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Yvonne Afonso (Dressing Homes by Y.L.A.) Home Stager

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Yvonne Afonso
location_on East Longmeadow, MA — Dressing Homes by Y.L.A.
Get to Know Yvonne Afonso

About Me

           My name is Yvonne Afonso and I am crazy about Home Staging and redesigns.  My favorite memories as a girl growing up in Springfield, MA are the times when I would clean and arrange my bedroom.  I would work on highlighting the windows, the wood floors, or having to work out a furniture layout that would get my brothers through my room to get to theirs without my room feeling like a hallway.  I  would call my Mom into my room and with all the pride in the world proclaim that I had done the best cleaning and organizing job in the world!  My Mom always praised me and encouraged me to continue this effort.   

             As an adult I received a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Business. Very soon after I got married and started having my children.  Over the past fifteen years, and four kids later, my talents and desire to stage have not laid dormant.  I have staged or redesigned many family and close friend's homes. I am the girl they call for their design solutions.  I am always thrilled at the opportunity to help create relaxing, functional, uncluttered, and beautiful rooms...and even gardens.  

            Not only do I have a passion for home staging and redesign but I also love social connection.  As a girl I loved being invited into a neighbor's home.  I would absorb everything about this once mysterious dwelling.  Today not much has changed.  I continue to love spending time with people as well as viewing homes on the market and equally enjoy critiquing how they "show" online or at an open house.  Over the years I have been quite shocked at the condition of some of these homes.  So many times I have called out to Jack, my husband, "you've got to see this house....If I could get my hands on that property it would be sold tomorrow!".

             This leads me to today...

 I love dressing homes to look the very best they can while maintaining their original integrity.  My passion is contagious and I am thankful that I can encourage others to bring out the best of what they have.  Launching Dressing Homes by Y.L.A. is literally a dream come true for me.  I am so excited and look forward to sharing my passion with you.  Whether you are selling and in need of my home staging services or have just bought a new place and need help getting some direction, calling Dressing Homes by Y.L.A   for help is your answer.   I look forward to working with you.

 Sincerely,

Yvonne Afonso

 

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Dressing Homes By Y.L.A.

Home Staging Services for Selling or Dwelling

  What is Home Staging?

Home Staging is the practice of using limited funds, practical creativity and a specific set of skills to professionally prepare a home to sell so that it becomes positively unforgetable to potential buyers.

 The term staging refers to the theater.  Just as set designers create amazing designs onstage in order for the audience to be drawn into the truth of a storyline, a potential buyer must be convinced they are buying into a particular lifestyle by the feeling they get from their first impression of a home.  The goal is to have them become emotionally connected to the property because they feel "right at home" within the first few seconds of their viewing. 

 A successful Home Stager is able to see the integrity of the home for what it is and creates that "feel home" environment that appeals to a wide range of potential buyers.  We transform a home into a product that can be marketed for sale.  Our goal is to stage a home to create a high perceived value further setting the stage to have it sold for top dollar or more and to sell it fast.    

Dressing Homes by Y.L.A. understands and practices the qualities that great Home Stagers possess:

 ~ Ability to create great design and a skill for finding design solutions.

~ Creates that "wow" factor with what you already own.

~ Knows how to spend very little money improving upon the product.

~ Creates a perceived value which in turn increases its marketability.

~ Enhances the integrity of a property in the least amount of time possible.

~ Ability to encourage and empower sellers to have their homes look fabulous for the market.

~ Never demeans or humiliates parties involved in the Home Staging process.

 

Dressing Homes by Y.L.A. looks forward to working with you and creating long lasting relationships.  We stand by our creative process, finished work and promise to dress your home for success.

 

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Owner/Dressing Homes by Y.L.A. in East Longmeadow, MA. Servicing Hampden County in W. MA, I specialize in Home Staging and Redesign for both vacant and occupied properties. 413.374.9161