Should You Be Insulted When Your Real Estate Agent Recommends Home Staging?
Should You Be Insulted When Your Real Estate Agent Recommends Home Staging? Absolutely not. A good real estate agent knows that home staging is a highly effective marketing tool. Be insulted if they don’t recommend home staging. Need I say more? Well, just in case you...
Make Moving Easier: Pack It Up – Don’t Pack It In
If you could make thousands on the sale of your home, simply by packing away personal possessions for a few months, would it be worth it? Committing to a move means sooner or later you will have to pack up all your belongings. Choosing sooner, will make moving easier...Bedroom Staging: Name that Room
Bedroom staging reclaims child’s room for intended purpose at minimal cost. As a general rule, a home with four bedrooms should have at least three staged as bedrooms. The fourth can be staged as an office, gym, or hobby room. In this Mahopac, NY, home, the third...“As Seen on TV” DIY Home Decorating Tip that Really Works
For less than five dollars, a can of black matte spray paint turns a light fixture from drab to fab. DIY home decorating at its best. Before After Punch up your decorating by adding a touch of black to any space. Before: This beige fixture is lost in a sea of beige...I’m a Believer – That Home Staging Works!
But I didn’t always believe that Home Staging works. So what changed that for me and can it convince you too? Last month, we used science to prove that home staging works. This month I’ll share a personal story of how I became a home staging believer. Convincing...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).
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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An Inconvenient Truth about Selling Your Home
4 tips to minimize the stress and inconvenience that comes with selling your home.
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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?
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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.
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New Year’s Resolution: Commit to Home Improvement
If you had to sell your home tomorrow, would you be ready?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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