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Staging Inside, Outside, and Poolside (Poolside??)

Universal Staging Principles How do you stage an outdoor, in-ground swimming pool in the backyard of a “For Sale” home? The same way you stage anything else: by adding accents, focal points, and color ” and removing clutter. For an outdoor pool, that means opening up any poolside umbrellas, arranging nearby lawn chairs, and throwing...
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Real Estate Sales Law #1: “Unmotivated Stagers Make Unmotivated Sellers”

Staging Malfunctions, or, Seller Cold Feet Call it the real estate equivalent of a “wardrobe malfunction”: the staging appointment, made weeks (or months) earlier, finally arrives, and . . . the client just can’t go through with it. That just happened this week to a stager I regularly work with. Unfortunately, she had been planning...
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Home Seller (and Staging Client): “It Looks So Good, Now I Don’t Want to Move!”

The Gold Standard for Staging Advice “Nice listing . . . Congrats!“ —Uttered by exiting Buyers’ agents at a broker open; when the listing agent knows the price is right and the home is likely to sell quickly.  See, “Realtor Compliments.“ The equivalent for a staging job well done is when the client appreciatively remarks...
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Staged Gutter Extensions (Why Not?)

Gutter Extension Camouflage People usually associate “staging” with the inside of a home. Before: conspicuously white. But, when it comes to selling a house, few things matter more than curb appeal, and a key ingredient of curb appeal is landscaping ” specifically, in front of the home. Ergo, the advice my stager gave to a...
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Home Seller (and Staging Client): “It Looks So Good, Now I Don’t Want to Move!”

The Gold Standard for Staging Advice “Nice listing . . . congrats.” —Uttered by exiting Buyers’ agents at a broker open; when the listing agent knows the price is right and the home is likely to sell quickly.  See, “Realtor Compliments.“ The equivalent for a staging job well done is when the client appreciatively remarks...
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Staged Gutter Extensions?!? Why Not?

Gutter Extension Camouflage I usually associate “staging” with the inside of a home. But, when it comes to selling a house, few things matter more than curb appeal, and a key ingredient of curb appeal is landscaping — specifically, in front of the home. Ergo, the advice my stager gave to a Southwest Minneapolis client...
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