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Home staging tips, tools, & transformations
Vacated but Not Vacant in Stamford CT
Visiting from California for the weekend, these home owners have only a few hours to stage and prepare their Stamford CT home for sale. Just enough furniture remains in the house, plus a little help from their friends, family, agent, and home stager, turn this...
Vertical Blinds – A Love-Hate Relationship
During a recent home staging consultation I was accused of being biased – against vertical blinds. I must admit, I’m guilty as charged! Donna Freeman from HGTV’s Secrets that Sell and Designed to Sell once said, “If I were President, I would outlaw vertical blinds.”...
Home Tweet Home: Best Real Estate Tweets for January/February 2012
AtWell Staged Home’s real estate Tweets are jam-packed with useful tips, fun quotes, great articles and more. Read this month’s top real estate Tweets: In the News… Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years - CNBC <- Yikes. That can't be good! (Update:...
Home Staging Success: AtWell Staged Home’s Favorite Story of 2011
Agent-paid 2-hour consultation leads to accepted offer in first listing week. You could have a home staging success story just like this too! Think you can’t sell in this market? Think your home has to look like a Pottery Barn catalog before listing? Think again. A...
Pretty Winter Planter Ideas
Keep flower pots full of life, even during the non-growing season, with these winter planter ideas. In the winter, outdoor planters are often neglected and can come across as pots of dirt. Never a good first impression – especially when your home is on the market....
FAQ: How Much Does Home Staging Cost?
As a Westchester County, NY home stager the first question I often hear is, How much will it cost to stage my home or How much does home staging cost? But really, the fundamental question to ask is, Can a home stager help me sell my home quickly? Similarly, if your...
Westchester Putnam Real Estate Report: Third-Quarter 2011
Below are excerpts from Westchester and Putnam Association of Realtors (WPAR) 2011 third quarter Westchester Putnam real estate report. The Westchester-Putnam real estate market enjoyed a welcome uptick in sales volume in the third quarter of 2011. The burst of third...
Home Tweet Home: Best Real Estate Tweets for October/November 2011
AtWell Staged Home’s real estate Tweets are jam-packed with useful tips, fun quotes, great articles and more. Read this month’s top real estate Tweets: Home Improvement… 52 DIY Fixes for Annoying Home Ailments from This Old House Magazine Fall Fixes for the Home from...
Pictured Perfect: Computer Drawings Reveal Your Home’s Potential
See how computer drawings can reveal the potential in your current – or future – home. HGTV shows like Hidden Potential, Property Brothers or Curb Appeal are popular because they help buyers and owners visualize a home’s potential through computer-generated drawings. ...
The Best Compliment is a Referral…or Two
It’s often said that the best compliment is a referral. And in just the last two weeks, AtWell Staged Home received two such compliments. First, from the impressed neighbor of a home staged in 4 hours. We met the challenge using only the existing accessories,...
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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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