design to market: Charity starts...with the next staged home! - 08/29/08 05:08 PM
My daughter and I sat yesterday evening staring with rapt attention at the photo of the African child we were soon to sponsor. The plight of children in poor third world countries has been a big topic in our extended family over the past 2 years as my sister and her husband have gone … (11 comments)
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design to market: Home Stager Looks At Curb Appeal: Depersonalizing the Personal - 08/13/08 04:05 PM
They're Popular...They're Attractive...They're Inappropriate when you're trying to sell your home!
As home stagers in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky we are increasingly coming across attractive personalized elements in our clients front yards. It struck me as we left our second home this week where we recommended removing one of … (14 comments)
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design to market: YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CONDO...CALL A HOME STAGER! - 08/11/08 05:46 PM
We have had a lot of opportunities in our nearly 5 years of home staging in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to work with condominium owners in preparing both their owner occupied and their vacant condominiums.
There are unique challenges faced by condo owners that make staging a compelling solution.
DIRECT COMPETITION! … (4 comments)
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design to market: Home Staging Cincinnati: Furniture Makes All The Difference! - 08/07/08 09:58 PM
Home staging in Cincinnati continues to grow as more and more home-sellers experience the power of a well presented home. These before and after pictures of a home staged by the Design To Market design team are another example of the impact this investment can make when selling a home.
This home had been … (14 comments)
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design to market: Home Staging Northern Kentucky: Over 18 months vacant...staged and sold in 3 weeks! - 08/02/08 04:17 PM
Home staging in Northern Kentucky works! We recently staged this nearly vacant property in Independence Kentucky and with a slow and painful previous 18 months on the market the investment in staging generated multiple offers in 3 weeks!
The truly exciting story with this success was the … (12 comments)
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design to market: Wallpaper: To Remove Or Not To Remove - 06/08/08 07:54 PM
As professional stagers we are often asked by homesellers to assist in deciding the advisibility of removing wallpaper. It is not inexpensive to remove wallpaper. However, if the goal of homestaging is to assist in making a listing appeal to the broadest number of prospective buyers then how can we skip this critical … (17 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market: Staged Home Sells In 3 Days - 05/16/08 11:09 PM
What is the most significant difference between the first and second photos? The first was taken on a Thursday before the house was sold and before staging by Design To Market Home Staging. The second was taken 3 days later after the home was staged and after … (16 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market Home Staging: Family rooms that make a difference! - 03/24/08 10:56 PM
Families spend most of their "together" time in the family room. Often the emotional decision to purchase a home is impacted by the perceived livability of these spaces. Take a look at these properties staged by Cincinnati's Design To Market and think about the impact on a prospective buyer.
Before … (12 comments)
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design to market: Design to Market Home Staging: Works miracles in owner occupied homes! - 03/17/08 08:45 PM
The scenario: Beautiful home...wonderful floor plan...attractive furniture. Why call Design To Market to stage this home? Take a look at these photos and see if the answer makes sense:
Before After
Before After
Before After
Design To Market has been staging homes throughout Greater Cincinnati since 2004. For more information about this … (16 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market Home Staging: Featured in Cincinnati Business Courier - 03/16/08 09:46 AM
The Cincinnati Business Courier recently featured an article on Cincinnati's top home staging company Design To Market. Click here to read this article and to learn more about home staging in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Design To Market has been staging homes throughout Greater Cincinnati since 2004. For more information about this … (7 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market Featured On Cincinnati's Channel 12 HomewoRx: Sunday February 17 11:30 AM - 02/13/08 12:46 AM
Design to Market's owner, Jo Potvin, will be featured with Gary Sullivan this Sunday, February 17 at 11:30 AM. Tune in to see the transformation of a Cincinnati area home to experience first hand the impact of home staging.
Design To Market has been staging homes throughout Greater Cincinnati since 2004. For … (2 comments)
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design to market: Hearth Rooms Revisited: Check out these before and after shots - 02/01/08 09:18 PM
Hearth rooms represent a pivotal space in a home. They are the heart of the home and when well staged can be most effective in creating the WOW! factor that helps a prospective buyer envision themselves living in the home. The following before and after shots provide examples of the impact … (16 comments)
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design to market: Call a bedroom a bedroom! - 01/30/08 09:53 PM
We are often working with empty nesters and individuals that have decided to turn their homes' bedrooms into other more creative spaces. In a home that is owner occupied this can become confusing as the inventory of spaces to match the family of a prospective buyer gets jumbled by other purposes for … (14 comments)
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design to market: Staged Home Delivers WOW! Factor - 01/18/08 07:46 PM
Hearth room before staging by Design To Market...
Hearth Room after staging by Design To Market...
WHICH WOULD YOU BUY?
Design To Market has been staging homes throughout Greater Cincinnati since 2004. For more information about this project and our other Cincinnati home staging services please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website … (26 comments)
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design to market: Creating WOW...Make the Fireplace the "heart" of the home! - 01/07/08 11:59 PM
What is one of the most alluring spaces in a home on a dreary day in January? Easy answer...the FIREPLACE. Take the time to look at this space though the eyes of a prospective buyer and make it POP!
