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While searching through some MLS listings recently I noticed that a lot of the photos of the bathrooms were of the toilet with the seat up! And some weren’t very clean. Yuck! Why? I have to ask, is it necessary to highlight the toilet with the seat up in bathroom photos? OK, so sometimes a bathroom...
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It seems like I've been seeing a lot of wallpaper borders lately. Sometimes they are part of a wallpaper decorating scheme and other times they are flying solo near the ceiling or at chair rail height. I have yet to see one that I think enhances a space. It's a trend from a past decade and it...
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You've decided to put your house on the market in a month or two. Now you must decide how to prepare your home for sale. To make that task easier, here are six ways to start the home staging process now . 1. Decide what needs to go Check each room and remove furniture and accessories that are not...
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Predictions are rampant among home designers. Here are what some designers are showcasing: Neutrals with a heavy emphasis on gray. They include colors such as Taupe, Silver, Charcoal Gray, Tea Beige and Champagne. Why the trend for neutrals? I think our staging work is having an impact on homeowners...
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WOULDA ~ Made Home Staging Part of My Marketing Plan How many times have you heard that buying a house is the biggest investment ever made? If it's that big of an investment then wouldn't it be appropriate to allocate funding to regain profit from it for both the agent and the seller? As previously...
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SHOULDA~ Staged the house before it went on the market: Are your listings sitting on the market with very little interest? Are the photos just OK? Is it packaged correctly? Basic selling principals state that a product must be presented in the most appealing way possible in order to attract consumers...
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The National Association of Realtors released their November report on January 5th indicating that seasonally adjusted index of pending sales agreements fell 16% from October to November (in the Northeast even 25.7%). This is the first decline following 9 straight months of gains. Sales are still higher...
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Redesign Your Space Blog
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Birgit Anich
on
Tue, Jan 12 2010
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Coulda - recommended home staging before it went on the market. Homeowner's are all too often finding out that preparing a home for sale is an emotional experience. Homes are sold for many reasons- relocation, growing family, downsizing, and foreclosure to name a few. It plays on one's emotions...
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Are you marketing your home properly? 1) Are you getting more traffic then you can handle to your property? 2) Did your open house yield several offers? If you answered no to either of these two questions it is time to switch marketing strategies. Properly marketing your property in combination with...
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This is my first ever blog and I thought I would hit the ground running. No slow ascent into blogger land for me. I am going to blog about something I realized early on in my 4 years of home staging . I have been staging for 4 years now....moderately successfully - all things considered. When I started...
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I posted this on another site but I wanted to share with my friends at energized seller. I had to share some of the great deals I get by shopping at flea markets and thrift stores. Home stagers have to really pay out alot of money for accessories, furnishings, linens, lamps, etc. In order to keep my...
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I discovered origami towel folding and I absolutely love it. It is an ancient art of folding paper into shapes. It started in China and then became popular in Japan in the sixth century. Origami towel folding is the same concept but it uses towels to create interesting animal characters. I found that...
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Many of us know how important it is to blog in order to grow our business. Unfortunately, many of us don't know how to blog in a manner that would generate effective and fruitful results. I know I'm no expert on the topic! I decide to do some research on how to blog in order to attract more search...
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We all have had our share of losses since the recession began. Whether it be monetary losses to our stocks and jobs, or emotional hardships due to financial stress and discouragements, we were all hurt by this market. We all tuned in to Suzy Orman and Carmen Wong Ulrich for advice in this tough storm...
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"Curb appeal” is the overall impression of your home when you first approach it; the exterior appearance of the house and the way it is landscaped and maintained, it is the total presentation. A well maintained home with beautiful landscaping suggests that a home has been well taken care of...
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Merchandising your home for sale, a selling strategy once reserved mainly for new homebuilders, has become more and more mainstream. With the advent and current popularity of home staging, the selling advantage of presenting a "model home" is now available to anyone listing their home for sale...
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Today I received a call from a seller who wanted to cancel his staging consultation because his new realtor told him that she is a full service realtor and provides staging for free. After waiting a few minutes to calm down, I began to ask some very important questions regarding the actual work that...
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Deb Waters' Staging Blog
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DebWaters
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Thu, Apr 16 2009
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Filed under: home stager philadelphia, home staging philadelphia, home stager Chester County, home staging Chester County, home staging, home stager, home staging tips, homes for sale, staged homes, staging homes for sale, real estate home staging