How to make your Home a Must See!
Staging a Bathroom That’s Spa Worthy
When staging a bathroom Chicagoland Home Staging wants the space to be light, bright, spacious and clutter-free. We often suggest mimicking your favorite luxury hotel or spa to make this room the most attractive to potential home buyers, especially when it comes to the bathroom in the master suite. Just like a kitchen, the bathroom is always…
Read MoreThe Art and Science Behind Home Staging a Naperville Property
Staging a home can be a crucial selling point when it comes to marketing a property. But, it’s more than just a pretty photo representing the home that makes it marketable. In fact, home staging is NOT about the “pretty photo” at all, it’s a combination of art, science, creativity, and psychology that connects the home…
Read MoreHow to Stage a Property During the Winter Market
Here in the Chicago area winter can be brutal, especially when it comes to buying and selling real estate. While this is considered the slow season for the market, it can be a crucial time for a home seller to sell quickly. According to an article from Realtor.com, “in the winter, there are fewer homes…
Read More[Before + After] Staging a Hinsdale Property Comeback
Flipping a property can be a gamble, not only do you have to find a good deal, but you have to complete the rehab in a timely manner, relist the property and find the perfect buyer. Having a good team, behind your flipping business is an understatement — you’ll need a contract, real estate agent, lender,…
Read MoreBudget-Friendly Home Staging Tips to Maximize Curb Appeal
When is the last time you stood at the curb of your home and studied the property from street view? Is your house’s exterior covered in mildew? Maybe the listing has been dwarfed by overgrown bushes and trees? Or the front door has been faded and chipped by past storms? By spending some time in…
Read MoreDesigner Lighting Impacts Renovation With Great Reward!
For years, we have been assuring home owners that a key upgrade when competing with new construction is designer lighting. Once you have recessed “pots” (they’re called by the pros) you have a hidden advantage: the overall ability to see what’s in each room is greatly enhanced. Plus,it is one of the many big differentiators of…
Read MoreMaple MakeOver Needed A More General Personal Style
Sometimes a home is nice, with all the basics covered, but it may not photograph well. Since we all reach for Google when starting any kind of search today, every house listed for sale needs a personality and a warm welcome to stand out. This might seem a conundrum: stagers are always telling home owners to remove…
Read MoreAccent Walls – Caution Ahead!
Modern Family Room by Los Angeles Interior Designers & Decorators Annette English Accent Walls There are lots of good reasons to have an accent wall. And as populare as they were in the 80s and 90s, they remain as stylish and useful today. For example: If you love open plan living, but want to subtly…
Read MoreNaperville Home Staging Gig Goes Younger and Brighter
This Naperville home staging project was a house we knew well. We had staged it when the owner still lived there, and once they moved out, we came back in with our own furniture and accessories. It is a large house, located in a part of downtown Naperville where the lots tend to be smaller. The…
Read MoreKitchen Staging Ideas: Too Far vs. Not Far Enough
Kitchen Staging Ideas proliferate, but it takes a delicate touch to get a kitchen exactly right. The whole scenario relies on how you treat the counters. The biggest mistake we see home owners make is in clearing the counters off and leaving nothing there at all. This bare presentation leaves potential buyers with nothing to look at,…
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