These fireplaces settings were staged by Design To Market home staging … (24 comments)
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design to market: Why Stage It Now?: Tales of a Family Room Redo - 01/04/08 02:54 PM
It is an exciting time of year in the real estate world. 2007 is behind us with some good news, some challenging news, and optimism for an improving 2008. Regardless of the competitiveness of the market, one truism never changes: It is essential to put your best foot forward when selling … (17 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market: Please Help Us With Our Kitchen! - 12/27/07 11:06 PM
A prospective client called Design To Market in crisis mode...they were about to lose the home of their dreams if they could not sell their current home. They were desperate for help creating the right look for the kitchen in their otherwise updated and well maintained home. The asking … (13 comments)
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design to market: Home Stagers Challenge: Create a New Look With Your Client's Furniture - 12/14/07 08:08 PM
Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004. As our clients become more aware of the opportunity to plan their moves to maximize the enjoyment of their new homes while minimizing the expense of staging, we have worked with them to identify selected furnishings they can … (25 comments)
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design to market: Touring A Vacant: Before and After Shots - 12/05/07 08:54 PM
A little furniture goes a long way!
It is a wonderful time to take advantage of the serious buyers shopping in the winter months. This vacant home is a perfect example of the impact that professional home staging can have on both the virtual world of Internet marketing and the WOW! … (12 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market LLC: Take a Peek at Our Warehouse! - 10/27/07 04:14 PM
We at Design To Market LLC have been staging homes in Greater Cincinnati since 2004. We are asked repeatedly where we keep our inventory and how we manage to stay on top of the demands of managing these items.
The answer to this question has been … (50 comments)
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design to market: Before and Afters in a Web Based World - 10/11/07 07:56 PM
How many times in today's competitive real estate market does a beautiful property get hits on the web but few actual showings? It is increasingly important in our hustle bustle world to tell a compelling story on the web...just to get prospective buyers to schedule a showing.
Put yourself in the shoes of … (27 comments)
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design to market: Look at the color of those walls! - 10/01/07 10:11 PM
You could ask..."what did you do to that kitchen?" The answer would be no we didn't put in new cabinets, we didn't put in new counter-tops, we didn't even hang new artwork...The amazing answer is that we picked (with a stagers eye to colors that work) an … (27 comments)
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design to market: Design To Market: Cincinnati Home Stager featured in Housetrends Magazine - 09/21/07 09:02 PM
Housetrends magazine has recently released an article about Cincinnati based Design To Market LLC and home staging. Click here to see a slide show of images in the article. Click here to view the article. For more information on home staging services in Cincinnati, Contact Jo Potvin at … (14 comments)
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design to market: Vacant Staging: Condo gets competitive advantage! - 09/12/07 10:38 PM
Condo sales can be challenging in this competitive market...often vacants don't stand a chance when faced off against well designed competitors. This Cincinnati condo is ready to go with staging services provided by Design To Market LLC. We own and rent all furnishings and can therefore offer flexible rental solutions for vacant and … (10 comments)
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design to market: Staging Vacants: RUGS! RUGS! RUGS! - 09/06/07 10:42 PM
Take a look at the photos above. The "glue" that holds all of these warm and enticing spaces together is the accent introduced when area rugs are added to the design mix. In each photo as we set out to stage a vacant home we added area rugs as the … (23 comments)
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design to market: Staging Vacants: Bonus Rooms Make a Difference - 09/01/07 10:38 PM
The bonus spaces that can make a house a home can be a liability in a vanct home. This home was on the market for months in a neighborhood where new construction and a large volume of new to the market options made selling very challenging. The feed … (15 comments)
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design to market: A New Spin on Staging Vacants - 08/15/07 11:42 PM
Design To Market LLC has been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004. We are seeing a significant increase in the number of clients that are proactively approaching the staging investemt decision and are looking at the best way to maximize their staging spend. One solution that is working for … (20 comments)
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design to market: Mason Condo: One Year On The Market Enter Design To Market LLC and Home Sells in 21 days! - 07/27/07 11:06 PM
The following quote tells the story!
Jo,
My house has been on the market for a year with no offers. Since I had moved before listing it, there was no furniture when we had the showings. My realtor suggested I stage it and contacted your company to do … (7 comments)
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design to market: Why Stage A Vacant: Please Read! - 07/08/07 09:17 AM
For those of you that read my June 20 entry entitled "Why Stage A Vacant?" I can now answer the hypothetical question I had posed...The reason to stage a vacant is that a staged vacant sells and in this case IT SOLD IN 2 WEEKS!Thre are … (30 comments)
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design to market: Golden Rules For a Stager's Toolbox - 06/30/07 02:08 PM
We have been home stagers in Cincinnati since 2004. I have found one of the most important aspects of running like a "well-oiled machine" is to stay on top of our toolbox inventory. In the past I would inevitability find us running out of a critical light-bulb or picture hanger as … (32 comments)
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design to market: Creative Staging: The Media Room - 06/26/07 08:44 PM
The increasingly prevalent media room can be a challenge to a stager. Enter over-sized artwork and the opportunity to transform screen space into a home for an appealing piece of artwork.Design To Market LLC has been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004. For additional information call Jo Potvin at 513-265-0952. … (10 comments)
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design to market: When Should You Call A Stager? NOW! - 05/03/07 10:55 PM
We have been staging homes in Cincinnati since 2004. We are often called in to help with a crisis situation where a home sits on the market for months with some hits on MLS and very few showings. While this is difficult for any seller to deal with, it is not the … (1 comments)
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design to market: Home Staging Cincinnati: Vacant properties - 04/17/07 07:35 PM
We are increasingly receiving calls from Realtors to stage homesin Cincinnati that are getting "hits" on MLS but very few showings. Vacant homes often fall prey to this challenge. It is difficult to drive interest in four walls and a few windows.
Today's buyer works to be most efficient in allocating their buying time to … (6 comments)
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