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Home Staging Ideas Dining Room Locations
When you have an open plan first floor, where do you locate the dining room? Part of the kitchen or on the carpet as part of the formal living room? We recently encountered this conundrum when we staged this charming home in Oswego, IL. Interestingly it has no formal dining room as it is an…
Read MoreStaging A Vacant in Naperville
One of our most fun projects lately was staging a vacant in Naperville, IL. The lot had been empty for years. Though new builds in Naperville sell well, no-one had imagined how to fit a spacious home on it. Until now. Now we have a beautiful, spacious home, with windows cleverly placed so that each…
Read MoreStaged Downers Grove Home Sold in 1 Day!
We recently staged a newly constructed home in Downers Grove. We like the community of Downers Grove. Everybody does. Located a mere 22 miles west of Chicago, it’s a thriving suburb that has been ranked – #8 in America’s Friendliest Towns (Forbes Magazine) #5 in its Best Places for a Healthy Retirement list (CNN) #2…
Read MoreAppreciating What You’ve Got!
The most compelling reason to own a home has always been the appreciation. As in asset appreciation. But when you’re dealing with an older home, there are other assets – architecture, character, other initially incomprehensible renovations – to appreciate. When you go to sell this home, you will want not only appreciate all of those quirks…
Read MoreSold in 5 days! Staged Naperville townhome races off the market!
Following staging, this Naperville townhome sold in 5 days. Home staging in Chicago’s Western suburbs often produces terrific results. Why would a staging design make such a difference? It is not that the occupant had done anything wrong with their design. They had a nice, solid,wood table, white chairs by the window, allowing for good light,…
Read MoreOccupied home staging by Chicagoland turns everyday into GOTTA HAVE!
When we talk to people about our home staging business here in Chicagoland, everyone always thinks that it’s just about vacant homes. Occupied homes need love (and help) too. By bringing in one of our professionals, we are able to turn an average home into one that is a showstopper, often for less than you…
Read MoreWhat you’ve got only better. Home Staging in Chicagoland.
When you are ready to put your home on the market, in order to maximize your return on investment it is best to consult a professional home stager, like us at Chicagoland Home Staging. In one of our recent projects, the seller had a large home that was occupied. While some of the pieces in…
Read MoreHome Staging Tips: Furniture doesn’t belong shoved up against the walls.
As a professional Chicagoland Home Stager, it always amuses me that buyers have a difficult time understanding that furniture “floating” in the room can be a great option for open concept floor plans. Never the less, in many, if not most, cases while buyers say that they love the open concept homes, they just don’t…
Read MoreStaging a Chicagoland Home Office. It’s more than a desk and chair.
Today more people than ever work from home or need a space for their computer, files, and assorted electronic equipment. While tablets and laptops have taken over and desktops are less important, the space itself has become even more necessary. We still need a place for printers, routers, and a filing cabinet for taxes or…
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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