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home staging: Get Them In The Door - The Appeal Of Curb Appeal - 08/09/07 12:47 PM
I love the european approach to enhancing a home. It's about personality, color and uniqueness. It is easy to be drawn down a narrow street curious to find out what is around the next corner. Colorful plants draw the eye and brightly painted doors and awnings shine against stone and stucco walls.
Home sellers could learn much from our European brothers and sisters. First impressions matter. The view from the street can determine whether a buyer will ever see the great fireplace in the family room.
Curb appeal is a powerful marketing tool! Stand on the street in front of your home. (Check for … (13 comments)
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home staging: Where do you DWELL? - 06/20/07 10:48 AM
Or more importantly, where do you want to?
I am a lover of modern architecture, I can spend hours pouring over "shelter" magazines. My favorites? Dwell tops the list, followed quickly by Metropolitan Home. . . I adore flipping through the glossy pages filled with clean, modern rooms boasting large expanses of glass. These rooms evoke the indoor/ outdoor lifestyle that I love. Natural light pours through the windows and illuminates the sleek modern furnishings that make my heart beat a little faster.
I have such respect and appreciation for these architectural gems that meld beautifully into the landscape and cradle their … (17 comments)
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home staging: Staging Gives Purpose to Awkward Spaces - 06/01/07 09:57 AM
Loft. . .den/bedroom. . .multipurpose room. . .bonus room. . .nook. Realtors use a myriad of creative phrases to describe awkward and questionable spaces. They know that buyers have a difficult time visualizing uses for all of the rooms in a house, especially those that have an unusual placement or configuration.
I recently completed staging a vacant home that had one of those rooms that makes buyers question its purpose. The room was small, with a large window and two doors, one to the living room the other to a bathroom that opened to the laundry room. The room did have … (12 comments)
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home staging: Making Minnesota Homes Sell Faster! - 05/31/07 10:38 AM
When selling a home in Brainerd, MN homeowners have the competitive advantageif they are savvy enough to hire Kathleen Lordbock of Re$ale Design and Home Staging. Together with her daughter Allison, this dynamic pair brings organizational expertise and design flair to every project.
In a sluggish home market, a properly merchandised home stands out from the competition enticing buyers to make offers! Remember, the home buying process is an emotional one and Kathleen and Allison are skilled at creating interiors that capture the hearts of buyers.
When preparing to sell a home in Brainerd, MN the first call you should make is to … (11 comments)
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home staging: From Empty and Drab to Furnished and Fab - 05/25/07 09:50 AM
I was recently referred to some savvy homeowners by an agent I met as a result of a "warm cold call". They had just finished rehabbing a lovely home in Homer Glen, Illinios and wanted to bring in a stager to consult before putting the home on the market.
The home is a 3000 sq ft two story with six bedrooms. Yes, SIX bedrooms! Talk about a family home! It is nestled on a wooded 1.5 acre lot and has all the modern amenities. Much time, money and effort went into creating a lovely home, but in a vacant state the … (15 comments)
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home staging: Meet My Alter Ego - 05/15/07 03:05 PM
As many of you know, I am both a professional home stager and a Realtor. I've struggled a bit with the duality of the roles. . . how to do both well, how to market myself, etc. I even wrote a blog to gain some perspective from all of you. I have to admit to being a little surprised at the positive response I received as a result. I am in an area of the country where staging is underutilized, thus my motivation to launch One Savvy Move Home Staging and Room Redesign.
I truly think that home sellers are being shortchanged … (5 comments)
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home staging: The Warm Cold Call. . . - 05/12/07 12:23 PM
In order to get business, you have to ask for business. Staging is a benefit to the homeowner and to the agent, but we as professional stagers have to get out there and prove it. I for one hate to cold call! I am not incredibly fond of rejection and I know how cold calling works. Rejection, rejection, rejection. . .score! Way more rejections than sales. Not my favorite activity.
The other day, I was perusing the listings and status changes on my local MLS and all of a sudden I was compelled to pick up the phone. It was my moral … (13 comments)
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home staging: The Magic of Staging - 04/26/07 02:24 PM
Remember back to the last time you went house hunting. It can be a daunting and exhausting experience. You meet your agent, who excitedly tells you about the homes scheduled for the day. They all sound fantastic. You set out with hope and optimism that today you find a new "home".
But with each stop, your optimism wanes. The decor needs updating, the tile is cracked the countertops are just plain ugly! You think about all the work it will take to make this a home you love.
Love, that is the key to a home purchase. When you enter a home and … (2 comments)
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home staging: Builders are "Building" a Need for Home Stagers - 04/13/07 11:30 AM
Many of you read my post this week about having the opportunity to bid on staging a custom builder's model. In preparation, I took some time to walk through other model homes in the area. I'll call it "checking out the competition!"
As I was standing in a model talking to a sales agent, I suddenly realized I was shaking hands and talking to someone who desperately needs my services! Did the builder's agent have a home to stage? No. But she has buyers with contracts to purchase the homes she sells and those buyers can't close the deal until their current home sells! … (10 comments)
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Lori Gilmore - One Savvy Move Home Staging
Joliet,
IL
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