vacant home staging: Home Staging Makes your Spaces Make Sense - 10/18/08 08:40 AM
Home Staging is not just about depersonalizing and decluttering. One of the main goals of home staging is to show the best purpose for a space so buyers can envision how they can live in a home.
Our team recently staged a home in Wayne Pennsylvania that needed our services to … (16 comments)

vacant home staging: Rooms that make you go Hmmm??? - 05/16/08 04:36 PM
As a home staging professional I hear clients ask time and time again "Why do I need to stage my vacant home? Can't buyers just imagine how it will look with their furniture?" As always I answer, "No. Buyers need to see furniture in a space so they can mentally begin … (15 comments)

vacant home staging: Home Sellers- Are you ready for Spring Market? Here's Proof Home Staging Helps Home Sellers in the Philadelphia Region - 02/18/08 05:53 PM
Today I got a phone call from a client that even surprised me ... her home had sold for asking in less than three weeks!
The reason I was so surprised is that traditionally the Real estate season in our area does not pick up until March 1st. We had staged … (7 comments)

vacant home staging: Home Staging Emergency! How we rescued a Philadelphia area home builder - 02/13/08 10:34 AM
Fortunately the real estate market in Philadelphia has not suffered as much as other areas across the country. Even with snow on the ground now home sellers are already getting their homes ready for Spring Market. That is why it was I was not surprised when I got a call last … (10 comments)

vacant home staging: Traditional Estate in the Heart of the Main Line offers Luxury and More - 02/13/08 08:27 AM
Below is a Real Estate Show for a home our team staged in Chester County Pennsylvania last week. It is a gorgeous estate with every custom detail imaginable including: walnut hardwood floors, double crown molding, 3 fireplaces, Pella Windows, Woodmode Cabinets, granite counters and oversized steam showers. This is just on … (7 comments)

vacant home staging: Thank you to Active Rain- We staged a home for a Realtor that found us here! - 01/04/08 06:28 PM
I wanted to give thanks to Active Rain for again allowing me to make connections with local real estate professionals in our local area. Last month Chris Benedict a Realtor on Active Rain was looking for a stager to help his team with a new listing. He found my blog, reviewed … (12 comments)

vacant home staging: Staging in the Twilight Zone! - 01/03/08 08:53 AM
I thought I would start out the New Year with a blog about a funny but strange thing that happened to me last week with a staging project. One of my favorite blogs to write is my "day in the life of a home stager" series.  I have not had the … (21 comments)

vacant home staging: Home Staging for Benson Homes in West Chester, PA - 10/10/07 08:31 AM
As many of you know the majority of my staging business has become preparing vacant homes for sale. I work mostly with Real Estate Investors, Home Sellers and Small Boutique Builders. I recently had the pleasure however of working with one of our region's premier builders- The Benson Companies in Malvern, … (13 comments)

vacant home staging: Creating a Standard in the Staging Industry: Can our Services be better categorized? - 09/30/07 12:50 AM
In my last post I wrote about how consumers cannot look at price alone when selecting a stager to market their home. This post received a lot of attention and many of you have written me to let me know that you will be using it as part of your marketing … (65 comments)

vacant home staging: Did Home Staging Make a Builder a Convert? - 09/20/07 07:56 PM
 
One of my favorite parts of staging homes is not only the creative work that I do, it is also educating home sellers, property investors and Realtors on the value of home staging. I love seeing their expressions during the reveal where they finally "aha!" get it. Staging really does make … (21 comments)

vacant home staging: Home Sellers Beware: Comparing Staging Quotes is not faux apples to faux apples! - 09/13/07 05:04 PM
Like most staging business owners on Active Rain I value it as a tool not only to educate the Real Estate Community about the benefits of staging but also as a voice to educate consumers about our fledgling industry. There have been many articles written about the multitude of staging courses, … (38 comments)

vacant home staging: Mural, mural on the wall.... you are way too personal for all. - 06/27/07 09:22 PM
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping a family in Montgomery County, Haverford PA prepare their home for sale. The home is a stunning historic Tudor in a coveted zip code. The sellers had recently moved and the Realtor felt it should be staged to allow buyers to … (23 comments)

vacant home staging: Home Staging 101: Model home staging = business model for faster sales - 06/17/07 03:38 PM
In addition to assisting home sellers with preparing their homes for sale, our team also works with builders, developers and property investors looking for new ways to market their properties. Furnishing a model home is an expensive proposition for most developers who are working on a tight budget. We meet their … (3 comments)

 
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