Archive for tag Home staging
May 23, 2011 at 09:42 AM · Posted under Lisa Rossetto-Glowacki
Clear jars: Gather up several clear jars, different shapes, lids or no lids and fill them with various items to match a room. Create a vignet of three of them on a table, dresser, shelf, or mantle. What to put in the jar? Think simple--different kinds of colorful candy; rocks or seashells; different types of branches; different types of nuts in their shell; Christmas ornaments; spools of colorful thread; buttons; crayons; soaps; soaps in fancy wrappers.
Textiles: The most obvious is a throw or afghan over a sofa or chair, but what about draping a nice afghan over a stair balcony? Take old decorative pillows and tie scarves around them for a new look. Something crafty for winter? Hang hand knit mittens or hats from a cord in front of the fireplace. In the bathroom? Layer small, decorative hand towels on the towel bar. Fashion a new, decorative shower curtain from a quilt or decorative sheet.
Walls: Feel like painting? Purchase blank canvas from an art store, some paints to match a room and paint abstract shapes and hang. Cluster small items on a wall to take up large space--12 plates hung three across and in four rows. Like that old calendar? Cut the 12 photos and frame them with matting to create an inexpensive wall grouping. In the bedroom, hang a grouping of lovely evening bags or scarves.
Bookshelves and bookcases: Arrange and pile books based on color of the binding. Mix in colorful vases and candles in between groups of books. Hang pictures from shelves in front of bookcases to obscure some of the books and create interest.
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February 17, 2010 at 08:50 AM · Posted under Menomonee Falls
Yes Yes and Yes!
Just a quick story I remember from a past transaction. Sarah and I listed a home in Menomonee Falls a few years back. It was very small- right around 900 square feet. You walked into this home and it was furnished perfectly. It was straight out of Pottery Barn! The furnishings fit the space and the walls had mirrors to make the rooms seems larger. They were decorated with accents that match the furnishings and carpet. And they had very few family photos that allowed the buyer to see themselves in the space and not the seller.
That home was purchased in less than a month by a woman that was coming from out of state. She viewed the home and loved it and wrote an offer right away. She closed a month later and had all of her furniture shipped to the new home… None of it fit. Everything she owned was too big for the spaces in the home. She ended up having to buy new furniture for almost every room. Why did this happen? Because the buyer fell in love with the “feeling” the home had. She totally forgot to keep in mind what would happen when the sellers’ belongings were removed and hers put in there place.
Is this a good story? It depends on how you look at it! It was truly a bummer for the buyer but she dealt with it. But for the seller who had a home that they knew was small and would have a hard time selling it couldn’t have worked out better! They loved the home and had it decorated the way they liked and in the end it was that sense of space and style that sold there home quickly and for more money then if it was vacant.
The moral of the story is this: people may tell you that you have to stage your home and even more people may tell you that people can see past your belongings. But at the end of the day you’re selling more then just a home when you put your house on the market- you’re selling someone’s dream! And the more you can do to make that dream as visible as possible upon entry, the more buyers you’re going to have interested in your home.
Remember! Clean, de-clutter and de-personalize, and if your real estate professional says your home would benefit from staging by a professional please hear them out. They may just know what they are talking about…
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Mickey Koch
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January 11, 2010 at 09:27 AM · Posted under Pat Tasker
Have you heard the saying “Brown is the new Black” or “50 is the new 40”? Well January/February is the new Spring! At least in Real Estate.
If you are planning on selling this spring, I have news for you! Spring will be a little too late this year. Due to the Tax Credit Extension and Expansion, buyers are already out there hitting the pavement and searching for a new home. They can’t wait until Spring. In order to qualify for the tax credit, you must have an accepted offer by April 30th, 2010 and close within 60 days. Details on this can be found at bit.ly/DontWait4Spring.
So if you are a seller who was planning on selling this spring, you must act now and get your home on the market.
For a free marketing consultation and staging advice, Call Pat Tasker at Shorewest Realtors. This appointment will not only give you pricing advice, but look at ideas on showing your home in the best light. The market today is a cross between a Beauty Contest and a Pricing War. Not only do you have to have the RIGHT price, but it has to look GREAT. I can give you easy steps to take on both counts. Call me today at 262-437-5853
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