Tips for Preparing Your Home For Sale
Chicagoland Home Staging: Outdoor space adds value to a home.
With summer upon us, outdoor spaces become more important. Porches and patios can create additional living space for home buyers when appropriately showcased. This can increase the value of a home, offering a tidy return on investment. Creating living space outdoors with home staging In the summer Chicago area suburbanites love to spend their time…
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 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 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.…
Read MoreSelling your Chicago Home? Staging tips under $100
If you are ready to sell your Chicago home, you should consider hiring a home staging professional to help you assess the changes that will help you sell faster and for more money. Here though we’ll identify some home staging tips that could save you thousands of dollars as well as generating more offers, all…
Read MoreDoes your listing belong on Ellen?
I haven’t watched Ellen in a very long time, but every once in a while I’ll see some of her videos circulating on Facebook or Google Plus. It always makes me laugh. On the flip side, these are actually homes for sale. That part really bothers me. Could home staging help these listings? Pour yourself…
Read MoreShould I replace my carpet, or offer an allowance?
When selling your Chicago area home, you may be wondering if you should replace your worn our carpeting, or offer an allowance for the new homeowners to pick their own. Generally speaking there is only one right answer. If you want to maximize your equity, you must replace it. I know that we’ll have some…
Read MoreChicago Home Staging: Discussing White Glove Clean
Our team of Chicago Home Staging professionals usually begins the list of recommendations for selling your home with, “Home should be white glove clean.” If you, as a home seller, do nothing else, this advice must be at the top of your list. White glove clean is more than looking good Sometimes sellers are offended…
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