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"Home Staging Tips ~ Make a Connection with Buyers!"

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"Home Staging Tips ~ Making a Connection with Buyers!"

As a Home Stager I try to make a connection with potential buyers with every home I stage.  Creating an environment that allows buyer's to see themselves living in a home that they are previewing.  In one of my previous post's I talked about how using the same color throughout your home gives it a cohesive look and allows the buyers eyes and minds to rest without an emotional jolt of different colors from room to room. 

You want to create a sense of peace and calmness throughout your home.  Besides color one other way is to create vignettes that tell a story or create a scene that will again let the buyers see themselves living there.  It could be an outdoor setting by the pool with some lounge chairs and a pitcher, drinking glasses and a garden magazine.  It could be vegetables on a cutting board ready to be chopped and put in a pot to make some homemade soup.  Let the buyers envision being a part of your home, entertaining, having fun and enjoying themselves. 

 

Let your Home be a Captivating Home that buyers find irresistible!

 

Can you just see yourself relaxing by the pool!

Lounging as you sip some Lemonade and read a Garden Magazine!

How about sitting by the Fire pit at Sunset and roasting Marshmallows!

Don't have a pool outback no problem....   you can create the same scene indoors as well!

I don't know if everyone loves Chocolate like I do...  but if Chocolate is a favorite of yours create a scene with it!

Soft tones in the Living Room or in the first room you walk into always help to set the tone for the rest of the house!

Of course we don't want to forget the Romance in the Master Bedroom...  candles, refreshments and luxurious bedding give any home a feel of a Retreat or Getaway from it all!

Are you allowing your potential buyers to see themselves living in your home?

Or Entertaining there???

Make an emotional connection with every potential buyer that walks through your door!!!

 

 

"Because you never get a second chance...   to make a Great First Impression!"

 

Linda D. Pufford, ASPM, IAHSP

Accredited Staging Professional MASTER

Real Estate/Home Staging ~ Interior Redesign ~ Color Consulting

707.217.0817

lpufford@withdivinestyle.com

www.withdivinestyle.com

Serving the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

 

 

If you would like help creating environments that connect with buyers please give us a call.  We offer complimentary estimates of our Services and we would be happy to serve you!!!

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Noah Levy
Coldwell Banker - Highland Park, IL
Coldwell Banker Highland Park IL

Your staging is awesome!!!! Your clients must be thrilled with the after look

May 29, 2011 02:09 AM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Linda, you did a fantastic staging job with this home. There should be not problem with selling this one. Good Job!

May 29, 2011 02:52 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Linda ~ what beautiful staging projects! This time of year especially it's great to see those outdoor pool and patio scenes.  Makes a buyer want to write an offer on the spot!   P.S.  Congrats on the Feature!

May 29, 2011 05:02 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Noah,  Thank you so much for the nice compliment...  I really appreciate it.  I do hope this home sellings quickly....  we have worked with this client before and would really like to in the future as well.  Thanks for stopping by!

May 29, 2011 06:43 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Michael,  Thank you for the encouragement and kind words I really am grateful for it.  We are sure hoping it will be a quick sale!  Thank you for stopping by and commenting...  it means a lot to me!

May 29, 2011 06:47 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Maureen,  Thank you so much for your encouraging words.  You have always been a role model for me and I consider you one of the best and greatest stagers there has ever been....  so your kind words mean so much to me.  Thank you again Maureen... I am so grateful and really appreciate it!!! 

May 29, 2011 06:52 AM
Bob & Leilani Souza
Souza Realty 916.408.5500 - Roseville, CA
Greater Sacramento Area Homes, Land & Investments

Linda, I loved all of your staging photos and it's hard to pick a favorite...but I really liked your lemons-in-the-pitcher and of course, the chocolate scene! I'm bookmarking this to re-blog later. :)

Leilani

May 29, 2011 07:14 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Leilani,  Yes, I think the lemons and the chocolate are definitely the winners for this post!  Thanks for the kind words and for bookmarking it for a future re-blog.  That is so nice of you and I really appreciate it!!!  Thanks again Leilani!

May 29, 2011 07:26 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566
There is a story at each little vignette photographed for this house!
May 29, 2011 09:03 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Cheryl,  That's my hope... to create a story or scene that connect's with every potential buyer that walks through the door.  I hope you were able to connect with this home as well.  Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting Cheryl...  I really appreciate it!!!

May 29, 2011 09:50 AM
Anna Dovger
Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX
Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

Linda, congrats on feature. No wonder, I feel connected ;-) beautiful job

May 29, 2011 03:17 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Anna,  Thank you so much my friend... coming from you it means so much to me.  You are a fantastic home stager and you have a heart of gold...  I am so glad we are friends...  I appreciate you so much!!!

May 29, 2011 03:21 PM
Beverly Carlson
Carlson Properties 325-721-2429 - Abilene, TX
Abilene's Staging Realtor

Linda,

What a great blog. I like the closet with the robes and shopping bags, I got to spend two nights in a bed and breakfast and they had a white robe lying on the bed and I was so impressed!

The chocolate scene is so appealing. Who doesn't like chocolate? Isn't it one of the 4 food groups?

 

 

May 29, 2011 03:59 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Beverly,  Thank you, the Master Bedroom is a perfect place to make a connection with potential buyers.  Everyone loves a retreat or as you suggested a Bed & Breakfast and allowing a buyer to feel like the home they are previewing is a place to get away from it all makes that connection.  Buyers really are looking for a lifestyle and possibly one better than they already have right now.  We need to help them see that in the homes we stage. 

Thanks for stopping by... I just love your comment and really appreciate it!!!

May 29, 2011 05:38 PM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Good morning Linda.

This is a great post...Beautiful presentation...

Wishing you a great day.

May 29, 2011 10:43 PM
Rob Spinosa
US Bank - Larkspur, CA
Mortgage Loan Originator, Marin County

So it's true then that God (or the Devil...depending on whom you believe...) dwells in the details.  Seriously, great work.

May 30, 2011 01:49 AM
Kathy Burke
Sensational Home Staging~~Danville, CA - Danville, CA
S.F. East Bay Home Staging

Very nice staging!!!!!  Any potential buyer will be very impressed!

May 30, 2011 03:29 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Joshua,  Thank you so much you are always so kind with your comments!  Especially coming from you with all your talent it really means a lot to me!

May 31, 2011 09:27 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Rob,  I would have to say that GOD really does dwell in the details.... for me He dwells in everything!  Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you for the kind words...  much appreciated!

May 31, 2011 09:29 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Kathy,  Thank you so much for stopping by and for the very nice comment...  I really do appreciate it and it means a lot to me!

May 31, 2011 09:32 PM