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!


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

“What in the world am I going to do with this one? I have nothing to work with!”

I know this quote was not originally intended to describe residential real estate.  But, I often have a different take on things I see and hear.

“Pretty is something you’re born with, but beautiful, that’s an equal opportunity adjective”    Unknown

I am constantly looking for ways to improve my craft.  It is always a challenge to find the right choice of words to help home sellers think out of the box and why they should take the extra steps of home staging before they list their homes.  I find that quotes like this one help set the stage (pun intended).

I think every house has at least one best feature.  Some homes are blessed with many wonderful and obvious best features.  But in the case of other homes, you really have to look hard to find just one best feature.  It is so satisfying to take a frumpy and tired house and make it shine again. 

These houses are not the easiest to stage, but the results can be dramatic and successful. 

I can’t tell you how many times I have walked into a house and thought to myself “What in the world am I going to do with this one.  I have nothing to work with!” But, with serious pondering, imagination and some tricks of the trade, I know that I will make it a place where people will not only want to come into, but will want to stay. 

This diamond in the rough could be someone’s dream home.

Dwell in possibilities!

Cindy
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