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home staging tips: Holiday Staging Do's and Don'ts - 12/07/09 07:04 PM
Below is a guest blog I wrote for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors news website PAR Just Listed. If you are selling your home this holiday season, follow my advice to make sure your home is the star of the show- not your seasonal decor.
Showcase your home during the holidays
Monday, December 7, 2009 By Kate Hart
You don't have to act like the Grinch to make sure your home is show ready during the holiday season. Instead, follow these simple suggestions to showcase your home's selling features and celebrate at the same time:
Let your home be the star … (9 comments)

home staging tips: Finally! Personalized Home Staging Advice for Every Home Seller's Budget- A New Take on Virtual Staging - 07/10/09 08:57 PM
If you stay on top of the trends in the real estate and home staging industries you have probably heard of virtual staging. This is where stagers that are savvy with graphic design manipulate photos of vacant properties to make them look like model homes. This helps to show the proper scale, function and layout for each space.
While this concept is brilliant for vacant home sellers that do not want to hire a home stager to physically stage their home, it leaves me wondering:
1. What happens when a buyer goes to see the home in person and there is … (5 comments)

home staging tips: Budget Home Staging Ideas That Don't Break the Bank - 01/31/09 11:37 AM
Below is an article from our monthly newsletter Prepare! Feel free to share these ideas with your clients on your next listing presentation.
Budget is a huge concern for everyone these days and now more than ever home sellers are anxious about spending money to get their homes ready for sale. Each month we will feature a different area of the home and share quick and affordable changes your client can make.  
Front Door First Impressions:   The saying that "first impressions are everything" is especially true when you are selling your home. Buyers often judge the appearance of the front door as an indication of the condition … (15 comments)

home staging tips: Kate Hart Shares Staging Ideas with NBC Philadelphia's 10! Show - 01/15/09 04:29 PM
Are you a Philadelphia area home seller looking for easy and affordable ideas to get your home ready for sale? Then watch Kate Hart of Hart & Associates Staging and Design share her home staging tips on NBC 10 Philadelphia's 10! show. Kate's team stages homes in the Main Line and Philadelphia suburbs including Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. Contact her today for a home staging consultation and plan of you can prepare for a faster and more profitable sale. … (6 comments)

home staging tips: HomeGoods Post #5 - Creating an Oasis in your home - 03/24/08 07:48 PM
Hi all,
Happy Monday. Make sure to stop by my HomeGoods blog this week. My latest post is about creating an oasis in your home. I am excited to hear what room in your home inspires you the most.
Click here to take a peek.
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home staging tips: How to avoid a common Home Staging crisis- my HomeGoods blog 4 - 03/22/08 08:52 AM
Does your home suffer from bookcase abandonment?
As a home staging professional I often encounter a common design dilemma- Bookcases that have been crammed with massive amounts of unused items!
 I am especially shocked when I see home sellers with gorgeous custom built-ins overflowing with their sophomore year English class paperbacks, children's art creations, tennis ball cans, and cd-collections as if they were the highlight of their living room. Let me make one thing clear- bookcases are a great storage solution for an office or library but if the bookcase in question is a focal point of a room, or a … (8 comments)

home staging tips: Need Instant Art? Read my HomeGoods blog number 2 - 03/16/08 08:48 AM
As a home staging professional I find that my resale clients are concerned that their older homes do not have the same look as the newly decorated model homes on the market today. Often times they have not gotten around to decorating or furnishing their home and now that it is time to sell it needs to look more complete to be competitive with other homes on the market. One thing clients always seem to need is artwork. I have discovered that almost every home has a hidden stash of artwork if you only know where to look. Interested in finding out where I … (15 comments)

home staging tips: Home Staging on the News- Tune in TODAY at 5:00 p.m - 03/06/08 11:40 AM
If you are a Philadelphia area home seller and you are looking for ways to get top dollar for your home then tune in today to the 5:00 news on channel FOX 29 to learn more about home staging.
We had the pleasure of meeting with reporter Michelle Williams today at one of our client's homes to give her some quick and easy tips to make resale homes more show-able.
Cleanliness, clutter control, the condition of your home, and making your home more competitive with new construction homes were all issues we discussed with our home seller.
If you are not able to catch the … (17 comments)

 
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