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5 Ideas for Staging Your New Lake Oconee Home
The purchase of your long-dreamed-of second home at Lake Oconee is just the first step.  Staging your new lake house, and making it your own, is the second step.  Home staging is not just to prepare a house to sell, it is also useful to help personalize that new home after the purchase.  Staging a new home does not have to be a very expensive project, or require a decorator's help to execute .  This is your chance to get away from the antiques and formal window treatments that may define your primary home in the city, and set your more relaxed and creative self free.  I have collected some staging ideas from my readings, and from my experience viewing homes in the Lake Oconee area.  Following are some ideas that may help the new owner to make that lake home a cozy get-away place.
Let the View be the Focus Let the View be the Window Treatment Let the beautiful Lake or Woods view be visible the minute one walks in the door.  Don't let heavy window treatments or furniture block the eye from seeing the view to the outdoors .  If the home you have bought has heavy draperies, take them down and let the light flow ... more

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