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What's the Word Wednesday? Simplicity

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Real Estate Sales Representative with RE/MAX Preferred RS152252A

 

Simplicity.  

Keeping your home simple makes it a pleasure to come home to.  Simple things like a pretty print that reminds you of a valued vacation.  A pillow that reminds you to smile.  Photographs of your favorite people.  When selling your home, a stager will instruct you to de-clutter.  They will suggest you hide what makes your house a home to you.  I agree with many things that stagers suggest but I do not ever recommend stripping the home of what makes it feel happy.  Simplicity is happiness in it's purest form.  Too much of anything looks cluttered.  Some things that make you smile sprinkled throughout your home gives it personality and allows a buyer to feel happy while there.  

Simple muted colors on the walls and flooring.

Simple and plain furniture with a few colors thrown in with pillows.  A room that invites a buyer to sit and feel your home.  I often sit with buyers in a seller's family room.  Giving a buyer a chance to feel what makes your home a happy one.

A few happy photographs.  A buyer can picture themselves smiling in this house.

Beds neatly made.  Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash

Front walk and step swept with a simple wreath on the front door.

A pretty bouquet of flowers on the kitchen table.

Simplicity.

Looking to sell your home?  Your home is your castle and I'd like to stand beside you, offering suggestions on how to keep the process as simple and as stress-free as possible.

Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash

Cover Photo by Sean Wells on Unsplash

 

 

 

Posted by

Susan C. Mangigian

re/max preferred
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JL Boney, III
Coldwell Banker - Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC Real Estate

Simple is always a good thing. I am not listing it anytime soon but I have been trying my best to de-clutter my house lately.

Feb 07, 2018 12:28 PM
Susan Mangigian

I try every day.  It's an uphill battle for me, even now, living by myself!

Feb 07, 2018 01:38 PM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

I am not the best person to speak about de cluttering, I don't think antique dealers ever are, even when they lay aside their dealing. But, I do like simplicity, simple lines of furniture, not too many colors etc. A home has to have warmth, without that there can be no fun.

Feb 07, 2018 02:53 PM
Susan Mangigian

I also like a little bit of quirky personal touches.  Funny things.  I'll never be neat and spare in my decorating.  But my home, people tell me, is warm and inviting.

Feb 07, 2018 02:57 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Susan- this is why I'd rather work with occupied homes using what the seller has. That way it won't look so "staged." I'm with you ...keep it simple and had some human touch that lets the buyer know that people live there. 

Feb 09, 2018 06:50 PM
Susan Mangigian

Agreed!!

Feb 11, 2018 01:09 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

            

                            Thank you Susan Mangigian 

Feb 10, 2018 06:04 PM
Susan Mangigian

Thank you so much Kathy!! Much appreciated!

Feb 11, 2018 01:09 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Apex Realtors, LLC ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
Educating. Encouraging. Serving.

Good morning Susan Mangigian,

I'm so glad that Kathy Streib featured your post on her "Ah-Ha" moments for the week. Simplicity when decorating your home is the key for welcoming people into your home..whether selling or just living in your home. The past 5 years I've been de-cluttering and I love the clean lines and warm feel when I walk in the door now.

Feb 11, 2018 06:08 AM
Susan Mangigian

I've been attempting to declutter for a while.  A friend actually bought me the book Life Changing something or other of decluttering.  I managed to give away a good number of my books that way.  And clean out my closet!


 

Feb 11, 2018 01:10 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
REMAX Preferred - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Way to go on being mentioned in Kathy's weekly wrap up this week!

Feb 11, 2018 07:17 AM
Susan Mangigian

Thank you Kristin!

Feb 11, 2018 01:10 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

So glad Kathy featured this today. I love this post and look forward to reading more from you. D 

Feb 11, 2018 10:53 AM
Susan Mangigian

Thank you Deb!  I started the What's the Word Wednesday group here on Active rain and it would be great if a bunch of other writers joined in.  I used to pick a word at random but now I am in another small group on Facebook and we all do the same word, although there are only 4 of us.


 

Feb 11, 2018 01:11 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Simple and to the point! And an excellent point it is! Keep it Simple is a good mantra to live by!

Feb 11, 2018 01:17 PM
Susan Mangigian

thank you Sharon!


 

Feb 11, 2018 01:26 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Susan

Simplicity, in our homes and our lives, can be a very good thing but easier to achieve, or even to define, for some than others. And no doubt it depends on how they live and what they are used to to begin with. Getting a home ready to sell can be a real challenge for some who live with all sorts of personal things, while much easier for others.

Jeff

Feb 11, 2018 01:31 PM
Susan Mangigian

I am finding it a ton easier now that I live alone but as for my office... it's all on me. Totally an uphill battle.

Feb 11, 2018 01:33 PM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I also don't believe it has to be nothing homey and personal in a home to market it.  I love sellers to have great family photos of them having fun at the lake in the houses on the market.  Other families can easily picture their family making those same memories.

Feb 11, 2018 08:13 PM
Susan Mangigian

I agree.  I love showing homes that have personal photos and mementos.

Feb 12, 2018 10:44 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Hi Susan, thank goodness I've never been into filling up my home with a bunch of "stuff". Easier to pack up and move which I have been doing a lot lately. 

Feb 12, 2018 06:54 AM
Susan Mangigian

I can't say that.  I have a ton of "stuff"!

Feb 12, 2018 10:44 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

So true.   I can't remember how often I ave seen a home that was simplicity...simply horrible!

Feb 12, 2018 08:07 AM
Susan Mangigian

hahahaha!

Feb 12, 2018 10:44 AM
John Wiley
Fort Myers, FL
Lee County, FL, ECO Broker, GRI, SRES,GREEN,PSA

I had not thought to use the term "simplicity" for the home.

But, I think it is an appropriate word when applied to a home going on the market.

I am careful not to use the term "declutter" as many see their clutter as their treasures.

Some homes just need to be simplified.

Thanks

Feb 13, 2018 04:25 AM