Decorating your home and staging your house are often thought of as being very similar when in reality they are HUGELY different. When decorating, your personal design style tends to come out in the furniture, fabrics, colors and accessories that you place throughout your home. If you are staging your home to sell, you don’t… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘real estate staging’
Monday, May 6th, 2013 Tags: dallas home stager, home staging, interior decorator, Interior Design, real estate staging, redesign
Category: Blog, Staging to DWELL (aka ReDesign), Staging to SELL, Tips & Tools to DWELL (aka ReDesign), Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL No Comments
I’ve been asked the question about using alcohol in staging projects quite often, and my answer is always the same: IT DEPENDS. Yeah, I know, I should be a politician since I’m not really answering the question, but let me give you some ideas as to what I believe it depends on, then you can… Read More
Friday, March 22nd, 2013 Tags: dallas home stager, home staging tips, real estate staging, staging benefits
Category: Staging to SELL, Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL No Comments
Outdoor living areas ARE a luxury, especially as these cooler temperatures arrive, and by staging these spaces, you increase the perceived square footage & value of a home. This means higher offers and more money in everybody’s pocket. Here are a few things to keep in mind when staging the outdoor living areas to sell:… Read More
Thursday, September 27th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, Home Staging Benefits, home staging tips, real estate staging, staging benefits
Category: Staging to SELL, Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL No Comments
MIRRORS A well placed mirror can visually expand and brighten a room. We use mirrors regularly and in all shapes and sizes: square, round, oval, rectangular & decorative shapes such as a sunburst. We both lean them against and hang them on walls; however it’s imperative that wherever mirrors are used there is an attractive… Read More
Monday, August 13th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, decor, home staging tips, real estate staging
Category: Staging to SELL, Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL 1Comment
REPAIRS & UPGRADES Staging is not just about making a house pretty – first you need to address the needed repairs & upgrades. So before you go all HGTV-star and making the house look fancy, start by looking behind the scenes. Here are a few common fixes: Plumbing: ensure the hot water tank doesn’t… Read More
Friday, August 10th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, home staging tips, real estate staging
Category: Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL No Comments
We got some good local press recently when we were featured in the Dallas Morning News in their Home section (first page too!). While we’re not FAMOUS, we did about triple our website visits the following week so let me know if you want an autograph before the paparazzi rushes our front door here at… Read More
Friday, July 27th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, Home Staging Benefits, real estate staging
Category: News & Events, Press Releases, Staging to SELL No Comments
I’ll oftentimes hear from homeowners “I just can’t live in a staged home”! But let me reassure you that first of all, it’s just temporary – the sooner we stage, the sooner the house will sell (you can download some statistics from the Real Estate Staging Association’s 2011 Consumer’s Guide HERE) and that the key… Read More
Thursday, June 21st, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, home staging tips, real estate staging, staging benefits, storage
Category: Blog, Tips & Tools to Prepare to SELL No Comments
Statistics. Yuck. My least favorite subject in college, and the only grade I got lower than a ‘B’ in school other than the ‘C’ I brought home in Accounting. I guess numbers weren’t my thing. But now that I’m in business for myself, I have had to recognize the necessity of both of these topics… Read More
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Tags: Home Staging Benefits, real estate staging
Category: Staging to SELL No Comments
I’ve gotten some emails, calls & texts from friends, family and some people I’m not really sure WHO they are, but all have inquired about my experience on Friday with the HGTV screen test. (I keep looking over my shoulder for the paparazzi, but so far I’m not being stalked by anybody with a camera… Read More
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, furniture leasing, HGTV, real estate staging
Category: Getting a Little Personal, News & Events, Staging to SELL 7 Comments
That was my response the other day when I got a call from a local production company representing HGTV. Well, I didn’t actually say that out loud, but it was definitely on the tip of my tongue before I caught myself and played it cool. Or at least I sounded cool in my own head…. Read More
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 Tags: dallas home stager, HGTV, real estate staging
Category: News & Events, Staging to SELL No Comments
