It seems The Question of Integrity is up for me today.

Yesterday, I was pondering doing more to recognize some of the vendors and other profesionals we work with on a daily basis. As I began to think about writing a post for today, I immediately ran into a conflict. The two people that first came into my mind to write about are: both friends, both read this blog, and are both stagers/designers.

What’s a body to do? If I write about one, will the other be chaffed? I’m taking the easy way out and writing about both of them. I would recommend both to anyone looking for design or staging services.

We work with a number of lenders and always offer at least two recommendations to a client. The client can then choose the person they feel the best fit with. So, that’s where I’m coming from and here they are (in alphabetical order!):

Cathy Lee of CLDesginServices is very well known and very active in the Realtors Marketing Association in San Ramon and Danville, CA. Cathy’s site was experiencing some problems this morning and I have alerted her to the situation (here is an alternative link). (if you get the right url John, it works fine!) She is making some site changes to incorporate a blog into her site as well as updating some of the content – so, please be patient with her – she is a designer not a web guru. Cathy Lee is suffering from being a grandmother. It seems she is in danger of losing her right index finger due to shutterbugitis. I know the reason she wants a blog is to post pictures of her twin grandsons in every staging job she does.

Elizabeth Forth of Refined Interior Designs is another friend and professional associate. You can tell a successful designer by the bright yellow Corvette they drive with the armchair and lamp tied to the trunk rack! Elizabeth has her own truck and her 9–car garage is really a warehouse for her staging inventory. I hope you can tell, that some of this is tongue-in-cheek, but seriously, we would recommend Elizabeth to everyone and anyone seeking a professional designer/stager.

Both of these professionals are fine representatives of their prfessions. They are wonderful friends and genuine people with a great deal of integrity.