Tips for Preparing Your Home For Sale
What 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 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 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 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 MoreWhat do I do with this space? A Naperville home makeover.
As professional home stagers we often are in homes where sellers tell us that they just never knew what to do with a space in their home. Often it is a space that should be prime real estate because it is near a great feature of the home like a fireplace or a great view.…
Read MoreChicagoland 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…
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