Staging on a BudgetRegular readers of this blog know that I’m a big fan of staging. But what if you don’t have the money? Or you have a 5,000 square foot home, and staging would be prohibitively expensive? I’d still make the case that a half (or a quarter) loaf is better than none. Establishing...Read More
“Mark Your Calendar” If you’re looking for decent furniture, cheap, Cort Furniture’s annual sale is Sept. 16-18. Cort, well-known to stagers and Realtors for their rental furniture, is less well-known as a place to buy used furniture at a terrific price.Read More
Making the Most of What’s Available A rose is a rose is a rose. –Gertrude Stein Question: When is a chair not a chair?Answer: When it’s a prop. Home stagers view furniture, framed pictures, rugs and various other objets d’art not as things in themselves — but in terms of what they do for the...Read More
“Serious” vs. “Non-Serious” Home Sellers Men are like taxis. The theory is that when a man is ready for, or open to, the possibility of a relationship he turns his taxi light on. If you happen to be the girl that hails the cab (him) while the light is on, you’ve got a possibility of...Read More
Payback (The Good Kind) I suppose that there are some people out there who hesitate to give out referrals for fear that a favorite contractor will somehow forsake them if they ever become too busy or popular. I find just the opposite is true. Once someone comes to see me as a steady source of...Read More
