Don’t try this at home!
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Or maybe do try this at home, if you are trying to sell and the competition is stiff (and it is in lots of Central Ohio neighborhoods isn’t it? ) try home staging in your home.
Craig Schiller (just like the park in German Village) a home stager in Chicago has a gorgeous slide show about Buyer’s Seeing Red.
Craig is talking to other stagers about the use of the color red in home staging. It caught my eye.
Can you do home staging yourself? Or do you need professional help? I majored in interior design until the second semester of my junior year in college. My degree in home economics then became a major which was called ”Related Art History of Design.” So I have a background and lotsa study in design but I am not qualified to really stage a home. I can help a seller with the rudimentary stuff but there’s a reason to get a professional involved in many Central Ohio homes today in my opinion. It’s not like there aren’t buyers out there. Buyers are just able to ‘cherry pick’ the homes they buy today.
I have thought about getting the staging designation for real estate agents too. Maybe someday. For now if you are in a neighborhood with 6 months or more supply of houses to sell, why not give your home a competitive edge by having it professionally staged?
Can you stage a home yourself? Some people live in houses that look like they were staged. Most of us don’t.
Accent colors, accesories, home staging is not decorating. Often home staging can be done with your own things.
We have professional stagers in Columbus.
What’s the market like in your Central Ohio neighborhood? What is your home worth?
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