“Sold On Staging” Article in Pasadena Star News
March 27, 2010
The Pasadena Star News published a featured article today (3/27) in the Home & Garden section about the importance of hiring a professional homes stager.
Michelle Mills, the reporter I spoke to writes:
Minch understands how real estate marketing works and how home shoppers think. With that in mind, she counsels her home-selling clients to identify changes that can make a house more appealing to a home buyer, and how to get those changes done in a cost effective manner.
Click here for a PDF to learn more about hiring an expert home stager to market a picture perfect home page one and page 2.
Home Staging in Pasadena For A Small Affordable Housing Condo
March 19, 2010
Yesterday we staged this super cute, cozy Affordable Housing condo in Pasadena for a real estate investment company.
The unit is a whopping 600 sq. ft.! Despite its small square footage, it has a very workable layout with a nice outdoor patio area. After staging the condo looks much larger due to proper scale and placement of furniture. The price can’t be beat at $225,000. Other slightly larger units in the complex are listed for more than $100K more!
This very affordable Pasadena condo is located at 64 Mar Vista, unit #115. MLS# P706032
For more information, contact the listing agent, Jill Parker (949)233-9085.
Prepping Your House For A Faster Sale
March 14, 2010
Here’s an article about preparing your house for sale. It was written by syndicated columnist Ellen James Martin and will appear in newspapers across the country. This Miami Herald article just popped up in my Google alerts:
If you live in the Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Marino or Arcadia area, you may need a Los Angeles home stager to help prepare your home for sale. Give us a call at (626)441-8975. We know what makes homes sell!
Eleven Expert Tips To Make Small Rooms Feel Larger
March 8, 2010
As a professional home stager in Pasadena and Los Angeles, one of my primary jobs is to make smaller homes feel larger, or at least, feel as large as they really are.
Here’s a list of my tips for making a small home feel larger. You can use these tips whether you are staging your home to sell or if you are planning to stay, but just need some help dealing with smaller rooms. These tips will work with either vacant or occupied homes:
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Pare down what you need to have in a smaller room to the essentials. Do you really need a chair in your bedroom, or can you sit on the bed to put your shoes on?
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Clutter makes a room feel smaller. Lots of smaller items, like your Hummel collection or your bowling trophies displayed on every horizontal surface, eat up visual space. Only display 3-5 items at a time. Store the rest and rotate them out of storage throughout the year. Not only will the room feel larger, but each item displayed will stand out more.
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Use fewer pieces of furniture. Its better to have one larger dresser than 2 smaller ones.
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Use appropriately sized furniture. Having a large sectional in a small family room will highlight how small the room is.
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Cooler colors recede, so painting a room a pale blue, green or gray will make it feel larger.
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Show more hardwood. The larger the expanse of hardwood, the larger the room will look. See how the room looks without an area rug.
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Try using one larger area rug instead of several smaller rugs.
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Use fewer patterns on upholstery and bedding. For instance, use a solid color blanket or bedspread on a bed in a small bedroom to make the room feel larger.
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Strategically placed mirrors make a room feel larger.
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A well lit room feels larger.
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Minimize window treatments. The simpler the better. Shutters, blinds or simple drapes (no flounces, ruffles, strong patterns or complicated valences) take up less “visual space”.
These home staging tips work if you are staging to sell or just want to make the home you are living in feel larger.
If you need some help figuring out how to make your home feel larger, consider hiring us for a home staging consultation. You’ll get some expert home staging and interior design tips from the Real Estate Staging Association 2010 Professional Stager of the Year. Prices start at $250 for a verbal consultation or $350 for a comprehensive written consultation. Its the best “bang for your buck” and it’s a great investment in preparing your home for sale, or making your home more livable if you are planning to stay.
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