Accentuate the Positive

Of course you realise that it's just my opinion, but I'm beginning to think that in the end it's not so different. At least for many people it doesn't have to be. I mean who among us wouldn't want the spaces in our homes to look and feel warm, friendly, functional, with a place for everything?   ...

Chances are that no matter what your location, that the property market around you has a very cool wind blowing through it. And the freeze is even worse when you look at the prestige property market. The luxury property market is suffering in a big way with prestige home buyers in significantly f...

As a professional home stager, I often suggest to my clients that they look at adding a little extra pizzazz and interest to their walls with artwork. Adding just 1 or 2 pieces of art to an otherwise blank wall gives a room that little something extra. It's warm, welcoming and done with thought, ...

Today's real estate market is certainly not for the faint of heart. For a great many sellers who've not been able to offload their ‘for sale' property in a relatively timely fashion, the effect has been like taking a cold shower. Who wouldn't feel bitterly cold about the whole selling process? Bu...

Hi again AR friends, Hope my post for today finds you all doing well. Can I just say it's just too hot here in Sydney, Australia. It's going to reach around 95 degrees today! So I'm at my desk while it's still cool enough to get some work done. Anyway, I wanted to share something with you and you...

Hello once more my AR friends! Believe it or not, this is my first post for 2011 and I want to ask you - my fellow home stagers, for your thoughts on varying my consultation process a bit. Just the other day, I was asked by a local selling agent (whom I'd not worked with before) to meet an elderl...

No matter where you live in the world, selling your house can be tricky and the process can be a long one. For buyers who've already committed themselves in all manner of ways to starting a new life in a new home, that waiting can be terribly frustrating. For many sellers, a burning need to do so...

Yes, dear readers. These are real marketing photos. A Picture of you or your pets There's a nice kitty   A Picture showing damage or unfinished work      Think of the hole under the tv as a bonus feature   A picture with just too much going on   There's a saleable feature in there somewhere   A P...

This past few weeks have been among the most stressful for me that I can remember in a long time. My husband and I have decided to take the bull by the horns and sell our much loved suburban family home with the goal to take up a new life in a rural area. As it turns out we've already found the h...

The term SEO (search engine optimisation) gets bandied about a lot these days. Webmasters the world over throw bucket loads of time and money at trying to get their website seen by the many, many millions of people surfing the information super highway at any given time. Dear readers, yours truly...