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!


Monday, March 7, 2011

When It Has a For Sale Sign in Front, Your House Is Not Your Home

For most people, we furnish and arrange our homes to serve our likes, needs and desires.  We create a Smith-friendly environment or a Jones- friendly environment that works for us.  When it comes time to sell the house, the unique nature of that Smith or Jones friendly home can become a liability. 

When a house goes on the market for sale, it becomes a product for sale that needs to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. 

The dramatic shift from home to a product can be tough for many sellers.  They may want the buyers to like their home and their stuff as much as they do.  The problem is that the buyers need to see themselves and their stuff in this house. 

The savvy seller knows that when their house has a For Sale sign in the front lawn, the house is no longer their home.  Savvy sellers and realtors know the many benefits gained from having professionals help them transform their Smith-friendly home into a buyer-friendly environment.

There is a completely different impression if the home has been staged to accentuate the best features and provide a nice, easy and consistent use of space and movement.    

When a house is professionally staged, it is more likely that buyers will make an offer and buy that house.  And in the end, selling the house is why there was a For Sale sign in the front yard.


Dwell in possibilities!

Cindy
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