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    <title>Home Staging Cincinnati-Design To Market LLC:  Jo Potvin 513-265-0952 </title>
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    <description>Cincinnati Home Staging:  Design To Market LLC 513-265-0952
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      <title>You MUST Buy This</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Home Stager Tips" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/5/2/8/2/ar132637156228258.jpg" height="329" alt="Home Stager Tips" width="480"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you work in the real estate industry you are most likely talking on your cell phone...&lt;span&gt;alot&lt;/span&gt;!&#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On a recent trip to Europe, I stopped in a real estate office and while it was interesting to see the listings and the office, the most interesting thing I saw was the &lt;span&gt;Moshi&lt;/span&gt;!&#160; This is a classic style handset that plugs into your cell phone.&#160; There are a myriad of reasons to use this phone but for me I love the fact that it is easier to talk "hands free", and the added benefit that the controversial radiation is not near your face when you talk on the phone.&#160;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I use it in my car, my office, and in the field.&#160; You get a few funny looks and then people want to know where to buy it.&#160; It's $29.95 and the website is&#160;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nativeunion.com/us/wiredproducts/popphone.html" title="Home Staging Tips" target="_blank"&gt;Native Union&#160;Pop Phone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&#160; I did not need an &lt;span&gt;adaptor&lt;/span&gt; for my Blackberry but check on the website to see if an &lt;span&gt;adaptor&lt;/span&gt; is necessary for your phone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:43:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2712510/you-must-buy-this</link>
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      <title>Design To Market Featured in Cincinnati Enquirer for Green Initiatives</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/4/8/9/1/ar132605989919846.jpg" height="138" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="333" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&#160;&#160;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/0/4/0/6/ar132605994460405.jpg" height="188" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="303" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;January 8, 2012- The Cincinnati Enquirer feature the attached &lt;a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120108/BIZ01/301080023" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;. &#160;This article is an example of the way that with creative thinking we can add a responsible environmental approach to working with clients as they stage their homes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For additioanl information on Design To Market Home Staging call Jo Potvin at 513-265-0952 or visit our&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati"&gt; Cincinnati Home Staging website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:04:29 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2701216/design-to-market-featured-in-cincinnati-enquirer-for-green-initiatives</link>
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      <title>Scandinavian Spaces Part 2</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;These Scandinavians really have it figured out! &#160;Beautiful old buildings, small spaces, and modern furnishings with the right proportions for the space available to them. &#160;This is part 2 of a post I made after staying in an apartment in Stockholm titled &lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/2660799/lessons-learned-from-a-swedish-apartment" title="Lessons Learned from a Swedish Apartment"&gt;Lessons Learned From a Swedish Apartment&lt;/a&gt;&#160;. &#160;We have now moved into our Copenhagen apartment and I am pleased to see the same simple beauty paired with the attractiveness of the architecture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Copenhagen Apartment" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/0/8/5/ar132528171358088.JPG" height="600" alt="Copenhagen Apartement" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Living room doubles as a study (behind sofa.) &#160;2 Ikea pull out sofas endable a 1 bedroom apartment to sleep 4 with space to spare.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Copenhagen Apartment" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/0/1/8/6/ar132528188468102.JPG" height="800" alt="Copenhagen Apartment" width="600"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apartment tucked into a small side street off the the pedestrian Stroteget in the medieval section of Copenhagen.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:58:02 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2676236/scandinavian-spaces-part-2</link>
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      <title>Lessons Learned from a Swedish Apartment</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="A Cincinnati Home Stager Visits Sweden" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/6/9/5/9/ar132458554795969.JPG" height="600" alt="Swedish Kitchen" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;My recent stay in a Stockholm apartment proved to be a good source of some off the job training. &#160;Most would assume that staying in an 800 square foot apartment would be tough on a family of 4. &#160;Not so in Sweden and many other European countries. &#160;For example, take a look at this photo. &#160;The dishwaher is 1/2 the size of mine at home and the refrigerator (that you cannot see is also very compact.) &#160;The place is tidy, space is optimized with the addition of several requesite IKEA staging solutions, and the heated tile floor &#160;on the tiny balcony is the perfect solution for getting a breath of fresh air in the cold winter months.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Balcony" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/5/0/3/2/ar132458606923059.jpg" height="600" alt="Balcony" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Cozy space for a breath of fresh air!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Bathroom in Sweden" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/0/0/1/3/ar132458615631002.JPG" height="600" alt="Bathroom in Sweden" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Now...it's time to bring this back to staging in North America...and more specifically for me staging in the Midwest. &#160;Well, here it is. &#160;As home stagers we are often concerned about the perception of prospective buyers when it comes to their likelihood of making an offer with a uniquely small kitchen, master bath, etc. &#160;I think it is time to take the focus to what can we do to show how amazingly resoruceful we can be in using these cozy spaces. &#160;In some cases it might even be time to put a little IKEA on!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&#160;please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:47:01 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2660799/lessons-learned-from-a-swedish-apartment</link>
