…but thanks for making me grin this morning!
Alison
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That is pretty funny, it IS like the flowers are a couple and are touring the house. I like the 2nd photo, like they are peering out the window admiring the lawn. And in the bathroom photo, I think I hear him saying “Hey! Give me some privacy, I’m filling up in here!”
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That is too funny! I agree with Laura…there must have been a lot of giggling going on!
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All I can think of when scanning the pics is that pesky “GNOME” in the Travelolocity ads…..however, they have a thriving business…you never know
Once upon a time Mr. Mum and his new bride Lily went looking for a new place to live. They found a resonable house. It was clean and had hard wood floors. They looked at the kitchen, they looked at the bedrooms. Lily checked out the bathroom. It had lovily views and a charming garden. They fell in love with the place. In fact the a gent found them in a fond embrace in the back garden. Such a happy place for Mr. Mum and his new wife Lily to live.
I’m not creative enough to caption it but I’m so glad you posted this. It made me laugh out loud, which is much appreciated today!
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“Flowers sold separately.”
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Too funny! Not sure how the realtor could think this would help to sell the house.
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“Let’s bloom together in this three bedroom bungalo.” Isn’t that the funniest thing:) Cute…cute!!!
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Definitely a Where’s Waldo themed title.
This is amusing, but I feel for the Agent who tried.
Becky K.
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Haaaaaaaaaa, oh my word. That is pretty bad. My favorite picture is the shot of the bathroom where the flowers seem to be lurking behind the wall.
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What I find funny is that the vases also made their way outside. Outside! Janell
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Too funny! Did you notice they start off as a pair of vases and get farther and farther apart in each picture until there’s only one?!? Haha!
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It’s a metaphor for what will happen to any once-happy couple after purchase. Oh, and they’ll wilt! Cue due-and-gloom music.
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Haha, this one cracked me up! It’s kind of a sweet, misplaced effort on the part of the agent.
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Ohh, fail! At list spring for the “2 for $10″ special on the lilies!
The agent should have put the vases over the cracks in the kitchen floor tile.
Notice that the flowers married before moving to the bedroom!
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I think you could appropriately call this “Mum and Lily show you their listing.”
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The Little Agent Who Tried…
somehow it gets better and better as I go over the photos (with the benefit of all the wicked comments)!
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I would fire that agent!
What?
How awkward!
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I love this, and I think the agent must have had a really good sense of humor!
I love the way they are together at the front door, as if welcoming in their guests!
I wonder what their offspring look like? Perhaps Baby’s Breath or Rose Buds?
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HA HA HA HA!!!! Oh, that is hilarious! I love your captions too! LOL!
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Hah! It actually wasn’t a terrible idea in my opinion. Its kind of silly but hey, why not lol
Oh my…how awful – haha. I think I would call it:
“The Realtor of the Traveling Plants”
That’s the best I’ve got
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FUNNY! Bless her heart, give her an A for extreme effort.
Love it! LOL. Oh man… When I tell people my husband’s a realtor, I want to say “not THAT kind of a realtor”. And by “THAT” kind I definitely mean THIS kind!!!
I wonder if the agent used the same vases of flowers in the next house too
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Unbelievable!
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Oh, my, that made my day!
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OMG this made me pee.
Shame on them!
xo xo
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What were they thinking?
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Very funny. Wonder what she did with the flowers after??
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I wish I had a good caption. I found it all kind of creepy. I may never be able to look at a vase of lillies again. Thanks a lot.
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Lily & Mum go house hunting?
I wish somebody had not tied the dining room panels smack dab in the middle. And what’s with the crazy patchwork wood flooring?
When I see those flowers in the entry I see a major spill hazard. A little entry table might have been cute, and easy to transport. I think the only place these flowers add any value is the bathroom shot. The flowers look odd and draw attention away from the house. I do not even see the room I just see the flowers and wonder what the heck?????
On the postive side of having the same flowers in all the photos gave me some idea on how big the rooms were. Put things in perspective
Flowers gone sour.
It’s nice for the realtor to make some effort to stage the house, but these flowers don’t do much for it.
When we were looking at homes, one of the realtor’s staged the beautiful master bath with a bucket of iced champagne and two glasses on the jacuzzi. THAT was a nice touch.
I like flowers a LOT but, pretty as they are, they don’t really enhance all of the rooms enough to make it worthwhile. The realtor would have been better off selecting one room for the “boost”.
To funny, how’s this going to sell a house?
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The bedroom pic had me LOL, but the backyard…that was hilarious!
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…the sliding doors remind me of the house Annette Bening tries to sell in the movie American Beauty!!!
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I havent laughed out loud in a while. That was too funny…
They are quite flirty peeking out of the bathroom there. I think I would have to caption it “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants”!
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Multiple Choice Question: which room would you like your complimentary flowers in?
a. entry
b. dining room
c. kitchen
d. all of the above
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Thank you so much Julia….I haven’t laughed that hard in some time……..
