Homes with bright colored walls and wallpaper can still benefit from home staging. In a normal home staging consultation, we would advise that sellers remove anything too taste specific. This includes common selections like painting over bold or bright colored walls, removing wall paper borders, and removing murals from bedrooms (or really anywhere in the…
How body language affects the home buying process.
When I teach the Realtor Continuing Education class, I frequently point out how body language can affect the sale of a house. Messages that the buyer’s body sends to the buyer’s brain, can determine whether or not they will purchase that particular property. Sounds crazy, right? But it is completely true! What message is the…
You get what you pay for. Cheap home staging can cost you thousands!
It seems that our Jacksonville home staging company has been called in a lot lately to “fix” the market presentation of properties that were previously staged by other companies. Whether it is the listing agent contacting us, or the homeowner, the conversation always seems to go the same way. “We went with the cheaper option.”…
Quality Control: It’s one of the key differences between Rave and other staging companies.
I would love to say that each and every staging job goes completely smoothly. Unfortunately, especially when you are super busy, like we are, a stager can have an ‘off’ day. Last week that happened on our team. Fortunately, because of our systematized approach to staging, we were able to catch it and correct it…
How a few simple changes take a listing from stale to SOLD!
Rave Home Staging is known for our work in vacant homes. Most weeks we stage anywhere from 6-10 vacant homes, all over Jacksonville, in all price points. Occasionally however, we’ll get a call by an agent who has an occupied listing and it’s getting no traction. Either the home isn’t getting any showings, or the…
We are not the cheapest staging company in town. We are the BEST.
I was speaking with a Realtor that specializes in luxury homes yesterday and in our conversation she advised that she thinks what we do is great, but that we are priced higher than our competition. That’s not a surprise to me. There will always be stagers who will undercut our pricing. The truth is that…
What do I do with that? Helping buyers understand your home.
I love my home staging career. Every home is unique, so every day is different. I get to adapt and determine how to best showcase features and benefits, while minimizing negatives. What happens when you can’t decide if an architectural element is a feature or a flaw though? When buyers wonder what the heck you…
Sold by Design: Which Coffee Table is Right for My Home?
Whether you are selling your home and working with a professional stager, buying a new home, or simply redecorating, design choices can be overwhelming. The “right” piece is often more than dimension and style. Often homeowners know when something ‘doesn’t look right’ but they don’t know why. This also means that they don’t know how…
Sold by Design: The importance of Rug Size in Home Staging.
Using the proper rug size in home staging is not just about good design, it is about making a room feel large, comfortable, and ultimately controlling the buyer’s eye. Many years ago we defined home staging, to our customers, as a marketing project, not interior design. That doesn’t mean that interior design principles aren’t still…
What are you looking at? Home staging at first glance.
At first glance, home staging may seem like a fun business full of decorating ideas. When I tell someone what I do for a living, they usually say something like, “Oh how fun! It must be exciting getting to decorate everyday.” This is a common misconception of what our job actually entails. What home stagers…