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      <title>Would You Stage This?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Paradore" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/7/5/8/0/ar131949241708571.jpg" height="450" alt="Pardore Inn" width="600"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I don't know if this should be considered "&lt;span&gt;stager&lt;/span&gt; humor" or just so fun and funky that it transcends the topic.&#160; Living the life of a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;home &lt;span&gt;stager&lt;/span&gt; in Cincinnati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; I find myself always tempted to consider "What would we do with this room to make it most sellable for our clients?"&#160; Would we remove faux finishes, &lt;span&gt;de&lt;/span&gt;-clutter, add a flat screen...?&#160; No way!&#160; We would just step back and enjoy it for what it is!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These funky&#160;photos are taken at the &lt;a href="http://www.theparadorinn.com/" title="Parador Inn" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Parador&lt;/span&gt; Inn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; in Pittsburgh.&#160; It's the perfect spot for easy access to the Andy Warhol Museum and a convenient location to visit colleges in Pittsburgh.&#160; It was also a fun place to close my &lt;span&gt;stager&lt;/span&gt; eyes and just enjoy!&#160; It's especially enticing with the Halloween decor!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="aradore Living Room" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/3/9/2/4/ar131949281542935.jpg" height="300" alt="Paradore Living Room" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Paradore Dr" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/3/4/8/9/ar131949358998439.jpg" height="300" alt="Paradore DR" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:05:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Electronics Recycling Event</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Cincinnati Home Sellers" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/1/8/8/9/ar131859146798815.png" height="216" alt="Cincinnati Home Sellers" width="240"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;As &lt;a href="http:www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Recycle Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati Home Stagers&lt;/a&gt; we regularly see TV's, computers, old streos, and other electronic equipment that needs to be disposed of.&#160; The challenge is that it is not always easy to get rid of these items.&#160; Tomorrow, October 15th Hamilton County is offering an easy way to responsibly dispose of these items.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;2011 Computer and TV Recycling EventUntitled document&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hamilton County, Ohio Residents Only&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;May 2 through October 31, 2011&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4 pm&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Also open &lt;em&gt;Saturday, October 15&lt;/em&gt;, 9 am - 2 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drop-Off Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;11085 Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;Blue Ash, Ohio 45242&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Items accepted at no charge:&lt;/strong&gt; TVs, CPUs, hard drives, personal copiers, docking stations, monitors, scanners, printers, cellular telephones, tape and disk drives, VCR and DVD players, circuit boards, cables, mainframes, servers, terminals, fax machines, PDAs, back up batteries, chips, keyboards, mice, modems, computer speakers, CD Rom drives, and laptops.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I-71 N to Pfeiffer Road&lt;br&gt;Left of Pfeiffer Road&lt;br&gt;Right on Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;2trg is approximately 1.5 miles on left (across from Matthew 25 Ministries)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I-275 to Reed Hartman Road&lt;br&gt;South on Reed Hartman Road&lt;br&gt;Left on Cornell Road&lt;br&gt;Right on Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;2trg is approximately 1/10 mile on right (across from Matthew 25 Ministries)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SR 126 (Cross County/Ronald Reagan Highway) to Blue Ash Road/Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;Exit toward Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;North on Kenwood Road&lt;br&gt;2trg is approximately 3 miles on left (across from Matthew 25 Ministries)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions:&lt;/strong&gt; 946-7766 or &lt;a href="mailto:susan.schumacher@hamilton-co.org"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6eb43f;"&gt;susan.schumacher@hamilton-co.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2555524/electronics-recycling-event</link>
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      <title>Home Staging In Cincinnati-Staged House Equals Quick Sale</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging In Cincinnati Living Room Before" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/0/4/4/6/ar131820633664401.jpg" height="299" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati Living Room Before" width="398"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;I picked up the phone and was asked by a voice on the other end of the line if we were the company that &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;staged homes in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;. &#160;They had looked at our website and felt that the Design To Market Home Stagers could help them figure out how to get their house sold. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timeframe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;This home had been on the market for over 100 days and was getting little showing activity and with each showing there was a common theme in the feedback that the home would require too much work. &#160;The seller was very familiar with &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/services.html" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;home staging in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;, having done a lot of reasearch about the success of staging and the best &#160;Cincinnati Home Staging Companies. