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We recently hired home stager Kate Case to give staging advice to some homeowners who were preparing to put their home on the market. Our arrangement with the home sellers was that if EnergizedSeller paid for the virtual consultation they would do the work and share their results. Below is a before picture...
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I see lots of listings advertising "designer touches throughout" and more often than not, this is what I see. A beautiful home that has been exquisitely decorated all to the current owner's personal taste. I see these same homes still on the market week after week and month after month...
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Judy Colburn
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Wed, Mar 3 2010
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Filed under: staging, decor, redesign, home decor, home selling, decorating, home staging, staged to sell, stagers, stager, staging blog, realtors, real estate agent, selling, for sale by owner, selling your home, real estate
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Take into consideration NorthShore Redesigns' latest staged home success. We were contacted by the home sellers son who wanted to purchase a gift certificate for his mom. He had success when selling his own home and felt it was largely do to the home staging. After meeting with "mom", we...
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Help...I am stumped! This home is a 1800 circa one room school house that has had additions put in over the years. One thing that has remained has been this circular fireplace smack in the middle of the living room. The owner asked if I can somehow fiqure out how to place a TV in there with the proper...
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Tips for Increasing the Value of Your Home (February 18, 2010) Topics covered: EnergizedSeller Tips Get Offer First Day On The Market Make Most of Small Spaces Question and Answer Get rid of odor? Laminate or Carpet? Before and After De-clutter Example Living Room Loft Closets as Home- Selling Feature...
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BOOMER STAGING TO SELL If you are a "boomer" or even if you are not, you are probably at the very least discussing what your next steps are regarding your life style. Maybe you are "down sizing", moving to a warmer climate, moving to two different residences or maybe you are just...
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I got an email today from a favorite Realtor with a "psychological profile" of an upcoming client. I can't tell you how important this is to the success of staging a home. Let's face it, selling a house is deeply emotional. Scenarios vary: a difficult divorce, downsizing from the family...
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Home sellers get great returns on low-cost investments in home-sale preparation Want to increase the value of your for-sale home and need a place to start? Here is a seven-point stimulus package for home sellers who want to get their home sold quickly and for the best possible price. _____________________________...
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Max Ruthven , a home stager in Austin, Texas, points out that color is the center of the emotion that one feels when entering a room. In a new EnergizedSeller.com 90-second interview, she explains that color can have an amazing or devastating effect. Here are her five tips to make sure your walls are...
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eseller1
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Thu, Dec 10 2009
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Filed under: home staging, house selling tips, home selling, stager, Real estate, Austin, Color, TX, faux, Max Ruthven
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EnergizedSeller.com introduced two new videos last week. In one, home stager Kathy Passarette discusses the importance of painting and wallpaper for making your home buyer-ready. In her presentation, she discusses four home-selling tips related to painting and wallpaper: Red walls are a distraction when...
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In our continued effort to provide value to home sellers and real estate professionals, EnergizedSeller.com recently launched a series of 90-second home selling tips videos. These videos are short but impactful. "Our goal," said Dan Eason, president of EnergizedSeller.com "is to provide...
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North Texas Home Staging Consultation $125 – Day One Return on Investment $1,000 How is that possible? Let me explain. Hiring a Professional Home Stager for an affordable home staging consultation has an excellent return on investment for anyone thinking about selling. Money is tight for everyone...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Fri, Feb 20 2009
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Filed under: staging, selling, tx, home star staging, consultation, upgrades, north texas, carpet, stager, sellers, stage, updates
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With a national financial crisis and the tales of woe and doom in the housing market many wonder how are they are ever going to get through this time if selling a property at this most uncertain time of our nation's economy? After reading this article on MSN.COM titled: Top 5 Things home buyers and...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Fri, Feb 13 2009
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As a Professional Home Stager, home staging consulting is something I do for clients on a regular basis. In recent weeks I have been reminded that there really are some secrets sellers should be keeping from buyers while selling a home. And I’m not talking about the structural integrity of the...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Tue, Jan 27 2009
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Filed under: staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, tx, home star staging, consultation, seller, stager, texas, buyers, secrets, house
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If you're a fan of those HGTV Shows like Designed to Sell you know the drill. Generally they start the show off with a Realtor (not the seller's agent though an independent third party) walking through the home seller's house to "critique" the place . The sellers are next door at...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Tue, Jan 6 2009
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Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, home star staging, consultation, seller, stager, sellers, stage, updates, RESA, realtors
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EnergizedSeller, the site for home selling tips and home staging tips , is seeing increased traffic every month, as well as requests for local home stagers in different markets. Because we want to be a good resource for home sellers, we are happy to refer a home seller to a House Stager member. To make...
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Hum. That question, referring to the furniture and decor proposed for use in a vacant property , was posed to me this week by a client who has never worked with a home stager before . Although I've never been asked this question directly before, I could relate. I'm sure others have thought to...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Mon, Dec 8 2008
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Home sellers, today's home buyer is in a different league. With the Internet, virtual tours and great digital photos that are available, a buyer with access to the Internet, truly does not need to leave the comfort of their home in order to decide whether or not to see a property they may be interested...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Mon, Dec 8 2008
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On Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 I had the honor and priviledge of leading the discussion at the 2nd Dallas/Ft.Worth TX Stage it Forward Roundtable event. On a national level, professional home stagers are gathering during the month of November, which by the way has been designated National Home Staging...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Sun, Nov 23 2008
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Wallpaper, wallpaper on the wall are you the fairest of them all? Love it or hate it or have no opinion of it, most Professional Home Stagers do address the issue. It comes, it goes, it's in fashion it's not. It's neat, it's versatile, it's dated, it's faded, out, in - whatever...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Fri, Nov 21 2008
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Filed under: staging, selling, home star staging, upgrades, seller, north texas, stager, texas, wall paper, updates, paint, buyers
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Let me first say, we are not moving . At least not this month. But we are re carpeting our 2nd floor and replacing our white wooden stair balusters for our enjoyment as well as the future return on investment. Why did we really want to do this? Heck, we want to enjoy the upgrades now while we live in...
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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging
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Sat, Jul 5 2008
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Filed under: tx, plano, upgrades, seller, otto, north texas, carpet, stair, karen, hojme, stager, balusters
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I have a couple of friends, Kyle and Tesa Cornett, who were desperately trying to sell their home so that they could move to Houston, Texas for a great business opportunity. The problem was that they couldn't sell their home. Their home had been on the market for over 7 months, they'd had over...
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Staging is the technique of showcasing a home to ensure a smoother, faster and more profitable sale, and is fast becoming a necessary marketing tool for selling a home. Although there are many things to consider when staging a home, there are several things that are often overlooked during the preparations...