There is a total narrative going on.
Think about it. You have a house that is just like 5 others on the block, and 2 of them are also on the market, and one has a 82 remodel the other was redone 5 years ago. Not only is the one you are trying to market original, but it is one bedroom down, sacrificed in 1965 to expand the dining room and master bedroom. If you are careful you may get $3500 commission after your broker takes his nick fees; so what do you do? You go for cute and funny on web pictures, it gets the gen Y and Z ‘ers that are looking for family home to take the tour. Houses sell off the web in that market.
B for professionalism A for creativity. I would iterview them. I like the house too, but mow the lawn.
“I’ve always said…it’s the accessories that make the room!.”
And I agree with Billy. It made us all laugh, didn’t it? Anything that makes a buyer remember your house out of the hundreds of others they have looked at is a good thing.
That is sheer awesomeness. It would certainly make a potential buyer remember the listing. “Oh, honey, remember the house with the flowers? I like that one. I can just picture my grandmother’s vase collection all over the house, can’t you?”
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Thanks for the laugh…this is comepletely hilarious!
Kristen
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This totally cracks me up! That is one creative (I guess that’s the word) realtor. I wonder why they bought two (as opposed to one, or even three!).
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Fresh flowers can really make a room.
Right?
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Mum & Lily need to have their own show on HGTV…”Flowers Make A Home”!
Super cute!!!
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OMG, this is screamingly funny. As Laura said, it’s almost like those 2 vases are characters in their own right.
What the heck were they (the agent) thinking???
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Oh, how about “Bring the outside in, in any room of the house! This home has lovely amenities that will capture your heart.”
he,he, well at least I tried
hahaha that is awesome. We’ve got to give the agent props as she is clearly working hard for the money. The logic is genius: who doesn’t like fresh flowers? This post made me LOL (literally)
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Too funny! What WERE they thinking? LOL
~Des
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Beyond funny!
i’m laughing so hard. love it!
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are you serious?! that’s hilarious!
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Oh, Julia, I am thinking there is no end to what silliness can be found out there! And your commenters on here are just as entertaining.
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Lily: Welcome to our humble home!
Mum: Lily loves this tile. She likes to make a grand entrance!
Lily: Oh, Mum, silly.
Mum: We’ve had lots of dinner parties here.
Lily: Yes, remember when the Freesias used to come over? What ever happened to them?
Lily: What can I get y’all to drink? Sweet tea?
Mum: Howa bouta beer? It’s five o’clock somewhere!
Lily: I’ll get the cheese and crackers.
Mum: Lily, mumble, mumble.
Lily: (blushes)
Lily: Oh! Did I tell you our plans to remodel the bathroom?
Mum: Don’t be shy!
(Lily and Mum dance when they think their guests aren’t looking)
Mum: I think the heat has finally broken. Let’s sit outside a spell.
Lily: Thank goodness it’s going to be fall. I’ll get the cheese and crackers.
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Hmmm…perhaps the real estate agent and florist decided to kill two birds with one stone on portfolio shots?
: )
Julie M.
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You know what…this is very odd but I kind of love it! The flowers are beautiful, at least, and, like you say, at least she made the effort! I agree with the poster who said they were like a couple.
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This post is hilarious and I love the commentary in the comments!
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Alright, this is hilarious! I love the one in the bathroom. What an idea! I’m so glad to have recently found your blog. My husband and I are total house nuts and can’t get enough! We’ll be frequenting here often I imagine
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Hmmm…looks like a lame attempt to copy the Norwegian Real Estate Company, Krogsveen to me. The ones that put a lime in every photo? It’s fun to look around the photos of the rooms and try to spot the lime (company symbol). The flowers are a tab much IMO. Maybe an orange?
well, is it necessary to have those plants in all pictures? ….it’s really weird
Memorial Service at 3pm
Open House 4:30pm
When Lillies Attack!!
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Is this serious? I think the Roaming Gnome from Travelocity would be just as effective and funnier…hey I may use that next time!
This is hysterical! I am posting this on my blog as what NOT to do!!!
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Awesome. I LOL’d. Maybe it is photoshoped?
The caption should be — Vases for Sale.
Our vases are the best vases in the world. The fit awkwardly well anywhere you put them.
HAHAHA, this had to be a joke! That is too funny!
Am I the only one who sees that the flowers end up in the same vase at the end of their tour?
I got to this post from the bizarre Mad Men post, and I just had to comment — the flowers in the bathroom, really peeking around the corner. How funny is that??? Thanks yet again, Julia!
“Flowers for sale. Cheap. Will go anywhere.”
It’s 11:45pm, my husband and kids are asleep, and I’m afraid my LOLing is going to wake them up! Gonna share with my BFF ASAP! Thank you. Thank you.
it’s almost 3am and i’m laughing!
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