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;We scheduled a consultation and made plans to get started quickly. &#160;After recomemending painting several rooms in the home, removing tired carpet that was covering wood floors, changing light fixtures, and staging, the house went back on the market and&lt;strong&gt; sold in 21 days&lt;/strong&gt;. &#160;The Realtor's comment after the sale was made was that he was confindent that the staging made the difference and the home would not have sold as quickly without it. &#160;Take a look at the photos:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#160;Living Room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/0/3/8/5/ar131820746858304.jpg" height="203" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="270"&gt;&#160;&#160;&lt;img title="Jo Potvin" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/3/4/5/6/ar1318207565432.JPG" height="375" alt="Jo Potvin " width="500"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#160;Kitchen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Kitchen Design To Market" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/9/9/6/9/ar131820769696996.jpg" height="203" alt="Kitchen Design To Market" width="270"&gt;&#160;&lt;img title="Design To Market Home Staging" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/6/6/9/1/ar131820780619663.JPG" height="385" alt="Design To Market Home Staging " width="500"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Master Bedroom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/5/7/1/9/ar131820789591751.jpg" height="203" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="270"&gt;&#160;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/1/8/0/1/ar131820796810819.JPG" height="385" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="500"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Before Photos...After Photos...Why does it matter? &#160;The new photos drove showing activity and delivered an offer. &#160; People are visual and they're busy. &#160;It is important to think about this as you prepare to list a home!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#160;please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:03:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2548418/home-staging-in-cincinnati-staged-house-equals-quick-sale</link>
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      <title>Home Staging Tips for Basements in Older Homes </title>
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&lt;p&gt;As we completed a home staging consultation in the Cincinnati suburd of Hyde Park yesterday, I noticed some great steps that the homweonwetr had taken to begin to prepare their home for the real estate market.&#160; I can't take credit for these ideas but I can share them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many older homes in Cincinnati have wooden steps that are do not have risers and can be fairly steep.&#160; The added challenge is that many of these homes have laundry in the lower level and can make these steps appear to be a safety hazard.&#160; We felt this homeowner had taken an effective and low cost solutiion to addressing the problem.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="design to makret basement tips" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/5/5/9/9/ar131794504199551.jpg" height="261" alt="basement steps" width="334" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:24:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2544596/home-staging-tips-for-basements-in-older-homes-</link>
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      <title>Home Staging Shows Cincinnati Home To It's Best Advantage</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Design To Market Stagers have been busy staging Cincinnati homes this week.&#160; This great house on Minto in Hyde Park offers great spaces in a&#160;charming older home.&#160;&#160;The open&#160; &#160;provides great flexibility.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The open kitchen and dining space would be great for entertaining!&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Staged Cincinnati Kitchen" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/2/2/0/4/ar131637891840228.JPG" height="228" alt="Staged Cincinnati Kitchen" width="343" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;The living room offers&#160;a cozy space for family TV viewing or entertaining!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Hyde Park Home Staging" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/3/6/3/7/ar131637904373637.JPG" height="237" alt="Hyde Park Home Staging" width="341" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;And the master bedroom with an attached office space is perfect!&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img title="Design To Market Stages a Master Bedroom" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/7/9/9/2/ar131637914429971.JPG" height="198" alt="Design To Market" width="267"&gt;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160; &lt;img title="Design To Market Staged Study" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/3/5/6/1/ar131637927816533.JPG" height="199" alt="Design To Market Staged Study" width="281"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;If you like the home visit &lt;a href="http://www.sibcycline.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1255317&amp;amp;b=CIN&amp;amp;p=RESI&amp;amp;s=SFRD&amp;amp;m=1&amp;amp;sender=SearchResults&amp;amp;a=2897-Minto-Ave-Hyde-Park-OH-45208" title="Minto" target="_blank"&gt;Kristy Kleiman's Website&lt;/a&gt;&#160;.&#160; If you liked the staging in this previously vacant home then call Jo Potvin or visit our &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Jo Potvin Design To Market" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati Home Staging Website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:03:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2513544/home-staging-shows-cincinnati-home-to-it-s-best-advantage</link>
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      <title>Staged Homes Are Selling Fast...Look at These</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati Family Room" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/7/8/4/0/ar131604833904872.JPG" height="252" alt="FR Before" width="282"&gt;&#160; &#160;&lt;img title="Design To Makret Stages a Family Room" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/6/4/3/2/ar131604840823461.JPG" height="253" alt="Staged Family Room Jo Potvin" width="331"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Staged Kitchen Design To Market" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/5/9/4/0/ar131604853104952.jpg" height="229" alt="Kitchen Before" width="284"&gt;&#160; &lt;img title="Staged Kitchen Design To Market" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/7/9/5/2/ar131604859225977.JPG" height="229" alt="Staged Kitchen" width="333"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Condo" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/6/8/4/1/ar131604884914868.JPG" height="214" alt="Condo " width="284"&gt;&#160; &lt;img title="Staged Condo Design To Market" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/7/7/2/7/ar131604891972777.JPG" height="212" alt="Staged Condo Design To Market" width="334"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look at the images on the left...the "before shots" and look at the "afters" on the right.