Considerations when Staging or Designing a Dining Room

Do the following questions puzzle you? 

What is the right size of table for my dining room?
Can I still fit a hutch or china cabinet?
What size of dining table should I buy to accommodate my family comfortably?

For the answer of these questions with easy charts click here. 

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SOLD within 32 days after vacant home staging

This house in Redding, CT was occupied, but un-staged, in the very beginning when it was put on the market. Therefore, the online photos showed the house furnished. I have to say it looked quite spacious online.

Shortly thereafter the home sellers moved out and the house was now vacant. After the house had not sold for quite some time, the real estate agent suggested to the home sellers to have it staged. When I came to the house and saw the empty house, it looked small. How would home buyers be able to see fitting their furniture in here? I am sure this was the reason why this property had not sold after 101 days yet.

After we had it staged, it again looked very spacious, warm and welcoming. This proves again how deceiving vacant rooms are as there is no point of reference in the room. 

After the house was staged, it SOLD within 32 days! 

This example shows again, how important it is to have a vacant house staged if the goal is to sell fast and at the top dollar. After all, home buyers buy homes not houses. 


Click here to see the BEFORE & AFTER Home Staging Video

Today Birgit with Realtor Jim Troy on the RADIO at 10.00am on WSTC 1400

Today Birgit interviews with Real Estate Agent Jim Troy in "The Real Estate Review" - a great show talking about the importance of Home Staging when selling a house. Today, Saturday Dec. 11th at 10.00 on WSTC 1400 and WNLK 1350 AM or to listen LIVE on the web, click here

Today's Staging Tip: getting bucks for your bathroom

Bathrooms are a good investment to get top dollar for your home. Bathrooms may make or break the decision of buyers to buy your house. Here are a few inexpensive tips on what you can do to give your bath an updated look: 

• A new countertop can dramatically update the bath. 
• Depending on your cabinetry, painting it is often another quick and inexpensive solution to update the bathroom.
• A decorative mirror rather than a medicine cabinet
• Framing a frameless mirror
• Refreshing grouts
• Replace your shower curtain with a fresh neutral shower curtain
• and most importantly make everything sparkle

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Birgit with Realtor Jim Troy on the RADIO this Saturday at 10.00am

I had a great time today with Real Estate Agent Jim Troy recording Saturday's "The Real Estate Review" - a great show talking about the importance of Home Staging when selling a house. It will air this Saturday Dec. 11th at 10.00 on WSTC 1400 and WNLK 1350 AM or to listen LIVE on the web on Saturday, click here

Today's Staging Tip: Using Lamps with Similar Size, Shape and Height

If you are on a budget and do not want to spend money on new table lamps, look around in your home if you can find two lamps of similar size, shape and height. Put identical shades on them to tie them together. If they are not the same height, you can use a painted wooden block or base underneath the shorter one to raise it. This will give them a further unified look.