Jennie's Blog
Expert Home Staging advice from one of the nation's top ASP Master Home Stagers. Serving the Greater Denver region.
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2008
Today's market is tough in many areas across the country. House prices are declining and depreciating in many areas, with some lucky regions holding strong to their values. No matter what the situation, we have to remember this: Staging Works. In any Market. How can we say that when a Seller m...
07/09/2008
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Not to trivialize those with A.D.D. which I know is a serious concern for people with but I wonder if Stagers have a little bit of Attention Deficit Disorider . . . as one of the characteristics is a short attention span.... And most Stagers I talk with share that one of the things they love bes...
07/09/2008
Link to this great article on "The Home Staging Cheat Sheet" featuring Home Staging Guru and The Creator of Home Staging - Barb Schwarz. It addresses Home Staging as the key tool to selling a house! Full of great ideas and advice for readers, it addresses some key factors for Staging and things...
07/08/2008
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Buyers? Sellers? Realtors? Fellow Stagers? Media? Decorators? Who are YOU staging for and why? The questions begs an answer - we have to know who our primary audience as we Stage or else we become like a split personality trying to please too many "bosses." Do we Stage for the Realtor who ...
07/08/2008
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CRITIC: One who tends to make harsh or carping judgments; a faultfinder CRITIQUE: give review of, to discuss or comment on something, giving an honest assessment of its good and bad qualities The definitions of these two simiilar words is really revealing. A Critic takes things from a negative...
07/07/2008
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As much as some would have us believe that Staging is saturated and everywhere, Staging is still being discovered by those creative individuals trapped in a dead-end job. I recenntly got an email from a hopefully future ASP Stager that wanted to know about the business and what it takes to succe...
07/07/2008
If you want to know what is happening in your market ask those that work in your market. Sounds simple but I find that there are those that rely on the "expert advice" of someone that may have a global outlook on Staging, but is totally out of touch on what is happening in a specific area. Some...
07/07/2008
Foreclosures are everywhere all over the US - a product of a loan industry mistake that has cost thousands and thousands of homeowners their home - displacing them and flooding the market with devalued properties. We have read stories of people literally dumping their furnishings on their lawns b...
07/07/2008
With about a week to go before our Annual IAHSP-ASP Home Staging Convention (I am getting sooooo excited!!!!) - I wanted to take the opportunity to toot the horn of really deserving and talented Home Stagers that have been nominated for prestigious Home Staging Industry Awards! The Rising Star Aw...
07/07/2008
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It always makes me smile (and chuckle a bit inside) when a seller that knows I am coming over tries to "out-stage" me. This has happened numerous times - and still I manage to find 4 pages of recommendations for the seller - much to their surprise! I am not nitpicking either - these are standar...
07/07/2008
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