Since creating the “to be continued” blog, I’ve been closing each post with the words “dwell in possibilities.” I must confess that I borrowed this phrase from the great poet, Emily Dickinson. I saw her quote and realized that it summed up what I am doing as a professional home stager and interior designer.

I am most grateful to Ms. Dickinson for her insightful and inspiring phrase.

Regardless of the size or price range of a house, my objective is to find the possibilities in that house. I am looking for those unique features of that house and finding possible ways to accentuate them for the potential buyer. I am analyzing those unusual spaces that buyers find difficult to understand upon first glance and finding possible functional uses for those spaces.

In the end, my mission is to help the potential buyer see how they could dwell in the possibilities of this house!


Thursday, March 10, 2011

COMPETING WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION – PART II – RESTYLING YOUR KITCHEN

Within the last 8 months, I have convinced (with the help of an experienced and trusted realtor) two separate homeowners to take a leap of faith and invest in the restyling of their kitchens.  Think of restyling as somewhere between “staging” and “remodeling”.

We started out with a design plan that included new paint, granite countertops, backsplash, an under mount sink, plumbing fixtures and cabinet hardware.  Fortunately, the flow of the kitchen was good as were the cabinets.  We weren’t crazy about the dated floor tile, but it just wasn’t feasible to replace it. 

After we estimated the cost (I have a wonderful and reasonable granite resource) we looked at the pre- restyling listing price, the cost of restyling and the post-restyling listing price.  Very logical!  Even after taking into consideration that the listing price and the eventual selling price are usually not the same, we liked what the numbers told us.  We also believed that the home would sell quicker with the restyling.

Well, the restyling occurred, the house sold immediately and for a price that made the sellers very happy.

Take a look for yourself at the pictures of the Camelot Court project.

Dwell in possibilities!

Cindy

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