. >> fox's holly morris, our holly morris -- holly morris is live. >> we are at 622 quincy in northwest and now we're on the bottom level and that was the task of deb harshman, one of the stagers. and deb, here we are. and quakily show me -- quickly show me what you've done here. >> when we came in it was vacant and so we hung the art work to make it feel warm and cozy for a guest or someone else living in this. we could have an apartment here. i have set it as its going to be welcome to someone coming down the stairs that they're having coffee and enjoying the morning television show on fox 5. we have coffee beans that we always use because it brings the smell welcoming when you come down. >> reporter: smell helps as well. >> it makes you feel welcome. >> reporter: right. walk down there. you did the bathroom and bedroom. you kept it simple. this is how many colors? >> we have a three color scheme. red, orange and yellow. >> reporter: and let me bring in jim gold. he's the owner. jim, come on in here. so what do you think of the space here? >> wow. this looks really incredible. >> repo

i'm holly morris. happy friday to you. we are wrapping up our search for offbeat experts.elcome to her lock, maryland. our offbeat expert specializes in perhaps seafood you like. they are shrimp farmers, the only indoor shrimp farmer that sells on a commercial basis in the nation. there are only a handful in the world and how lucky we are to have them in our area. these are two young guys, they have been friends, went to college now they have literally transformed the aqua culture industry. they are producing the freshest shrimp, most environmentally sustainable and they can harvest it on a daily basis and send it out in 24 hours. we will go through the process and see something we haven't seen before. get the cocktail sauce. >> that will do it for the 6:00 hour. allison is in with steve for the next few hours. >>> coming up, world markets take a beating on global money fears. can congress stop future meltdowns. the senate passes the biggest financial overhaul since the 1930s. >>> the largest school system in the region facing financial problems of its own. more and more s

i'm holly morris. i hope you had a great weekend and ready to start the week off in a great way.o do some monkeying around and we are live at rock creek regional park where they are about to go ape. go ape is a treetop forest adventure, an obstacle course in the trees. and go ape has been supplied fun for 2 million people over the u.k. since 2002. they have swung across the pond and have landed at lake meadwood where we are live. and we're going to find out about exactly what this is, what is the point of it, what do groups get out of it and talk safety. we'll talk about all of the different options you have when you come here and how much it costs and how you can sign up and i won't be here and not tackle it myself. so like i said, anybody can ease into a monday, gurvir, we're just going full first head on. >> we're going to swing into it. see you later holly. >>> that will do it for the 6:00 hour. allison is in to take you through the next few hours. good morning, allison. happy monday. >> thank you very much. coming up on fox 5 morning news, top members of the obama administra

. >>> and this morning holly morris is doing monkeying around. >> she's at rock creek regional park where adventure for us. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. don't we monkey around every morning? >> a little bit. >> reporter: but this is closer to the point. because we are checking out this new thing called "go ape." it is a tree top adventure. it's a ropes course. this one has a lot of different twists to it. the owners are pete and dan. and they have been taking me through the paces. and without further ado, let's take them through the courses. well that's what pete is going to do. so this is a little different. tell me about this. you said this is one of the highlights? >> this is our final arizonan swing. and you will fly into a big cargo net. >> i think i prefer to be jane. >> reporter: and as we do this, you and i were talking before about how fun this is and one of the things you noticed when you were watching the courses over in the u.k., is that this is something where you have teenagers coming out with their families interacting and laughing and having a good time.

and holly morris joins us live with a home in northwest with tips on that too.ave a whole lot of tips sharing this morning. making your house green is something people want, staging your house to make it look like something people want, those are all things that you need to do right now because there is a lot of inventory out there. it is a buyer's market and there are houses at all price points. so you want your house to look the best at which the price point you are going for. so i want to bring in jim gold. jim, come on up here. because he's the owner of 622 quincy in northwest d.c. where we are this morning. good morning to you. you bought this as an investment property. you've been working on it. and so how are you feeling about the real estate market right about now? >> well i think it's been turning around. but it's still sketchy and that's why i wanted to do staging to make sure i have an edge on the competition and get my house sold as soon as possible. >> reporter: and you've done some green things too which we'll talk about because that's a big buzzwo

i'm holly morris. and we all know it's a really tough real estate market right now but it doesn't mean you can't sell your house. because here are two words for you. home saving. it's what will give you the leg up and we'll see it in action at we're live at 642 quincy street, a new property on the market. but we brought in preferred staging, a company that knows about setting your home up so when a buyer comes in they can see themselves in that home. that is the key. so we'll talk and watch and learn about the importance of declutterring, updating, not necessarily upgrading and positioning things so people can see the most of the space that is in the home. plus we'll talk with the owner of this home because he's been doing work inside the home as well and there are a lot of features that are green, another thing that helps sell homes and when all is said and done, hopefully we can post a sold sign on that for sale sign in the front yard or give you some ideas so that can happen for you as well. >> than