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home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County - Painting Do's And Don'ts - - 06/03/12 12:28 PM
As a Home Stager, I am always suggesting paint as an effective way to add life to the home.  As an update, it is probably the most cost effective projects a homeowner could do.  And the difference is amazing.  Even homes with all white walls can be cold and boring.  What better way than to paint your walls for an update... and neutral doesn't have to be beige and boring. 
Jay Markanich, a Northern VA Home Inspector, has written an excellent and thorough post on paint...what you need to know.  Read on for these excellent Tips on Painting Your House.
Via … (1 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: FL Home Staging FAQ's- Why Do I Need to Remove My Personal Photos? - 05/30/12 03:33 AM
FL Home Staging FAQ’s- Why Do I Need to Remove My Personal Photos?One of the most used and abused dictums in Home Staging is to remove all personal items with the focus being on personal photos.   It’s one of the first things I hear when people talk about Home Staging..... “I know, Kathy, I have to remove all my family pictures.”Here’s why :~  Like anything else when preparing your home to sell, we want to remove items that might distract the Buyer from seeing your home and its space.  A wall covered with family photos.... a table covered in picture frames … (38 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: FL Staging FAQ's- The Buyer Will Paint When They Move In,Why Paint Now - 05/29/12 03:45 AM
Boca Raton Staging FAQ’s-The Buyer Will Want Their Own Color, Why Paint? When selling their home, one question Sellers ask during our Home Staging Consultation is “Why paint/replace the carpeting/change the light fixtures? The Buyer will want to choose their own, won’t they?”
Hear This...More and More..Buyers Want Move-In Ready Homes!
Think about this:
1. In 2010, the median age of home buyers was 39.  These buyers are working hard in their careers and even if it’s a couple, both parties are usually working.  Their free time as well as desire to spend their weekends working on their house is limited. … (34 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Boca Raton Home Staging FAQ'S-Will I Get More For My House If I Stage? - 05/26/12 03:38 AM
Boca Raton Home Staging FAQ’s- Can I Get More Money If I Stage My House? “I’m getting ready to sell my home.  If I Stage it, can I get more money for it?”  As a Home Stager, I’m asked this question all of the time.  I’m sure Realtors are asked it as well when they suggest a Home Staging Consultation. However, truth is I can’t guarantee that it will.  But since 90% of home buyers begin their search on the Internet, their first impression of your home  will be  how it looks on the MLS listing or any other Real Estate … (23 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Palm Beach Gardens Home Staging- You Can Do It! - 05/18/12 03:46 AM
Palm Beach Gardens Home Staging-You Can Do It !A Home Staging Consultation can be a valuable tool in preparing your home for sale.   But  if you think that Staging is costly and will require your knocking down walls and remodeling your whole house... take a look. Room Service! Home Staging had the pleasure of providing a Home Staging Consultation for a  family in a small gated community in Palm Beach Gardens.  The Seller was aware of the  need to pack and remove a lot of their excess furnishings and just needed some guidance and a game plan.When I met the Seller … (58 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County-A Dated Front Door Is Like Gray Hair On Your House - Color It! - 05/07/12 10:25 AM
Want an easy way to update your house and add to the curb appeal.  My friend and Stager, Sharon Tara, wrote an excellent blog on updating a tired and dated Oak front door.  When people drive up to your home they're already making up their minds.  
The front door below is nice but dated; look at what a difference painting it can make. The house now looks fresh and "today".  
And I know that some of you will hate painting over wood but do it.  It's not doing you any good if it's holding back your house from being … (0 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County- Price, Condition and Location Helped this West Palm Beach Home Sell in 3 Weeks! - 05/05/12 04:13 AM
Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County-Price, Condition and Location Helped this West Palm Beach Home Sell in 3 Weeks!
