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, April 25, 2013

Just Saying

One of my Realtor partners was chosen as the listing agent by a home seller because she provides the services of a professional home stager (yes, she uses me!!).  This seller believes in the value of home staging and wanted to list with a Realtor who did as well.

This savvy seller was so excited when we met for our consultation.  She and her daughter met me at the front door with pen and paper in hand.  We proceeded through each room, rearranging furniture and artwork.  She made a list of the additional work to be done after I left as well as a list of the accessories I recommended that she purchase.

This savvy seller was so open to my instructions and recommendations – she did every single thing that I asked of her.  She called me later that afternoon with a question about a purchase I asked her to make.  During that call, she told me again how much fun she was having.

Not only was her staging experience fun, it had a very, very positive outcome – and the goal of every house sale.  The great news for my Realtor partner and her savvy seller is that they had seven showings on the first day of the listing with two scheduling follow up appointments for the following day.  By the way, this house had a contract in 3 days!!

You can draw your own conclusions.  I am just saying that the perfect combination of a savvy seller, proactive Realtor, fantastic online photos and professional home staging delivered quite desirable and hard to beat results.

For the savvy seller, the cost of home staging is an investment in selling their house quicker and for the best possible price.  For this particular savvy seller, it was also a fun experience and opened up lots of possibilities for her family!!


Dwell in possibilities
 

Cindy
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