Is it time to dig into your stores of the bland, boring, generic, or dull decorative items? Yes, if you are merchandising your property for sale, it is time to make the old switcheroo!! When buyers view your property, they are interested in the actual “bones” of your home. They are not going to
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02/06/2011
WHOA, HORSEY!! This blog post discusses the seller’s knee-jerk reflex when it comes to “low-ball” offers on their properties. The first thing I will point out is that I am a Home Stager, so pricing, negotiating, or any part of the sales process is simply not within the scope of my profession. Th
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01/30/2011
Are you finding that you often forget which holiday season we are actually in the midst of? Does it take a grocery trip to Safeway and seeing the Valentines candy already out for sale to realize that it may be time to end Christmas at home? How many of you had to physically remove Halloween deco
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01/22/2011
Over the past few years, we have seen a rising trend of buyers seeking out the “Move-in-Ready” properties. This is largely due to the fact that people are becoming more and more time-deprived. But, also, due to large amounts of inventory on the market at all times, buyers can simply be a lot mor
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01/15/2011
Janice Ankrett wrote this amazingly articulate, yet blunt, post regarding one of the most common objections Home Stagers hear regarding our services. I am an avid reader of her blog due to the fact that I find we share many of the same ideas and philosophies. I won't ruin her post, so please read
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01/15/2011
Or are you quick to realize that more efficiency comes from doing it the other way around? Do you pull on a door that is sporting loud signage stating “Push”? Do you walk backwards downhill? Do you paint expansive walls with a brush rather than a roller? And my favourite, do you choose to drive
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01/13/2011
It is no mystery that a de-cluttered property shows much better than a cluttered one. Where the mystery lies is inside of each unique individual’s personal definition of clutter. And, here is where the line gets severely blurred. Most of us define clutter as scattered piles of miscellaneous “th
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01/12/2011
Professionally Educated Home Stagers are trained to delve into the psyche of the buyer, how to identify specific target-markets for each unique property, and know how to tweak the presentation of each individual property for optimal results. Let’s think of all the assorted reasons a buyer would
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01/10/2011
I will start by saying that this post will certainly not apply to the majority of Realtors®. I am inspired to write a blog post once I witness a certain troubling situation more than three times out in the Real Estate field. The post you are about to read chronicles (briefly) a situation I have r
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12/08/2010
Let's face it, whether it is a hot-tub, a pool, a jetted soaker-tub in the master en-suite, or fire-place, it took our breath away when we bought the home, but, now, the novelty has worn off. When we originally viewed the property during our home-search, these features often make the home stand o
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12/08/2010