It always helps when these 3 …. Price-Condition-Location...... can come together to help get a property sold.  In this case, the Sellers were willing to add some TLC and Staging to a property that had Location already going for it.  Room Service Home Staging was asked to provide a reference point so that Buyers could get a feel for the home. First step after some repairs was to add some warmth to the all white walls, which were making the house … (49 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips- Add Some Flair to Your Florida Condo to Get It Sold! - 04/25/12 04:02 AM
Home Staging Tips -Add Some Flair to Your Florida Condo to Get It Sold.Room Service Home Staging recently helped this absentee Florida condo owner sell their home.   Having moved out of state, the owner was hoping to sell his condo... furnishings included.  Many Buyers looking for second homes in Palm Beach County want one that is furnished so that they can start enjoying our great weather and beaches as soon as they move in.  Our job was to incorporate the existing furniture and accessories  with items that we purchased that would convey with the condo.  The project involved creating a design … (47 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Not Spending or Doing Anything Can End Up Costing You! - 04/20/12 05:29 AM
Not Spending or Doing  Anything Can End Up Costing You!

A Home Staging Story.... I received a call recently from a Realtor I know about a listing she’s had for well over a year.  The Sellers were still trying to find some way to sell the house.   As the Realtor told me more about the home it dawned on both of us that I’d actually provided a consultation for the sellers well over a year ago.  At that time the sellers were reluctant to invest much to get the home in move-in condition.  While very clean, nothing had been updated. … (33 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County..Take It OFF..Take It ALL Off! - 04/18/12 04:16 AM
Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County- Take It Off…Take It ALL Off!No…it’s not what you think!  But if your house is on the market or if you’re even thinking of selling your home, you know that today’s buyers prefer move-in ready homes.    Any repairs and updating they perceive they have to do will go into the “minus” column when they make their decision to buy and what to offer.Wallpaper… that favorite that is either “in or “not” has the potential of screaming “DATED” when the buyer sees it.  Of course wallpaper can be removed, just as walls can be painted. … (33 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County-Spring cleaning ~ homemade cleaning recipes - 04/13/12 05:37 PM
Preparing your home for sale always involves some cleaning but it doesn't have to be hard.  Using these products you'll be helping the environment and saving pennies by using products we all have at home.
My friend, Dorie Dillard, Austin Texas Realtor, has provided quick and easy recipes to get your window sparkling! 
Via Dorie Dillard Realtor® Canyon Creek NW Austin TX homes for sale (Coldwell Banker United Realtors):
It’s that time of year that brings out the “nesting” in all of us. Whether you are de-cluttering and cleaning to get your home ready for market or just cleaning for cleaning sake, … (4 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Robert Redford, Lots of Stairs and Unusual Spaces...How Do They Relate to Home Staging? - 04/10/12 03:55 AM
Robert Redford, Lots of Stairs and Unusual Spaces...How Do They Relate to Home Staging?To be perfectly  honest Robert “my man”  Redford would be welcome to be a part of any of my stagings but my reference here is the movie “Barefoot in the Park” starring Redford, Jane Fonda, Mildred Natwick and Charles Boyer.  It was a Broadway play that was made into a movie in  1967 about a newlywed couple and their first apartment.   THE apartment that was located up many flights of stairs and very small.  So small, the bedroom could barely hold the bed. This could have been a … (54 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging-Boca Raton: Is There Value in Staging A Home Before You Put It On The Market? I Just Don't Know, What Do You Folks Think? - 04/09/12 02:31 PM
What value does staging have?  Does it get your home sold quicker?  Will it get you more money?  We all have our answers depending upon our frame of reference.... but this I can tell you... your home isn't getting sold if no one sees it.  
And since most people begin their search on the Internet, no photos or poor photos will not put your home on a Buyer's short list of homes to see. 
