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What Home Staging Doesn't Mean   We've all seen the TV shows where home stagers come in and completely change everything in a home. They remodel the kitchen and bath, put new floors in, bring in new furniture. These are all things of what home staging doesn't mean and they don't happen during you...

What Will Home Staging Do for You?   There's a lot of talk about home staging and what it means. You hear your real estate agent mention it and you see the shows on TV. But before you decide to hire a home stager, you want to know how it will help your situation. What will home staging do for you...

Quick Ways to Improve the Look of Your Home   Today, I'm taking a little break from talking about home staging. While I love to help sellers get buyers to fall in love with their home, I also enjoy making existing homeowners fall in love with their home all over again.  Redesign can make that hap...

How to Have the Most Wanted Home on the Market   There are a lot of homes for sale in Montgomery County PA.  As a seller, you have a lot of competition. Of course you think your home is the best out of all of them, but do your potential buyers? How do you get the most wanted home on the market? T...

Home Staging Tips-Basement Buyers love extra square footage. Whether it's an outdoor space that acts like an extra living room during the warmer months, a finished attic space that can be a separate play place for the kids or a basement that can be a man cave or just the casual family hangout. B...

Staged or Vacant? As a Montgomery County PA home stager, I often come across vacant properties on the market. The question is always stage it or leave it vacant? The answer to this isn't exactly black and white as there are a lot of factors that play in the decision. There are definite advantage...

Hey DIYers... So maybe the removal of your popcorn ceiling didn't turn out as perfectly as you planned. No need to worry. Applying a texture to your ceilings can hide any imperfections that were left and add a little visual interest.  Thinking of selling your Montgomery County PA home? Contact Si...

Home Staging Tips-Kitchen We've all heard that kitchens and bathrooms sell houses. And it's very true. When a potential buyer walks into your home, one of the first thoughts they'll have is "What does the kitchen look like?" This could make or break the sale. If you follow my home staging tips f...

When I see homes with wood paneling, I cringe a little on the inside. Because automatically, buyers are starting to wonder how much it will cost them to tear it down or put up drywall over it.  Painting over wood paneling is certainly the easiest fix a seller can do to keep buyers from knocking o...

What Do Buyers Look for in a Home? I think it's every sellers dream to have the perfect house that every buyer wants. There would be less days spent on the market and higher offers. As a Montgomery County PA home stager I usually get asked "What do buyers look for in a home?" Sellers are startin...