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Often small improvements to a home make the biggest impact when selling your home. The following are just a few of the improvements that we have recommended be done prior to staging in order to ensure that our clients receive top dollar for their property: Kitchens Painting Cabinets Painting Fireplaces Paint Wallpaper Fixtures Products |
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| New appliances in a kitchen are almost always a good idea when selling a home. The kitchen is the heart of the home and one of the most important rooms in the decision making process for buyers. We recommend looking at your kitchen with a critical eye and working with Staged to Sell to assess the need for updates and improvements. Often it's as simple as cleaning grout, clearing the counters and cabinets and/or replacing hardware. Sometimes it may include painting the cabinets, replacing the flooring or counter tops. We use our experience to make the proper suggestions that will assure your property sells no matter what the market. (If it is not in your budget to replace appliances and update your kitchen, here are some products that can help). | ||
| Painting Cabinets: | ||
| Paint makes such an impact in a home and it is one of the most inexpensive improvements you can make. Dated kitchens, especially cabinets, will kill the sale of a home. Paint and some new hardware can breathe new life into a kitchen and the cost is minimal compared to the impact it makes. The following are just a few of our clients' transformations. | ||
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Each room has a focal point. When selling your home it's the stager's job to identify that focal point and highlight it as a positive feature of the home. If a room has no focal point then it is our job to create one. Often the focal point that is there is dated and unappealing. In this case, we make recommendations that will turn an eye sore that will hurt the salability of a home into a beautiful updated feature. Many homes have one or even two fireplaces that have not been updated since the home was built. The following are a few of Staged to Sell's successful transformations. |
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| In Occupied Homes we can often create interest with just a can of paint and some furnishings that we have borrowed from other areas of the homeowner's home. This home was on the market for four months with a different Realtor who had already had it staged (see before photo). Staged to Sell came in and added a few items, moved some items around, and painted the foyer wall this gorgeous red. All of the furnishings in this photo were borrowed from another area of the home. The house went back on the market and sold within the week. As part of Staged to Sell's service, we provide color consultation for a pallet that will work with the home's designs and furnishings and help get it sold. | ||
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| When selling your home it's important to look with an impartial and critical eye at your property. Often clients have chosen fixtures, wallpaper or flooring for a home that they simply love and can't bear the thought of changing. While the right wallpaper on an accent wall that is contemporary and interesting can be a positive in a home for living, when selling it must be removed. Wallpaper tends to be a very personal choice and when selling we are creating a more neutral environment while enhancing warm colors and design elements. Selling doesn't mean beige, but it does mean neutralizing strong patterns and tired elements that date the home and will distract buyers. Once the wallpaper is removed Staged to Sell will provide recommended paint colors that will help sell the home. | ||
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| Fixtures are often one of the easiest and least expensive fixes in a home. They make a big impact especially over dining tables, in foyers and over bathroom mirrors. Today's home improvement stores carry a wide range of fixtures at competitive prices and many homeowners can do this simple change out themselves. If not, Staged to Sell will assist the homeowner with changing the light fixtures as recommended in the report. We can work with the homeowner's budget in selecting the appropriate light fixture and arrange for the proper sub-contractor to install the unit prior to staging day. | ||
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If purchasing new appliances is not in the budget, here are some products that may be just what your kitchen needs to get the job done: Liquid Stainless Steel 
Countertop Paint
Howard's Restore Grout Cleaner |
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