&#160; Compare the 3 homes.&#160; What do these properties have in common?&#160; What is different?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In common:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;These &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati homes were staged by Design To Market&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;These Cincinnati homes were not ready to put on the market before they were staged by Design To Market&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All three of these homes were listed&#160;within the last 2 months&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All three of these homes sold within 3&#160;weeks of staging&#160;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Differences:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;These homes ranged in price from $68,000 to $450,000&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;These homes were in Anderson, White Oak, and West Chester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2&#160;of these homes were single family and one was a townhome&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why does this matter?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Staging works for all price ranges, all locations, and all types of homes.&#160; The budget for staging can be a few hundred dollars or it can be a few&#160;thousand.&#160; The most important thing is that staging is one of the most effective tools to achieve a faster and more profitable sale!&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Design To Market Portfolio" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cincinnati home staging services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#160;please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:32:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2508071/staged-homes-are-selling-fast-look-at-these</link>
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      <title>Here Kitty Kitty!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title="home staging Cincinnati kitchens" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/7/2/0/6/ar131490756460278.jpg" height="402" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati Kitchens" width="307"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to do...what to do?!?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160; The &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati Home Staging&lt;/a&gt; team from Design To Market hit the road today&#160;with a&#160;schedule full of consultations.&#160; With stops in Amelia, Indian Hill, and Oakley, we knew we would have a full day of work ahead of us.&#160; After spending several hours in a home in Indian Hill rearranging furniture and coordinating&#160;the move of a few items to a storage unit, we headed to Oakley.&#160; As we entered this&#160;home&#160;we wondered what staging would be required.&#160; This home had great curb appeal but what would we find inside?&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Home staging can be a tough profession.&#160; The decisions can be challenging.&#160; One thing though for sure: other than clearing the top of this refrigerator and grabbing a few magnets off the front, all bets were off on where "killer kitty" would choose to pounce!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are preparing to move don't forget to call a stager.&#160; If you are in Cincinnati and preparing to move&#160;call &lt;a href="http//designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html"&gt;Design To Market&lt;/a&gt; at 513-265-0952 and let us help you figure out how to handle the small and big challenges of getting your home ready to sell!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:34:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2485741/here-kitty-kitty-</link>
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      <title>Cincinnati Staged Home Sells in 6 Days!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;This&#160;beautiful home was staged by Design To Market on August 8th and was under contract in 6 days!&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Design To Market's &lt;span&gt;stagers&lt;/span&gt;&#160;are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Design To Market owner occupied staging" target="_blank"&gt;staging homes in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt; on a daily basis.&#160; We are staging Cincinnati's vacant homes. We are staging Cincinnati's investor properties. We are staging Cincinnati model homes We are coordinating&#160;Cincinnati contractors to stage all kinds of homes.&#160; And in the case of this home, we are staging Cincinnati owner occupied homes.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you stage an owner occupied home?&#160;&#160;What is a partial home staging?&#160;&#160;The MOST important&#160;goal in this type of project is that it looks GREAT and that it doesn't look staged!&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dining Room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Who owns the artwork, the centerpiece, who picked the paint colors....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Design To Makret Stages a Dining Room" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/8/5/2/6/ar131401427862581.JPG" height="165" alt="Design To Market Stages a Dining Room" width="225" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kitchen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Who picked the light&#160;fixtures, who selected the paint color, are the counter tops new, whose artwork is that...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Design To Makret Stages a Kitchen" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/2/2/1/1/ar131401471411229.JPG" height="197" alt="Design To Market Stages a Kitchen" width="265"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Master Bedroom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Is the bedding new, who arranged the shelves, whose&#160;artwork is that, how about that seating area, ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Design To MArket Stages a Master Bedroom" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/7/9/8/8/ar131401508788978.JPG" height="230" alt="Design To Market Stages a Master Bedroom" width="349"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Design To MArket Stages a Master Bedroom" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/7/9/4/0/ar131401515904976.JPG" height="257" alt="Design To Market Stages a Master Bedroom" width="385"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The answer to all of those questions is Design To Market and I bet you couldn't tell!