Posts Tagged "Staging Tips"
Angie’s List Magazine Features Article on Home Staging!
Home staging as an industry has come a long way! It’s no longer surprising to find articles and books on home staging in national newspapers, magazines, and your local bookstore or library. Recently, I was interviewed by a feature writer for Angie’s List Magazine who wanted some tips for homeowners who were planning to list their…
The Power of Exterior Paint when Selling Your Home
When your home is on the market, its curb appeal is the first impression that buyers have and its often a deciding factor in whether or not they want to see the inside of the house. Professional home stagers often provide our homeowner clients with neutral paint colors that will be appealing to their target…
Update Your Master Bathroom on a Budget ~ whether you’re in Portland or anywhere else (Before & After photos)
Homeowners often wonder if they can update a master bathroom in a cost-effective way, finding solutions that will improve the look of the bathroom without breaking the bank. Here’s a recent bathroom remodel our company did, finding ways to cut costs and still get the results we wanted. Here’s how the bathroom looked Before .. note…
Tips for Selling Success: Eliminate bold colors & Show the Room’s Purpose (Before & Afters)
This updated home in Portland Oregon’s trendy Beaumont Village neighborhood needed more neutral paint colors as well as the original function of each room clearly shown to potential buyers. Although this staging budget was very limited, the end result is a much more buyer-friendly home that shows as spacious and move-in ready. When selling your home,…
This Realtor Became a Staging Supporter when HER Home was Staged ~ and SOLD for full price!
We all know that sometimes, the only way to really BELIEVE in something is to “see it for yourself.” Our Portland-based home staging company has worked with many award-winning Realtors over the past few years. One of them contacted me last year and asked me to provide a home staging consultation at her own home; she…
Sellers: Tips for Keeping your Staged Home "Show-Ready"
After your home is Staged – Open House & Showing Tips for Sellers Fully Open all window coverings – you want buyers to see the views & let in all the light Turn on lights in hallways and all light fixtures and lamps in each room To keep your home smelling fresh, use one of…
How do you Quickly “Hide” the House Next Door when you’re Selling?
Sellers often wonder what to do if the house next door is too close or if it doesn’t make the best first impression on buyers. Buyers are known to form an opinion about whether or not they like the house in less than 10 seconds, so sellers have to remove anything that could become “deal…
Tips on Staging a Home with a Million $ View — Before & Afters
We recently staged a vacant Portland Oregon home that had been remodeled. When contacted by the sellers, our Portland home staging company provided suggestions for cosmetic improvements to be completed prior to staging ~ information that’s always included in our home staging services. The sellers knew that this home’s strongest selling feature is the amazing…
Dear Mr. Seller, I TRIED to Help You, but …
Dear Mr. Seller, You contacted my company 3 months ago and requested a staging proposal for your home. It’s in a premier Portland neighborhood and you said you knew it needed some help before listing. You’d already bought another home and were packing up your things to move out in a few days. When I arrived to…
Home Staging Tips for Sellers in Portland OR: Case study ~ Home listed & SOLD in 2 days for over asking price
For the last in our series of Home Staging Tips for Sellers in Portland OR, we’d like to show a recent example of a home staging success story. This lovely home in one of Portland Oregon‘s convenient Southeast neighborhoods was listed on Thursday Aug. 20th and had an accepted offer two days later for over asking…
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