I recently read an article in our local paper about selling homes with Feng Shui.  They illustrated a home that was on the market for a very long time.  After the Feng Shui Master came in and used Feng Shui on the same house - it sold a week later.  I don't go as far as burying Saints in the corner of homes, but I do believe in applying the basic prinicples of Feng Shui, which by the way are pretty much in line with Home Staging. 

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement used to create balance, harmony and well-being.  I think we all do that when it comes to Home Staging.  The most important thing about Feng Shui is maintaining or creating the flow of chi or energy.  There are different ways to go addressing that, in terms of decluttering, and making sure the five elements are in alignment (using different colors, accessories and shape).  For those who have studied Feng Shui, you know that is very simplified version of using the art of Feng Shui.  For those who still aren't sure what it is, Feng Shui, according to Steve Kodad, who has a book out called "Feng Shui for the Real Estate Agent," is the study of the impact our environment has on our personal energy.  Have you ever entered into a house that felt right?  Perhaps you relaxed in a peaceful garden or you walked into the room and it was warm and inviting?  That can be attributed to either really good staging or feng shui, or both.

Home Staging with Feng Shui sold my staged property in 2 days!

When I staged a property for a realtor/investor, for some reason, I really took great care making sure the colors were right, closing the drains and bathroom toilets (don't want money leaking out), and creating a good energy or chi.  I normally apply basic principles of Feng Shui in all my properties but not necessariy, worrying about all the color quandrants and the 5 elements, definitely not worry about stopping up drains.  In this case, I did.  The house sold in 2 days.  I had the privilege of meeting the realtor who sold this home to his buyer, he recently called me to stage a property of his.  He works out in the South part of town and sold it to the other end, North part of town to show it.  He loved what I did with what would have been a nice, very neutralized vacant carriage home, but said, the staging (and he didn't know I Feng Shui'd it) had a great feel and made a great impression on the buyers. 

Here are some photos of before and after.

Now that I think about it, I should go back to my other staged properties to apply some more Feng Shui principles.  The real estate market is hurting, we are 90-days plus days average on the market in Charlotte.  See you, off Feng Shui'ing I go.