&#160; A good, no a GREAT home staging should subtly show the potential of the home.&#160; It should not appear contrived.&#160; It should highlight the advantages of the home and realistically convey that potential.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Design To Market team has been staging homes in Cincinnati for 8 years.&#160; We stage homes of all price points and we stage them whether they need a little "tweaking" or a major overhaul.&#160;&#160;Call today at 513-265-0952, e-mail us at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jpotvin@designtomarketllc.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;jpotvin&lt;/span&gt;@&lt;span&gt;designtomarketllc&lt;/span&gt;.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or visit our website at &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketll.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;www&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span&gt;designtomarketllc&lt;/span&gt;.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to learn how we can help you prepare your home for sale.&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:25:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2467274/cincinnati-staged-home-sells-in-6-days-</link>
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      <title>Time for a Home Staging Consultation</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Design To Market Home Staging consultation" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/0/1/8/ar131358012681034.jpg" height="148" alt="Home Staging Consultation" width="245" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It's time to re-energize your efforts&#160;to sell your home.&#160;&#160;The spring market is well behind us but interest rates are low and there is a lot of selling time left before the&#160;"Turkey Day&#160;Slow Down."&#160;&#160;&#160; The designers at Design To Market have been &lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com" title="House staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;staging houses in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt; for 8 years and home staging consultations are one of the best tools in our bag of tricks.&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the time of year to review the feedback from your summer showings and get serious for the fall.&#160; A &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/services.html" title="Home Staging Consultation Cincinnati"&gt;home staging consultation&lt;/a&gt; is a great idea as you look for answers as to why your home is not sold.&#160; Feedback from showings can be helpful but can also make you crazy!&#160; Prospective buyers have different tastes and one buyer's positive&#160;can be a&#160;negative to another.&#160;&#160;The home stager focuses on broad appeal and those changes that will appeal to the largest numbers.&#160; &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A home staging consultation is a great solution when you either feel conflicted by the diverse feedback from showings or feel conflicted because you are not getting showings!&#160; The consultation allows the seller to have a&#160;thorough&#160;review of their home by a third party with an unbiased eye.&#160; Often the&#160;result is&#160;a list of&#160;quick and inexpensive changes that will create a more competitive look for your home.&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For additional information about how Design To Market assists their customers in &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="house staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati house staging&lt;/a&gt;, please call 513-265-0952 or visit our &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging for cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;home staging&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:37:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2458723/time-for-a-home-staging-consultation</link>
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      <title>Cincinnati Investors are Staging Homes!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging For Investors" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/0/9/0/9/ar131275172990906.JPG" height="206" alt="Investor Home Staging" width="282"&gt;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &lt;img title="Investors staging cincinnati homes" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/6/3/3/3/ar131275210333369.JPG" height="204" alt="home staging for investors" width="290"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Cincinnati Investor Staging" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/1/5/9/6/ar13127528669515.JPG" height="219" alt="Investor Staging In Cincinnati" width="280"&gt;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &lt;img title="Staging for Flippers" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/8/6/8/9/ar131275292798689.JPG" height="218" alt="home staging for investors" width="289"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Is there anything these homes have in common?&#160; Can you look closely and figure it out?&#160; Probably Not!&#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are only two things these homes have in common.&#160;&#160;1.)&#160; They are&#160;all homes staged for investors by the &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" title="Investor Home Staging" target="_blank"&gt;Design To Market&lt;/a&gt; design team.&#160; 2.)&#160; They all are owned by investors staging their&#160;properties&#160;with the goal of minimizing carrying costs by increasing showings and improving the odds of making faster sales.&#160;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Investing in staging makes sense for all types of homes.&#160; The prices range represented in these photos goes from about $70, 000 to over $200,000.&#160; Investing in staging also makes sense for all types of neighborhoods.&#160; These homes are located in Anderson, Norwood, and West Chester. Finally, investors use staging for all types of properties.&#160; The first two homes are single family homes and the final home is a townhome.&#160;&#160;And guess what...age doesn't matter!&#160; These investors&#160;staged homes that ranged from newer properties to one that is almost 100 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you are an investor and questioning whether staging is for you, call Jo &lt;span&gt;Potvin&lt;/span&gt;&#160;with Design To Market at 513-265-0952&#160;to learn more about our Cincinnati investor staging services.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:33:54 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2441625/cincinnati-investors-are-staging-homes-</link>
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      <title>Wyoming Ohio:  Staged Home Sells in 4 days!</title>
