Or 4000 miles of the Caribbean! I always would find out that there was a cord showing, or the picture was a little crooked, or the planter needed some paint - never quite 100% perfect!
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I shamelessly edit the cords out of the pics with blemish touch up. My husband is somewhat fanatical about painting them, also. If they run down the wall, he paints them the same color as the wall.
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This is one from my listing. I didnāt notice that welcome mat until I got the pics uploaded. I was taking a lot of exterior photos trying to take advantage of the Golden Hour at the end of a week that had been overcast for days on end. We donāt have the ability to upload and edit them there. I just āspray and prayā and ā¦ canāt wait to get back out at Thanksgiving to re-do them! 
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Forgive my aging eyes but what is the problem with the welcome mat?
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My husband had washed the patio off with water and didnāt move the rug when he did it. It then got straightened up to be lined up properly, leaving a dirt outline where it was sitting when it got rinsed down. I didnāt notice it because it was still wet when I lined the rug up. The dirt didnāt show until the water dried.
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And here was me seeing 2 mats and wondering what the issue wasā¦
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And itās all I see when I look at that picture. Again, Iāve cropped out what is otherwise a pretty nice photo of the front porch.
If you want someone to find all the flaws in the space shown in the listing pics, Iām your gal evidently lol.
I did eventually book an adorable looking place but I was having this problem when I was searching for a place to stay myself. I kept finding things in the pictures that made me think the host really didnāt do a good job taking care of the unit.
When I see sloppily made beds with crooked sheets trailing out from under the top covers, I imagine those covers are dirty and smell bad and move on.
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Iām getting ready to do new pics in the next 2 weeks or so. Iāll submit to you first.
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Alrighty! Iāll be happy to preview them for you.
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Hereās another of mine. We had the whole place full of glue traps and I didnāt see that one on top of the cabinets when we took them up because Iām vertically challenged. I didnāt realize it was still up there until after the picture was already taken, then I forgot to re-take it before we left. We donāt leave glue traps in guest areas at all.
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That mat to me looked like it wasnāt in front of a doorway. I did see the dust square too.
Yes, thatās the front door.
As Iāve gone through listings in my area tonight, the thought occurs to me that another way to increase value for guests is to furnish the house with something better than one can find on the curb in the city during heavy trash pickup. Donāt get me wrong, Iām all about thrifting and upcycling. Some of these listings really took the shabby thing seriously, but forgot the chic part entirely.
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Curb Appeal?
Youād be surprised whats there in Cow Hollow on trash Day!
Iāve been known to adopt a few things from the neighbors, but usually I end up giving them away or to my Dog.
Yes, the furniture Iām referring to has curb appeal. Putting it out on the curb sounds appealing.
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Glue traps? What do thosethingsdo?/Do they work on guests?
They catch scorpions. Our place was totally infested when we closed on it. Itās not now. But at one point we had about 100 of those things throughout the house until we got a chemical barrier down.
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Iām not above picking things up off the curb, donāt get me wrong. Iāve scored some great things on heavy trash day. But hereās an example. Those table/chair legsā¦ whew boy.
Do some refinishing between picking it up off the curb and putting it out for guests to use! lol
This is $310 a night, by the way. NOT a budget listing.
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I know. My cheap but perfect size and function table legs are going to get a good drubbing (sanding, stain etc) when we have a friend here in Sept!!
Those do look like they might be semi-abused and a possbily passee style for such a shishi-listing<><>
Iād try sanding and Amber shellac from Zinsser on those.
The whole set is in rough shape from what the pics show, so I imagine itās even rougher in person. It needs to be completely refinished and it would be lovely. Like that what I presume is painted concrete floor but it looks like it just needs sweeping.
@LoneStar @gypsy Those are vintage school chairs, probably as early as 1940ās! Someone paid a premium for those. They are not originally dining chairs and so werenāt likely handed down from family but bought in a vintage store. If they were salvaged from a curb, it was one hell of a find. They were salvaged at some point but it was from an old school, possibly even an auction. In 20 years they will be legit antiques. Itās hard to tell from the photos if thatās all wear and tear from the years or actual dirtiness that could use a gentle wiping, but a lot of people would consider them āruinedā if you sanded and shellaced them as the historical wear on them can be considered an attribute.
The floor looks like Marmoleum. It makes since for the person who also valued those school chairs. I have seen some with random patterns like that. I donāt believe for a minute that it needs sweeping. It could also be stained concrete with a random pattern that is intentional, Iāve seen those too.
Different strokes for different folks.
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