home staging: My Favorite Home Staging Transformation of 2008 - 12/30/08 01:51 PM
At the request of Kathy Nielsen via her blog post "Home Stagers - Post Your Favorite Staging Transformation of 2008" I hereby submit my personal favorite transformation from the past year.
BEFORE The living room furniture (two sofas, two chairs, and several tables) was crowded into the smaller end and the more spacious area … (11 comments)
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home staging: Home Staging 101...The Big Furniture Goes In The Bigger Room - 11/25/08 08:22 PM
If you are preparing your home for sale and are having trouble with furniture placement, the answer may be in switching the furniture from one room to another. After many years of living with a certain furniture arrangement, many sellers can't visualize it any other way. Most furniture is placed for comfort … (20 comments)
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home staging: Who Buys A House Because They Feel Sorry For It? - 09/24/08 01:04 PM
I've always been a cheerleader of the underdog, a supporter of the helpless. I feel bad for the person who doesn't fit in or is standing alone at a social event.
I loved when Harry Higgins turned Eliza Doolittle into My Fair Lady
and when
Cinderella got transformed for the ball.
… (34 comments)
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home staging: Even When I Pick Peaches, I'm Thinking Home Staging - 08/31/08 04:54 PM
Today was perfect! The sun was shining, there was a refreshing breeze...perfect day to go pick peaches. There is nothing like the taste of a just picked, juicy peach on a beautiful summer day in New England.
Of course, my "stager" mind came up with an analogy while I was … (28 comments)
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home staging: Declutter + Depersonalize = Deposit? Depends... - 08/17/08 11:37 AM
Home staging is one of the best marketing tools and many consider it their secret weapon against the competition. However, it is not a magic wand and it is not the be all, end all to getting your house sold.
If your house is over priced, staged or not, it will sit until … (12 comments)
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home staging: Why Should Realtors Partner With Stagers When They Can Have All The Fun To Themselves? - 07/20/08 06:54 PM
In a recent post "Realtors Have it Easy" I wrote about just how overworked and under appreciated Realtors are. It seems to me that partnering with a professional home stager, who they could recommend to their clients, could ease some of that pressure.
I am wondering...
Would a Realtor's job be a bit easier … (22 comments)
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home staging: Don't Donate Until After The Home Stager Visits...Charity Begins at Home! - 06/16/08 02:18 PM
When it comes to my home staging business in New Hampshire, my tag line "creative and unique solutions one room at a time" is much more than just a tag line. As a home stager, it is a way of life.
I find that more often than not, creativity plays a … (8 comments)
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home staging: Good News: Home Staging is Not a Common Practice in New Hampshire - 06/03/08 06:30 PM
Planning on selling your house in New Hampshire? The fact that most New Hampshire home sellers do not consult with a home stager is very good news! Good news for you, and any other seller who chooses to professionally stage their house.
This is also very good news to the Realtors listing the staged homes.
Any time someone … (12 comments)
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home staging: Don't Suntan With Limes and Don't Shower With A Fever - Who Knew? - 05/19/08 03:13 PM
Have you ever had or heard of any strange medical conditions or experiences that without having experienced or heard about first hand, you would never have known about. Life is full of little lessons that come to us only by way of experience.
I have a couple of examples:
Years ago, my daughter developed a very … (17 comments)
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home staging: Yard Sales - A Guide to Navigating the High Seas of Weekend Merchandising - 05/16/08 01:55 PM
It's that time of year again...I go sailing every weekend.
I'm not sailing on water, I'm cruising the streets of New Hampshire.
I am a pirate of sorts, searching for treasure.
I venture off each Saturday morning on my quest for treasures at local yard sales. It used to be just a passion, … (9 comments)
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home staging: Make Your Own Music Videos - Free, Easy and Very Awesome! - 05/09/08 10:23 AM
If you haven't discovered Animoto yet...you are really missing out on the opportunity to create awesome music videos of your photos. I have made several and every one came out great.
It is really fun and simple to use. Upload your own photos, put them in the order you want, choose … (12 comments)
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home staging: Replacing Family Photographs With a Gift to the Buyer - 05/05/08 07:43 PM
A recent staging job has resulted in a creative way to replace personal photos. This home had a beautiful arrangement of photos on a wall. The family photos had to go, but the arrangement really worked well there.
Here is a photo of what the wall arrangement
looked liked. The wall would … (50 comments)
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home staging: The Fat Lady is Singing! Dover NH Condo Transformation Final Photos! - 04/20/08 07:51 PM
Final photos are in...this is the end of the road... the fat lady is singing!
For those of you who have been wondering "when will it end" "how much longer can this series be?" Your prayers have been answered, this is the big finale!
The Master Bedroom....
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home staging: Final Photos are In...Our Project is Wrapping Up - Dover NH Condo Part 10 - 04/17/08 07:02 PM
We aren't totally finished our "not-so-extreme" make-over yet, but we are close enough for some "After" photos. I first posted on this project back on March 3 and considering we only had weekends and some evenings to work on it, we made pretty good time. Since my daughter has actually moved in and we … (20 comments)
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home staging: Selling a NH Seacoast Home? Staging for Sensory Appeal is the Secret! - 04/12/08 10:59 PM
Preparing your home for sale?
You are not alone, many New Hampshire Seacoast homeowners are hoping to find a buyer, and your home has plenty of competition on the market. To guarantee you make the best impression on buyers I suggest you keep in mind that "sensory" appeal is just as important as … (0 comments)
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home staging: From "Charming" to "Functional" using Shelves - Condo Transformation Part 8 - 03/24/08 07:53 PM
When you are making home improvements to a home built in 1880 you come across some interesting features. For instance, closets. Closets back then were not very deep, not deep enough to hang coats on hangers like we do today.
The closets in our project condo have hooks running across the … (10 comments)
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home staging: You Don't Always Get it Right the First Time...Condo Transformation Part 7 - 03/24/08 06:58 PM
Every home improvement job has the potential for that moment where you stand back and take in what you have done and it just doesn't thrill you. This is what happened in the kitchen of our project condo.
In Part 4 of this series, there are pictures of the new kitchen tile. We originally … (8 comments)
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home staging: What a Difference a Light Makes! Condo Transformation Part 6 - 03/18/08 07:16 PM
When it comes to "bang for your buck" nothing beats painting...however, coming in at a close second would be, my favorite improvement...updating the light fixtures. My experience has been that most sellers never even consider the light fixtures and what an impact they can make.
This is an area where a little money … (18 comments)
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home staging: Nana's Dresser Goes Heavy Metal - Dover NH Condo Transformation Part 5 - 03/18/08 11:27 AM
Another weekend spent at the condo we are helping my daughter remodel. Lots of progress this week. More painting, of course...will the painting ever end? More work on the tile, it is complete in the kitchen and a small amount of tile in the bath is next on the list.
All new light fixtures were … (23 comments)
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home staging: Kitchen Tile, Nasty Carpet, Nana's Dresser...Dover NH Condo Transform Part 4 - 03/10/08 07:53 PM
We spent all day Saturday and Sunday at the condo and I have lots of photos to share with you. We are very excited about the kitchen, where the most dramatic transformation is taking place.
We have tile on our little breakfast bar and kitchen wall.
It isn't grouted yet, … (9 comments)
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