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Investors, don’t leave money on the table. Stage your flip!
Investors know that sometimes you need to spend money to make money. This is why they buy fixer upper properties, replace flooring, paint, add new cabinetry, tile, and more. So, why leave money on the table by opting not to stage? Home staging creates a significant return on investment The National Association of Realtors has…
Read MoreHome Staging in Naperville: Does this floor plan make sense?
Sometimes we see photos of rooms that from one angle makes sense, and then from another angle makes no sense. Flow and function are typically established with furniture layouts. If the furniture placement is poor, or even just a little bit “off” then buyers may be confused. Rather than deciding if the seller just has…
Read MoreNaperville Home Staging: YES. We can even make THAT look good.
By now you’ve heard us say that removing wallpaper is the best thing you can do when you sell your home. (Only if you have wallpaper of course.) Sometimes that’s just not an option for sellers. This may be because of budget or time constraints. For Chicagoland Home Staging this creates a challenge, but one…
Read MoreBlast from the past. Spotlighting some of our favorite blogs.
It’s great to look back and see what some of your favorite blogs have been over the past few months and take a look at what’s been popular and what you thought might have been popular but ended up being a flop. Sometimes you’ll find trends like posting on a specific day of the week,…
Read MoreArlington Heights: Overcoming “This room is too small”
Space, size, and scale are often very difficult for potential buyers to estimate when they are house hunting. This is one of the reasons that professional home staging, like the services we offer at Chicagoland Home Staging, is so important. This can be compounded when there are other issues lurking too. Let’s look at this…
Read MoreVacant Teen and Secondary Bedrooms. A staging opportunity.
Sometimes home staging budgets don’t allow for the secondary bedrooms of a home to be professionally staged. Really, that’s too bad as every space counts toward the value of a home. Large rooms can see vacuous. Small rooms may lead potential buyers to believe that their stuff won’t fit. Even perfectly sized rooms can feel…
Read MoreNaperville Home Staging Makeovers: Bedrooms!
When providing home staging quotes to some of our Naperville customers, some think that bedrooms are additional rooms that provide little value. Too often this is a space that ends up neglected or becomes one of the first places cut in the staging budget. While it isn’t always necessary to stage all of the rooms…
Read MoreRolling Meadows Vacant Home Staging: Are you inspired?
As we complete another vacant home staging project for one of our Rolling Meadows, IL investors, I have to think about some of the other homes that we see online – homes that sit empty – and wonder if potential home buyers feel inspired when they look at the photos online. Rolling Meadows investors receive…
Read MoreWhat would you do with this space? Chicagoland Home Staging Answers.
If you are popping over here from my Active Rain blog, What would you do with this space? A home staging pop quiz. Thank you for the interest in seeing what we did with the rooms. If you are stopping by here first, then you should pop over there first to see the rooms and form…
Read MoreOccupied home staging in Naperville. A Success Story.
It is always exciting when we get a call that one of our Naperville home staging projects is under contract! This one was particularly so since it had been on the market for over a year prior to staging and immediately went under contract with multiple offers. What was the difference? Staging – one of…
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