In today’s market where a home barely makes it to the MLS and often buyers are buying sight-unseen, you can argue that staging isn’t needed. With that logic home owners might argue the Realtor are not needed either. Got your attention there, didn’t I? We all know that’s a lie.
Read MoreChances are it is time for a deep clean of your home. Whether it is for you to enjoy or for getting your house ready to sell we have a list of important areas to tackle.
Read MoreIn some ways, summer is a great time to sell because many families are making a move. Also, depending on where you live, you do not have to worry about snow and other bad weather. But summer does come with its own challenges that are important to address when selling in the summer.
Read MoreReal estate is not an a-la-carte process. Doing work yourself that should be done by a professional (or outsourcing work to friends without the proper training and experience) is the NUMBER 1 misstep that can result in an unsuccessful experience for any home owner. Trust the professionals.
Read MoreYou might be surprised that a professional home stager considers a wide variety of market factors before they ever enter your home. These things include competition, demographics, and how your house will be marketed. Much more goes into staging than decorating.
Read MoreCurb appeal is one of the 3 key first impressions buyers have of a property. Amanda was asked to help buyers with this very issue on a flat front house and is featured in the Homelight.com blog “How to Add Curb Appeal to a Flat-Front House: 9 Ideas for Improvement.”
Read MoreIn collaboration with other professionals around the country, Trisha was asked to contribute to the Redfin article: “Home Staging Tips": How to sell your home quickly”
Read MoreRedfin reached out to Designing Impressions and other experts for our best advice on choosing the right art for home staging. A well-staged home can make all the difference in enticing a buyer to tour a listing, and something as simple as the artwork you choose can make or break a sale. Your home is where your design personality shines through, but when staging your home for sale, it’s important to keep personal mementos and photos tucked away to appeal to a wide range of buyers.
Read MoreAfter 15 years of experience in the Home Staging Industry, Trisha has more than a few decluttering tips and can explain the rationale behind them! After all buying a home is psychological, so preparing a home for sale must take that psychology into account.
Read MoreWe get asked quite often what the difference between vinyl flooring and hardwood flooring is and if we recommend one over the other. There is a difference and pros and cons to both. To give the best answer, let me break it down into a few different examples:
Read MoreBoring is best is something we say a lot to our clients when helping them prepare a house for sale.
But when we say boring we don’t mean fall asleep and snooze boring. We mean mass appeal boring. Still confused?
Good. Then you should read more to find out what we mean!
Read MoreThere are so many things to consider when you are situating your living room. Whether it’s for the first time as you are moving into a new house or you are redoing a room because it’s just time! Here are six things to keep in mind.
Read MoreThank you to the homeowners and Realtors that have trusted me to stage their or their clients biggest asset! My commitment to you as a professional is to continue to focus on doing this one thing at the highest standard of excellence. This is not my hobby. I do not have another job or another role in the real estate transaction. I focus entirely on the business of staging so that your asset or your listing achieves your desired result.
Read MoreAs a listing agent you know that most home owners are going to be really proud of their house, no matter what, because at one point in time they picked it. So even if they are ready to move on, that strong emotion that led them to buy it, typically still is part of the equation. Bearing that pride in mind, oh, what fun it is to have a conversation about what they need to do to get ready to list…am I right??? Oh, it is not your favorite conversation? I am shocked. Read more for how we can help.
Read MoreThis is one of several titles given to me by clients while working with them for staging and design. All that is involved in both preparing a home to go on the market or creating a design plan for a client to live in, day in and day out, requires much more than decorating and picking out colors. The way you live in your home and sell your home are 2 totally different things and as professional home stagers, we can see what the buyers will see, first on-line and then in person.
Read MoreRemoving wallpaper in every room may seem like a daunting task, but removing it will save you time on the market, as well as increase the amount buyers are willing to offer.
Read MoreUsing free staging is like if a bride volunteers to go to a beauty school for a free new look the day before she is the center of attention and will have hundreds of photos taken of her. Most brides would not be willing to do that, so why would you be willing to put the presentation of your biggest assets in the hands of a free or bargain stager? Treat your most valuable asset with as much care as you would anything else.
Read MoreCalling all Listing Realtors: What is the one thing most of your clients do not think about when selling? And how can we help? One thing they typically do not consider is the potential buyer. Read to see an example of how Designing Impressions changes their perspective in every consultation.
Read More“Do you think you could come over to my listing and help my sellers with their house and, do the thing you do, you know, you’re thing?” That inquiry over 16 years ago would be the beginning to an adventure of helping 1000’s of home sellers, and their Realtors prepare to go on the market. Some questioned whether it was working in a pandemic and in a market as we just experienced; we are celebrating our best year ever! So did our realtors!
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