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 … (13 comments)
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 … (17 comments)
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. … (12 comments)
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 … (11 comments)
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 … (15 comments)
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 … (5 comments)
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 … (13 comments)
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 … (2 comments)
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, … (10 comments)
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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. 
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