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;After these changes were made, &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Design to Market&lt;/a&gt; brought in trendy and fun furniture to the key living spaces of the home to show the potential buyer furniture placement and how spacious the rooms really were.&lt;span&gt;&#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Vacant Living Room" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/5/7/2/5/ar130937580252759.JPG" height="216" alt="Vacant Living Room" width="206" style="float: left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Amy Broghammer and her team put together their marketing plan and got the home positioned to sell in today&#8217;s difficult market.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;The transformation of the home even shocked the homeowners and they were pleased with the results. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Most people think of staging as only using furniture and accessories to help sell the home but Design to Market helps clients with suggestions for remodeling and material selections too when there is more work to be done.&lt;span&gt;&#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;When the home is in good condition and shows well it will sell faster and for more money. &lt;span&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;In today&#8217;s market it is important to get your home ready with the advice of a professional stager, a great realtor who knows your area and your willingness to put in the extra effort to show the listing at its best.&lt;span&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;For more information about &lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com" target="_blank"&gt;home staging in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;, contact Design To Market at 513-265-0952.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:12:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2376650/wyoming-ohio-staged-home-sells-in-4-days-</link>
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      <title>Staged Home Sells in 10 under Days!</title>
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take something great and make it&#160;Greater!&#160;&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;The home stagers at Design To Market followed our formula for success in working with the owner of this great Cincinnati home.&#160; With a full page of "to-do" items and a willingness to work hard this seller followed the recipe and had his home under contract in under 10 days.&#160; The 3 part strategy focused on the following:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The professional photographer engaged by Design To Market took great listing photos that made this a must see on the listing websites.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title="Breakfast Nook" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/8/8/3/0/ar131191119403883.JPG" height="189" alt="Breakfast Nool" width="220"&gt;&#160;&#160;&#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title="Staged Breakfast Nook" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/1/4/0/ar131191125404188.JPG" height="285" alt="Staged Breakfast Nook" width="360"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus space goes from extra storage to appealing breakfast nook&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004.&#160; We work with vacant homes, owner occupied homes, investor properties, builders, and corporate relocation companies.&#160; Call us today at 513-265-0952 or visit the &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Design To Market Website&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about our services.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2426380/staged-home-sells-in-10-under-days-</link>
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      <title>Take A Sneak Peak At Cincinnati's GREENarama</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Good!" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/4/6/9/9/ar130801123799646.JPG" height="599" alt="Design To Market Living Room" width="799"&gt;&lt;img title="Better" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/2/3/5/0/ar130801134905324.JPG" height="599" alt="Design To Market Living Room" width="799"&gt;&lt;img title="Best" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/1/5/4/ar130801144945188.JPG" height="600" alt="Design To Market Living Room" width="799"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Good .................Better....................Best!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Green is the way to go in new construction in Cincinnati. &#160;In anticipation of this month's &lt;a href="http://www.greenarama.org" title="Green Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;GREENarama&lt;/a&gt;, the Design To Market team has staged a home in Cincinnati's Columbia Tusculum neighborhood that will host the first annual GREENarama. &#160;This home at 428 Strafer is a perfect example of new construction that delivers the feel of the historic neighborhood and at the same time meets the green criteria that help make it qualify for the 15 year Cincinnati tax abatement. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hope you'll come see Design To Market's staging and at the same time see an exciting neighborhood on this picturesque hillside in Columbia Tusculum. &#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information about our&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt; home staging in Greater Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt; visit our website or call Jo Potvin at 513-265-0952.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GREENarama will be open June 17-19 and June 24-26. &#160;Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by vistining &lt;a href="http://www.greenarama.org" title="Greenarama" target="_blank"&gt;www.greenarama.org&lt;/a&gt;. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:34:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2349847/take-a-sneak-peak-at-cincinnati-s-greenarama</link>
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&lt;p&gt;Cincinnati's Columbia Tusculum neighborhood will be host to a new and exciring home show June 17-19 and June 24-26. &#160;The new event is called Greenarama and &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Design To Market&lt;/a&gt; is proud to announce that we have been selected to stage one of the incredible homes that will be on the tour. &#160;The home we are staging is located at 428 Strafer Cincinnati, OH 45226. &#160;To purchase tickets visit the &lt;a href="http://greenarama.org" title="Greenarama Design To Market" target="_blank"&gt;Greenarama Website&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Greater Cincinnati since 2004. Visit our website at&#160;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" title="Home staging Cincinnati" target="_blank" style="color: #1e77b9; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/a&gt;&#160;or call us at 513-265-0952 for more information about our services.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:01:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2331238/design-to-market-home-staging-is-going-green</link>
