Use those "nail with a U-shaped plastic clip on it" things to keep the cable off the ground. 

VP is lime stone very scratch resistant and recycled plastics.

If you dont want to spend a lot of money get the ones from HD that mount in the plastic brackets outside the stops.

Don't buy the cheap plastic utensils from dollar tree that nobody wants to use, but also don't buy the $40-50 copper pancake turner from William Sonoma.

This does not include the plastic cup with spoons inside of it and other stuff still inside.

For example, instead of using a bedframe/headboard with a boxspring and mattress, she'll use two boxsprings on top of plastic upside-down buckets and a custom headboard (total cost less than $100).Here are a couple examples of bedrooms...the first room probably cost $300 total, the second two rooms were probably $150 total:http://123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Trifecta_House/Staging/6.jpghttp://www.123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Poor_House/Staging/KidsBedroom.jpghttp://123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Escher_House/Staging/masterbr.jpgAs another example, this living room was the center-piece of the house, and was probably about $500 in total:http://123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Escher_House/Staging/living.jpgAnother thing to keep in mind is that one of the big reasons for staging is to get great pictures to market the property.

Dig pier holes to lay a new support beam, replace the sills/plates, all new pressure treated joists, new plastic.

Good thing the cage was installed that morning, otherwise they would have stolen the whole unit (for the copper coil inside).One contractor was telling me that in certain circumstances some sort of plastic or metal (galvanized?)

I do my taxes myself and plan to continue to do so.Do you do your own surgeries as well?

It might be better just to have some "talking points" in the form of bullets.Now before some bonehead gets cocky on me, I'll disclose to all that I experienced some major difficulty in getting my words and thoughts together after my surgery and stroke several years ago.