After TWO years of being on the market a Durham Builder, just outside of Raleigh, N.C. decided to try staging his spec home, which his new on site agent recommended. It is a great success story that keeps going and going. I originally wrote about a home we staged last Parade of Homes....Full Ci
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04/24/2008
Last fall Lasting Impression Staging & Design had the opportunity to stage a Parade Home with great success in North Raleigh for a Realtor who knows staging works. Michael Knight, a HPW Coldwell Banker Realtor, has recently moved to Colvard Farms an exquist neighborhood in Raleigh Durham, NC. H
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03/30/2008
When a Home Stager shows up with a truck starts moving furniture in to stage a vacant house the neighbors are always curious. In Downtown Raleigh, NC new homes are reviving the older communities and providing modern conveniences with great locations and schools. This new construction Craftsman
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02/25/2008
In January's Issue of Builders Magazine the Article Spiff Up Your Standing Inventory, builders share their strategies for moving spec homes in the current market. You guessed it, Home Staging was one strategy many builders accross the country are using to spiff up their inventory.In Cary, NC 3 b
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02/16/2008
I have been looking for a holiday gift to say thank you to my clients and realtors that I have worked with this past year and I found a great soulution. Check out the website http://www.candlesmadefromsoy.com they will make a private lable with your logo on it. My message in the card says "May
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11/28/2007
New Update----- The Parade home has come full circle after selling. The Realtor and builders in the development were so impressed with the results of staging the home and a quick sale, we ended up moving the furniture two doors down into another vacant home. I was literally carrying the silk tr
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11/04/2007
I am the first one to admit that I LOVE what I do, BUT! Working 15 hours a day and it's still not enough would wear on even the toughtest stager. I know it won't always be like this and I am grateful, but it has become consuming, just ask my family. I was wondering how do you get through the ha
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09/25/2007
A high profile Realtor called me to consult with her about one of her properties. She was about to list a home, but she could not figure out how one of the rooms should function. She has been in Real Estate for 22 years and has a great eye for things, but the awkward design of this room was ver
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08/10/2007
I usually don't put furniture in the Master bedrooms unless there is problem with the design and it needs staging for that reason. My problem is that people don't stay off the beds! UGH. My mother told me not to jump on the bed and I would not think of it when looking at a house. I don't hav
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07/18/2007
I have found that the bigger $1 to $2million+ do not move fast in our area, mainly because there is a lot to choose from and not so many buyers at that price point. So I offer my builders a three month option because I can give them a better rate. OKAY - so the 90 days are up and I cringe to
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07/17/2007
