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, April 23, 2012

See What 2 Hours of Professional Home Staging Can Do – Claremont Drive Project

Professional home staging runs the gamut from basic consultation to full scale staging of a vacant house -- and everything in between. 

Recent blog posts have been featuring Transitions home staging projects that are closer to full scale staging – usually bringing in furniture, artwork, accessories and linens.  These projects require an investment that is often returned in a quicker sale for a premium price.

But offering staging services to your listing homeowners doesn’t always have to be expensive or time consuming.  Even a couple of hours can make a huge difference in how a home shows and photographs. 

Today, we feature a basic consultation home staging project on Claremont Drive in Bartlesville.  It just needed a few new and colorful accessories; some furniture rearrangement that took two hours of my time; and, great homeowners willing to do their “homework” and provide some sweat equity. 

The result is a house that shows well and photographs even better! 

Entry – To make the entry and first impression of the house more dramatic, we brought in a console from another part of the house, made it more important with a piece of art and a forsythia arrangement.  A fern added that touch of graciousness.

Formal Living Room – There was just too much too large furniture in this room.  The homeowner’s homework included removing a sofa, bringing in a rug that I spotted in the workout room and adding the wingback chair from the den.  The room opened up and we solved the problem of walking into the back of a sofa.

Den – This den was being used by the homeowner as a bedroom.   A room should be staged according to the original intent of the room.  So, that is what we did.  Isn’t it a beautiful den?

This home is located at 2600 Claremont Drive in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and listed by Donna Skelly (McAnaw Realtors - http://mcanawrealtors.com )

The amazing result is that this house went under contract in 1 day!  Talk about selling a show ready house quickly!

Remember to dwell in possibilities

Cindy

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