Marianne Sweet on Home Staging

I happened upon a blog today on www.redfin.com , a San Francisco area real estate site. The author, Brenda Keener, brings up the topic of “Staging for Living”, a service that we home stagers are schooled in and offer to our non-selling clients. Here is the post in its entirety:
Staging Your Home - [...]

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When it’s time to improve your Birmingham MI home´s curb appeal it does not have to cost a small fortune. Here are some inexpensive suggestions for improving the curb appeal of your Oakland County home.
Nothing makes as big of an impact as a fresh coat of paint?
Is there any home out there that would not [...]

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I frequently get calls asking how much it costs to stage a vacant house. Many times, there is a pause, and then a reply of “Thank you….I’ll be in touch.”
Though the fees to stage a house do add up to be a fairly costly investment, it will always be far less than a [...]

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Look around your neighborhood. How many houses are for sale? If you live in a typical Michigan neighborhood, the answer is “a boatload.” A good percentage of those houses are vacant, meaning the owners have moved out already and taken all of their furniture with them. What remains is the shell [...]

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In today’s overflowing real estate market, home sellers need a psychological edge to ease the home selling process. They need to move on with their lives. They need to find a magic marketing tool that will set their home apart from competing houses for sale on the block. That magic marketing tool is home [...]

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Today I am excited to introduce a new contributor to miOaklandCounty.com, Marianne Sweet of Home Sweet Home Staging, LLC. We are seeing more and more clients use the services of a professional stager, and other clients who haven’t even heard of staging. Marianne has graciously agreed to share some her knowledge and wisdom [...]

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