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Home staging tips, tools, & transformationsWhite Plains Home Staging: Call in the Cavalry
With only three days to stage this 4,200-square-foot White Plains home, we call in the Cavalry—in the form of Shelley Wells of Altered Interiors in Bedford, NY—to help finish the job she began.This project starts almost five months prior to AtWell Staged Home’s...
Empty Nesters Stage to Sell
Many home owners who become empty nesters stage to sell when trading larger homes for smaller abodes.“The time to have the map is before you enter the woods.” This is a reminder that road maps exist for just about every journey we can imagine. And even after 14 years...
Speed Decorating (aka Home Staging) Leads to Speedy Sale in Heritage Hills
Speed decorating (aka Home Staging) leads to a speedy sale in Heritage Hills, with 7 offers and a final sale price of $61k, or 9.4%, over asking.Over the years, many people have heard me refer to my style of home staging as speed decorating. Why do I describe it that...
Home Staging: With a Little Help from a Pro
Can you stage your own home?Sure. Just like you can sell your own home, cut your own hair, do your own taxes, diagnose your own illness, and represent yourself in a court of law. Now, if you’re thinking that some, or even all, of those things might be better done with...
Great Editing: The Secret to Home Staging
The secret to home staging is great editing.You have a choice. Write an article for your local paper OR edit one you have already written. You have one hour. I’m a huge fan of collaboration. I’m also all about efficiency. Given the challenge above, I choose editing...
Mohegan Lake Home Staging
Mohegan Lake home staging leads to a quick sale after a slow start due to the impending statewide shutdown.We’re ready to stage. Furniture delivery is set for Monday, and it’s looking like the state may shut down as early as that following Friday, so we have to make a...
Home Staging: You Had Me at Hello
Home staging has this home buyer at hello with a full-asking-price offer accepted prior to listing.Let’s begin with what executor Kirsten has to say about staging her friend’s Heritage Hills, Somers, NY, condo.What a pleasure to work with Susan! I was the executor of...
Decorating Your Home to Dwell or to Sell
Using what you already have to update, decorate, or sell.By Susan Atwell as published in The Somers Record Can a home be decorated to either dwell or sell in just a day using only what already exists there? How do you stage or redesign a home when there is...
Yonkers Vacant Home Staging
Yonkers vacant home staging helps buyers see the best this home has to offer, leading to a sale within hours of listing.Pat is first referred to AtWell Staged Home four years earlier, by her agent Ken Wile of Redfin, when she has to clear out, prepare, stage, and sell...
The Science of Home Staging: Solid Proof that Will Help You Sell Faster
By Susan Atwell as published in The Somers Record I may have a BA in English, but my passions lie in the sciences and math. After a few years in the business world, my love for logic evolved into a successful career as a computer scientist. So when I first heard that...