Take a look at what one of my favorite Stagers/Realtor, Laura Baker, of First Weber Group in Wisconsin, has to say about Staging.  Her pictures tell … (13 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Vacant Home Staging-Boca Raton: Staging Answers the Question: What is this Room? - 04/04/12 07:48 AM
Vacant homes can present a challenge.  Yes, Buyers can see that the room with the oven in it is the kitchen, but what about those rooms that leave a big question mark in the buyers mind?  By staging them, this allows the buyer to see the possibilities of the room and not wander around the house still focusing on what the room's purpose is. 
One of my favorite Home Stagers, Diane Young, of Staging Seattle, shows how staging a "bonus" room helps to let the Buyers see how it could be used.  At least the Buyer can now move on to … (10 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County- Don't Be the April Fool Seller! - 04/01/12 08:10 AM
Home Staging Tips in Palm Beach County- Don’t Be the April Fool Seller!Selling your house in Boca Raton, Delray, Boynton or Palm Beach?    Here are 5 Staging Tips to help get your house on the Short List of Buyer’s Choices!1. Get out your camera and take photos of your house.  No, not just the front.  Let the camera show you what your Buyers will see.    You know how it is when you see a close friend every day.  You’re so used to seeing them you never noticed the 20 pound weight gain or that they’d begun to look a little “shaggy”. … (11 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: How Important Is It To Stage a Room That No One Really Wants? - 03/03/12 04:06 AM
How important is it to stage a room that no one really wants? If most homeowners don’t use, need or want a formal living room anymore, how important is it to Stage a living room as a living room?  I know many Realtors and Stagers have come upon houses where the living room is being used as a child’s playroom/office/exercise/ pool table room.  And in fact, I’d bet that many of us use our own living rooms as any of the above.  Everything but a living room.  
In our consultations Stagers often  suggest that rooms be returned to their original purpose....
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home staging tips in palm beach county: Selling Your House? Here's What You Need to Learn From Tennis! - 03/02/12 03:59 AM
Selling Your House? Here’s What You Need to Learn from Tennis!If you plan on selling your house then you probably have already been told to pack up, throw away or donate unneeded items.   It’s all about distractions and detractions.... furniture, paint or anything else that will prevent a Buyer from seeing your house.
While watching a tennis match here in Delray Beach, it occurred to me that the event organizers  do everything they can to insure that spectators  will be able to  watch with a minimum of distractions.  Unlike football or baseball games where there are cheerleaders, vendors and all … (25 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Every Property Deserves To Be Staged... Regardless of Price Point! - 02/18/12 03:58 AM
Every Property Deserves To Be Staged... Regardless of Price Point. I hear this so many times... some Realtors and Sellers  won’t even consider Staging a property unless it is at or above a certain price point.  
And why is this?  
1.Every property has a set of possible buyers for it... a set based on the location, list price and condition of the property.   And while not every buyer is alike one thing they have in common is that the property needs to appeal to them.  We’re still going to suggest editing, packing, cleaning and repairing no matter what the … (25 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: Boca Raton Home Staging- Want Your Buyers to Fall in Love With Your Home? Then You Need To Know Their Hot Buttons! - 02/16/12 06:51 AM
Want your buyers to fall in love with your home?  Then you need to know their hot buttons. Selling your home in Boca Raton, Delray or anywhere in Palm Beach County is no different from anywhere else.  Your house needs to be in move-in ready condition and appeal to a broad range of Buyers.  A recent survey of over 2200 first time home buyers by Trulia asked men and women what features made them fall in love with a house.   How can this help you …. The Seller?  Well, as you are preparing your home for sale you may want to … (39 comments)

home staging tips in palm beach county: HOME STAGING AND REDESIGN--COLOR BALANCE - 02/14/12 07:30 PM
Being a Libra, balance is very important to me.  Too heavy furniture at one end of the room.... everything on one wall.... a heavy color at one end of the room.... these can throw a room off.  If you have a room that should look good but for some reason something strikes you as being a little off... step back and see how everything balances.  
One of my favorite Home Stagers in Hawaii, Janet Jones, has written an excellent post about Color Balance.  She shows us with her Before and After photos and then explains how easy it was to … (1 comments)