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      <title>If You're Paying Too Much For Gas Read This!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/8/9/7/9/ar12991206197989.jpg" height="404" alt="" width="280"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;If you work in real estate you probably drive...ALOT! &#160;These gas prices are terrible and getting worse. &#160; I learned about a mobile app today that I am really excited about. &#160;It is called GasBuddy.com and it is a free app (at least on my Droid.) &#160;It identifies your location with the GPS on your phone and tells you the cheapest nearby location to purchase gas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;I used it today and found a spot that was $.10 cheaper than my normal gas station. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;I am always looking for other ways to save...PLEASE SHARE!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Jo Potvin &#160;&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Design To Market Home Staging in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;513-265-0952&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:57:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2166836/if-you-re-paying-too-much-for-gas-read-this-</link>
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&lt;p&gt;We're busy&lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt; staging homes in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;! &#160; We love our work and love even more the opportunity to turn an unsold home into a quick success as showings multiply and offers follow. &#160;However, upon arriving at this home we knew we had our work cut out for us. &#160;The room is a great size that offers a lot of flexibility in terms of placing furniture and having a very comfortable room for a large family. &#160;However, the focal point of this room was sadly lacking in WOW! &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sometimes resoursefulness paired with really good creativity can make all the difference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After touring this vacant home we were lucky enough to find that a nice fireplace screen had been tucked away in the basement and that our staging inventory would also come in handy.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;As you can see, even the previously unappealing fireplace can POP when given a chance to shine with the right accessories. (Also notice the placement of the TV. &#160;It's always easiest to create a main focal point with the TV over the fireplace when it works.)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes in Greater Cincinnati since 2004. &#160;Visit our website at &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/a&gt;&#160;or call us at 513-265-0952 for more information about our&lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="vacant home staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt; vacant home staging in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt;.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:58:54 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2160814/details-matter-</link>
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      <title>Investors Make Staging A Part of Their Business Plan</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Home Staging Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/2/4/5/9/ar129855746895425.JPG" height="223" alt="Home Staging Cincinnati" width="295"&gt;&#160;&#160; &lt;img title="Home Staging Investors" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/5/7/5/ar129855756157534.JPG" height="222" alt="Home Staging Investors" width="282"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="home staging for investors" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/6/5/0/4/ar129857544440569.JPG" height="301" alt="home staging for investors" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Cincinnati Real Estate Investor" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/7/5/5/8/ar129857601185571.JPG" height="304" alt="Real Estate Investor" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Design To Market Investor" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/7/8/8/1/ar129857528818876.JPG" height="305" alt="Design To Market Investor" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="REO Cincinnati" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/1/6/5/4/ar129857510045618.JPG" height="300" alt="REO Cincinnati" width="400"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do the photos shown above all have in common?&#160; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Each of these homes was rehabbed and these &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/" title="Investor Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Cincinnati real estate investors&lt;/a&gt;&#160;have included home staging in their marketing plans as a strategic way to insure that their homes sold quickly and for top dollar.&#160;&#160; The price range in the homes pictured above was between $110,000 and $180,000.&#160; These homes&#160;were located in the following neighborhoods:&#160; Kenwood, Covedale, Madeira, Anderson, Oakley, and Bridgetown.&#160; Most importantly, they were under contract in an average of 15 days after listing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Staging makes sense for all types of home sellers:&#160; individual homeowners, investors, builders, and corporate relocation clients.&#160; Design To&#160;Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004.&#160; We&#160;have staged over 1,000 homes in&#160;the Greater Cincinnati area.&#160; Visit our &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com/testimonials.html" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; to hear what our clients are saying.&#160;&#160; For additional information call us at 513-265-0952.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:41:32 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2155359/investors-make-staging-a-part-of-their-business-plan</link>
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      <title>Find Your Passion</title>
