A Well Staged Home: 3rd Time’s the Charm
Vacant 1,400 square-foot cottage decorated using the seller’s own furniture and accessories finally sells – third time around. First attempt to sell comes when the home is occupied. Second attempt, after the owners move out, and the home is vacant. Third and...Selling or Renting, Home Staging Consultations Prove it Pays to Stage
2-hour home staging consultation transforms small Heritage Hills Somers NY condo. Home looks good enough to sell and rents on first listing day. After inheriting a condo, the owners aren’t sure if they should rent or sell. Their agent advises them to stage –...
Sold On Heritage Hills Somers NY
Buyers can be choosy when selecting a home in Heritage Hills Somers NY, a 2,700-unit condo community. To stand out and sell quickly, agent and seller choose home staging. Staging leads to over 40 showings in 3 months for this rare 2-bedroom, 1,600-square-foot...One Day Decorating Leads to One Day Home Sale
Home staged on advice of agent sells on first listing day. The sellers are not convinced home staging will make a difference in their home sale. A two income family with three young children does not have a lot of time, money, or energy to prepare their home for sale....Home Staging Unifies Spaces Separated by Time
Home staging expert Susan Atwell makes a May-December romance in home styles engaging. Most home owners have plans to fully renovate their home before selling. But sometimes, a home needs to be sold before all updates are complete. The challenge: Use home staging to...Our Most Popular Articles
Stage It! Sell It!
See how you don’t need to do “big” things to get “big” results when decorating your home to sell (or dwell).
Read more…
Selling an Inherited Home: What You Need to Know
Having purchased, staged, and viewed so many homes and estates over the years, I’ve compiled a few lessons learned to help you when selling an inherited home.
Read more…
Decorating Your Home to Dwell or to Sell
Can a home be decorated to either dwell or sell in just a day? The answer is, start with what you already have.
Read more…
The Science of Home Staging: Solid Proof that Will Help You Sell Faster
So when I first heard that staged homes sell faster than unstaged homes, it seemed to make sense, but I still wondered, How do they really know?
Read more…
How Home Staging Can Help You Avoid a Price Reduction
Home staging will transform your home into the one that buyers can’t resist. For a competitive advantage, stage your home to sell
Read more…
Adopt the “Big Bang Theory” of Home Staging
It is always better to delay the listing of your home than try to trickle out fixes and updates while the home is on the market.
Read more…
An Inconvenient Truth about Selling Your Home
4 tips to minimize the stress and inconvenience that comes with selling your home.
Read more…
How Much Does Home Staging Cost?
First let’s answer the fundamental question, Can Home Staging help me sell my home faster and for more money?
Read more…
Everything I Know About Home Staging I Learned From My Mother
Learn how my mom’s approach to home decorating can work for you too.
Read more…
New Year’s Resolution: Commit to Home Improvement
If you had to sell your home tomorrow, would you be ready?
Read more…
It All Boyles Down to This: Looks Count
Singer Susan Boyle proves that first impressions and looks count—probably more than we like to admit.
Read more…
Solid Science Proves Staged Homes Sell Faster
Even if you haven’t staged your vacant or occupied home yet, that’s OK because evidence shows that it’s never too late to stage.
Read more…
Why Staging Your Home to Sell Is Like Training for the Olympics
Selling your home is a competition, but it doesn’t have to be as challenging as the Olympics if you employ these 5 simple steps.
Read more…