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 14, 2011

“to be continued” Blog Milestone

When we came up with the idea of doing a home staging blog to help educate and inform home sellers and Realtors, we did not expect much of a response.  In our area home staging is just gaining acceptance and use.  Plus, we were not sure if what we had to share would be of interest to home sellers and Realtors.

It is hard for us to believe but we surpassed 1,000 viewers with yesterday’s blog post!  To paraphrase Sally Field’s Oscar acceptance speech – You like us!  You really like “to be continued”!!

It has been motivating to watch our daily average viewers climb from 15-20 to the current daily averages of 40-50.  We especially love the “Fast Fifteen” viewers who click on our blog moments after we send out the email reminder note.  We also went global with page viewers from Lithuania, China, Russia, Spain, France, Sweden, Spain and Indonesia - thanks to our friends at Linen Me. 

We’ve gained a lot by writing this blog.  “to be continued” has introduced Transitions Home Staging and me to new Realtors.  We are partnering in a number of cases to help their clients sell their houses-- and that is what this is all about. 

We’ve been told that our blog topics have been on the agenda for agency staff meetings.  We’ve had Realtors request using our blog posts in their individual newsletters.  Another measure of the success of “to be continued” is that the number of visitors to our Transitions Home Staging web site is also up with an average of 4-6 visits per day.

Most importantly, our “to be continued” blog keeps the conversation going about the value and benefits of home staging.  We believe in professional home staging because we see the positive results in just about every home we stage.  Home staging works for all of the reasons we’ve shared in this blog. 

We will continue to continue sharing our ideas in this blog as long as you continue to find value by returning on a regular basis and sharing “to be continued” with your clients and colleagues.  If you have ideas for blog posts or for improving what we do, please let us know.

Remember to dwell in possibilities.

Cindy
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