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;It's Sunday night and I am fortunate enough to look forward to my work week. &#160;Over 7 years ago I was bit by the entrepreneurial bug and started Design To Market. &#160;We have been&lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt; staging Cincinnati homes&lt;/a&gt; for over 7 years and at last count have staged over 1,000 homes. &#160;I love what I do and I love what it lets me do! &#160;Tonight I just made my 55th loan to &lt;a href="http://kiva.org" title="KIVA" target="_blank"&gt;Kiva&lt;/a&gt;. &#160;According to Kiva's website they:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; "&lt;span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;empower individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with&#160;the Internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks to my friend Michelle Minch with &lt;a href="http://movingmountainsdesign.com/" title="Home Staging Pasadena" target="_blank"&gt;Moving Mountains Design&lt;/a&gt;&#160;who told me about Kiva's great work several years ago, I have been supporting entrepreneurs all over the globe with a consistent stream of small loans to entrepreneurs in countries where it is tough to run businesses because of limited access to capital. &#160;Last month I even added the US as a country where I am supporting entrepreneurs through Kiva. &#160;The only return a lender gets is the satisfaction that they are helping a fellow small business owners and the assurance that there is a 95% chance that the loan will be paid back and that it can be reloaned to someone else. &#160;In my book that is a great return!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;If you are as fortunate as I have been in working hard and being sucessful enough to lend a hand to a worthy organization...look around and find your passion and lend them a hand too!&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been staging homes throughout Greater Cincinnati since 2004. &#160;For more information about our servies call us at 513-265-0952.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:11:20 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2148509/find-your-passion</link>
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      <title>Staging Through The Eyes of a Buyer:  Part 2</title>
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&lt;p&gt;"I wish the walls could talk!" &#160;I think this is the mantra of many that are involved in the process of selling a home. &#160;Sometimes, it is assumed to be a price &#160;issue. &#160;Often though, a new lower price does not solve the problem. &#160;More times than not, it is more subtle and requires the team work of a Realtor, a homeowner, and a home stager. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;I recently wrote a post titled &lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/1993451/staging-through-the-eyes-of-a-buyer" title="Home Staging Cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Staging Through The Eyes of A Buyer&lt;/a&gt;&#160;in which a Realtor shared a buyer's comments about his pleasure as a buyer in purchasing a staged home. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I spoke with a client yesterday whose home we are staging as he prepares to transition as quickly as possible from a home seller to a home buyer. &#160;He had decied to begin his search for a new home so that he would be prepared to move as soon as his home sells. &#160;As we often do, he fell in love with a home even though it was a little earlier in the process than he would have liked. &#160;His first 2 visits to the home had him falling in love and ready to make a purchase. &#160;On his third (and final visit) he planned to just take a final look before making an offer. &#160;He arrived at the home to discover that the sellers had moved their furniture out after his 2nd visit. &#160;Surprisingly, he entered the empty home and decieded he no longer liked it and did not make an offer. &#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As we discuss strategies to stage his home, he is adamant in stating that he will not make the same mistake the seller made in the home that he ALMOST! purchased. &#160;It is tempting to "jump the gun" but it can be a costly mistake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market has been &lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;staging homes in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt; since 2004. &#160;Call us today at 513-265-0952 or visit our website at www.designtomarketllc.com.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:58:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2058480/staging-through-the-eyes-of-a-buyer-part-2</link>
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&lt;div&gt;What more can I say? &#160;The perfect gift for a stager! &#160;I received this last week from a thoughtful client whose mother's home we had staged. &#160;I have been chuckling ever since. &#160;The question I have asked myself is whether this is truly "stager&#160;jewelry" &#160;or if there is someone else out there who "does homes." &#160;Regardless, I really got a kick out of this.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;For homeowners in our area...remember "We Do Homes" and have been &lt;a href="http://designtomarketllc.com/portfolio.html" title="home staging investment properties" target="_blank"&gt;staging homes in Cincinnati&lt;/a&gt; for over 7 years. &#160;Please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit the &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="home staging cincinnati" target="_blank"&gt;Design To Market&lt;/a&gt; website for more information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:57:02 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2041468/the-perfect-gift-</link>
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      <title>Here's What They're Saying About Home Staging In Cincinnati!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14.4px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/6/4/2/2/ar12924582022464.jpg" height="652" alt="" width="734"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The designers at Design To Market are busy &lt;a href="http://www.designtomarketllc.com" title="Home Staging" target="_blank"&gt;staging Cincinnati homes&lt;/a&gt; and we are equally busy de-staging homes that sell! &#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A recent client in Indian Hill had this to say after her home went under contract in under 6 weeks:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Thank you so much for your professional advice and speedy service. Our home stood out from the crowd and sold very quickly because, I am convinced, of your advice and help. Your additions highlighted the homes advantages and made it perfect. It WAS worth listening to you and having you work your magic. Thanks again."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Homes that are well-prepared and effectively priced are selling. &#160;Call us today to learn more about Design To Market's home staging services. &#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design To Market Home Staging513.265.0952www.designtomarketllc.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:23:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/2022957/here-s-what-they-re-saying-about-home-staging-in-cincinnati-</link>
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