Accentuate the Positive

When it comes to colour (aka ‘hue'), have you ever heard the terms; ‘warm' and/or ‘cool' to describe a room's colour scheme? Most likely you have. It's one of those terms used to describe the colour mood a room sets. Do some colours really exude a sense of warmth? Do some colours feel cool? They ...

Statistics show that as many as 80% of house hunters now start their search for a new home on the internet. The bottom line is, that taking the right marketing photos in order to maximise buyer interest and invite them to want to see more of your online listings, is an essential element of any re...

Hi fellow stagers. It's avery warm day here in Sydney, Australia. It's not yet lunchtime and I've already had a swim. Niiice. Anyway, while having a bit if a look around AR earlier, I stumbled on this post by Clint Miller of Real Estate Client Referrals  Whilst it relates to selling agents, I thi...

Heard of home staging (called property styling or property presentation here in Australia)? Yes? No? If not, don't worry you're not alone. It's a fairly new concept to many in the real estate scene. It's the process of re-decorating a home to sell. I should point out, that I do mean sell. Staging...

I'm just having a bit of a look through my Google Analytics (GA) feedback. For those who aren't too sure what that is, it's a traffic meter supplied by Google to allow web site owners (called web masters) to measure their visitor traffic.   I must say considering it's free, GA is surprisingly det...

Hello again to my stager friends. I have a dilemna. I'm considering putting my fee schedule on my website. I'm just not sure if it's the way to go or not. I know some stagers put their fee schedules on their website and some don't. What are the pros and cons?  Any ideas or thoughts? I'd appreciat...

As a professional home stager/property stylist (and a property investor), I've seen a lot of homes. All have both positives and negatives. But a lucky few have something I think is really special. Something truly valuable and often unique. So, if you've got any of these glorious built-in features...

As a professional selling agent, your job is to show house hunters through, perhaps several, properties that may suit their needs. As a professional home stager (often called a property stylist here in Sydney, Australia), my job is to help home owners put their home's 'best foot forward' using fa...

Tell me my home staging and REA friends; have you ever seen anything quite like these furniture gems? Would you want to? How do you work with, around, without, having such a big elephant in the room?                 These furniture pieces are certainly unique and make for a real talking point, bu...

I find that one of the most confusing concepts relating to colour is the difference between the 2 elements known as 'value' and 'intesity'. In this post, I'll endeavor to explain the basic difference between the two using a couple of picture examples to help convey the message a little easier. In...