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Vacant Home Staging
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Read MoreBefore and Afters of a Chicago Home Staging Investor Makeover
Real estate investors understand about the return on investment of home staging in today’s market. Rather than simply looking at the cost of a project, they look at the value – what they will earn for their time, trouble, and money. Chicago Home Staging as an investment This savvy home flipper knew that the services…
Read MoreConveying modern design trends in the Chicagoland area
One of the things that real estate investors rely on professional home stagers for is understanding current market trends and conveying that to potential home buyers. Tile trends in Chicago design The tile in the kitchen and bathroom of this Chicago home at 3934 North St Louis home showcase contemporary design trends. While the thin…
Read MoreHome Staging Tips: How to hang artwork with two D-rings.
Hanging artwork with D-rings is probably one of the most frustrating experiences when decorating a home. Properly hanging curtains seems like child’s play in comparison. D-rings are great for heavy or large pieces of art as they balance the weight of the piece and keep stress off of the frame. It is not recommended that…
Read More$1M in price reductions, and they didn’t hire a home stager
There are moments when all I can do is shake my head. This is one of them. Today, in the Real Estate Community on Google Plus, I saw two polar opposite posts that told a complete story. A picture tells a story. Why home staging is vital in small spaces. Jairo Feuntes posted in the…
Read MoreHome Staging keeps it interesting. What are you looking at?
There is nothing with a little sass in home staging. After all, our goal is to control you. Well, control your eye anyway. As a professional home stager, the goal of my work is to control the buyer’s eye when they walk through a home, getting them to look at everything we want them to.…
Read MoreFaster is Better: Cheetahs, AT&T, and Selling your Home
I was recently speaking to a group of homeowners who are thinking of selling their home in the next year. One of the lessons that I was trying to impart is the idea that faster is better when selling their home. I often hear, “I don’t care about selling fast. I care about getting the…
Read MoreHome Staging in Naperville: Transforming dining spaces
As a professional home stager, I’m often asked if we can use what the homeowner has to stage the home. The truth is that while often we can, sometimes changing the furniture out for different pieces showcases the home in ways that it couldn’t with the homeowner’s belongings. Take for instance, this home in Naperville,…
Read MoreHome Staging Portfolio: Sunny but Drab or Dreary and Fab?
As a professional home stager, there is little that is more frustrating than when the weather is uncooperative when it is photo day. Unfortunately it is just the way it is and despite our best efforts, we just have to go with the flow. I thought it would be interesting to show what happens when…
Read MoreWe like to MOVE IT, MOVE IT! Home Staging in Chicago
As a professional home stager, two of my favorite things are to 1) watch the transformation of a Chicago home 2) watch the results. They say that pictures tell a thousand words, and almost no where is that more true than in home staging. Don’t be afraid to move it. A Chicago home staging makeover.…
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