Home Staging is the use of marketing and decorating techniques to create an environment & lifestyle that buyers want. When you put your house on the market it becomes a product, something for sell. For a product to sell, it has to be successfully marketed and that is where Home-A-Dress comes in. We want to create emotions and "Lifestyle Illusions" throughout the house so the buyers feel that they have to have what they see. We want them to think, “I want this house." And here is how we make that happen....
The 5 D's of a successfully staged home:
1. Digest – Room by room we will walk through and take note of our first impressions. What grabs us, what glares at us, and what gives to us a feeling of home?
2. De-Clutter – We will start packing things away in order to create a more open and spacious feel. People buy square footage.
3. De-personalize – In order for a buyer to feel at home, we must do-away-with the feeling of this being someone else’s home. We’ll therefore “de-personalize” the space while retaining its warmth.
4. Deep Cleaning – The dirty work is sometimes overlooked because you’ve lived here for so long. Let’s get rid of the buyers’ mental “repair list” by doing it ourselves.
5. Add Dram, Drama, Drama – We want to create the “WOW” factor. We will update the style so the buyers feel they are getting the latest and greatest. This is the main focus of our strategy.
Finding the focal points, we will emphasize what is great about the room and detract from the negative aspects. We build these connection points so the buyers subconsciously desire "this" house. By utilizing lighting and color, we make each room into a bright, warm, and inviting space that buyers will better respond to.
These 5 keys help us at Home-A-Dress create a warm and inviting atmosphere that will apeal to a broad market of potential homebuyers.
Shawn Parker
Home-A-Dress
404 308-4414
Home-A-Dress@yahoo.com
37 Comments on WHAT IS HOME STAGING? The Five D's..
Hi Shawn,
Great post! Your right with the "D's" they are very important, thanks for sharing them. Welcome to AR!
Wow,
Thanks to everyone for all the love and encouragement. You guys all made my day. I will do my best to continue to contribute ensightful, thought provoking, and memorable blogs. Thanks to everyone for "laying out the welcome mat".
Shawn
p.s. Ginger- I like the Update idea, I think maybe "bring up to Date", upDate, or MoDernize are your best options for D #6.
Hi Shawn, Welcome to AR. What a knowledgeable stager and blogger you are! Thanks for sharing
Glad you are here, Leslie
Hi shawn,
Welcome to ar!! Loved the post I am going to use the 5 D's to get my client who is stuck in the 80's to be more on board with my ideas. I know your post will help.
Vickie, It is my hope that all Real Estate Agents will use the 5 D's when explaining what staging is and how it can help.
Maria, I do hope that my post will help.
Ardell, Deep clean last? Hey, whatever works,lol..
-Happy Staging-
Thanks to all again for the warm welcome.
Shawn
Hi, Shawn! I love this post! I am definitely going to talk to my team about using the 5 Ds with some of our sellers. Perhaps it would finally make them understand...
By the way, my favorite is De-Clutter. We have so many clients with abundant collections of tchotchkes...sometimes I just can't take it!
~Maura Gebhardt
Thanks Maura,
It is my dream that all Realtors will talk to their sellers and tell them how great an investment "stagers". And also I hope that "stagers" will become as synonymous with selling a home as Realtors are.
Shawn
Thanks Kathleen- From your lips to God's ears :)
shawn