Really good post. This post shows the differences between agents and agencies...how they are willing to market.

Juliet: This is a great post. Staging can make a big difference in selling a home

This is a prime example of why I love Active Rain.    All the wonderful common sense ideas...

Great post.

Great Post, Thanks for the information. Keep up the great blogs. Very interesting. I enjoyed reading your blog.

Juliet, good ideas and suggestions to make homes more appealing and easier to sell.

Hi Retha - I agree, one finds the answer to every question on AR! Thanks for stopping by -

and thank you Steve... the more appealing a home on a pure gut level, the wider the base of potential customers. Hope your market is still ticking along?

Jerry - kind of you to swing in, I appreciate the positive feedback.

Roland - I think it's the competitive advantage that GOOD staging can offer, that is the most effective way to "prop up price" so to speak.  Although I drove past a house today that's been on the market for ages and the window treatments look ridiculous from the OUTSIDE; I dread to think what the inside looks like.  One always forgets curb appeal.

Team DiMuria - that's a fun comment - the difference between agents and agencies.  D'you have more on the topic?  I'd love to put it on the FB group.

This is great Juliet!  You do need to address all the senses for sure. I will go over and check the Facebook group out.

Sense marketing -- I think your points have a place in describing or marketing Home Staging.  Maybe something more general along the lines of "Home Staging allows sellers to appeal to a buyer's senses".  Post more as you come up with more ideas!

LKP - you would do me great honor by joining the group there.. not that I have any idea what a Facebook Group is supposed to be.  I just know that all the IM gurus are there, and Marty Geraughty says he has gotten 3 jobs from there within the last month, so I'm assuming the momentum pendulum has swung in that direction.  Twitter is still fragmented and hard to see the benefit - other than a kind of Instant Messaging for the IM guys.

You know, Tori Lynn - I like that a lot  -- "Home Staging allows sellers to appeal to a buyer's senses."  For those of us still in the justification of staging part of the process, that is a great way of putting it.  Thank you.

Great post Juliet!

I think there should be different smells for the season. Cinnamon works great around the holidays, in the winter. Some use Pure Citrus, which would be great in the summer or year round. I personally like a warm vanilla scent. Lavender, sandalwood and floral makes me nauseated. Isn't it crazy how different scents do different things to different people? I think it is best to be VERY subtle. Maybe Febreeze is the answer. 

Juliet, there's a related article entitled "Design for the Senses" on HGTV's website that I saw advertised today on TV which also has some great ideas we can incorporate into homes we're staging:

www.HGTV.com/senses

Thanks all for the refresher...I DO believe as a Realtor that these things work, I've witnessed it first hand.  You can tell when a buyer goes beyond first impression into attachment and visualizing themselves doing an activity or placing their things.  It is an evoking of an emotional need, and/or the senses as you describe that brings them to that place, which is the next step in buying...in their mind and onto the paper. 

Very nice thoughts, and very nicely staged post. I love AR everyone has something different to offer, where you learn from everyone's experience.

Juliet - very nice blog.I will check out the facebook blog as well. thanks for the info you are always a wealth of knowledge! Kym

"Aye, Kymbo, a verrritabull foun'ain of information tharrr, that spews forth me hartees!!"

Sorry, it's been a Sponge Bob Weekend, here in the Johnson Household!

Maureen, I'm away to the HGTV's 'Design for the Senses' - it is infernally annoying to have ideas bombard all the time one only to be reminded of all the other places they can be found.  Glenn Dietzl says that we live in the Recommendation Era- where readers/viewers/clients want us to reflect on the information available and give our own spin.  This is my defense.

He says: -

Wisdom = knowledge + reflection

I merely share my spin on things as they occur to me.  Don't we all do the same?

Juliet,

The one about using a different scent in each room is a new one on me. I'm going o give it a try. Thanks!

Common sense and engaging the 5 senses - that is staging!

That's a great idea about using different smells for different rooms. Very nice post.

Juliet, great post.  I do want to add that, like Amy, I think you need to be very subtle with scents.  I am allergic to certain scents...as are my sister and mother.  If Febreeze were used in a home, we would have to exit asap.  Just like when a woman puts on too much perfume, a house that is overly scented can be offensive, especially to those of us who are sensitive.

I know exactly what you mean about ferocious perfumes... but you know there is an anti-allergen Fabreze... have you tried that one, Sharon and Amy?