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!


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Falling in Love Again

One of the tough truisms of real estate is that when a house goes on the market for sale, it is no longer the owner’s source of pride.  It has become a product for sale that needs to appeal to as many buyers as possible.  For many sellers, this truth can be very emotional and difficult to accept. 

Today, we share the exception to that rule – a seller delighted by the transformation of her home by professional home staging!  Expecting the weird feeling of walking into what felt like someone else’s house, this seller fell in love again with everything.

I am delighted to share this testimonial from my staging project at 12124 Birch in Jenks, Oklahoma.  This house is listed by Carrie DeWeese,Chinowth and Cohen,  (http://www.tulsagreenrealtor.com )

"I thought it would be weird to walk in and the home would not look like 'my house'. I thought I would feel like I was a guest in someone else's home. I was so surprised to come home and fall in love with everything! My home was completely transformed and I had no idea that my own things would look better if they were staged properly!"

This testimonial is “music to the ears” of any professional home stager. 

While our objective to stage it to appeal to as many buyers as possible, it is always quite gratifying to have the house appeal to the home seller and Realtor partner.  It is even better to have the staged house delight the seller and Realtor. 

I often “over-deliver” in my staging because I want to delight my clients and help them sell their house quickly and for the best price possible.

As you can see from the accompanying photos, I was working with a house full of great possibilities.  You can find more photos of the Birch Avenue staging project on our website http://www.transitions-home-staging.com/Birch---Jenks.html.
 

Remember to dwell in possibilities
 

Cindy
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