| If you haven't heard of home staging yet, you're | | | | cookbooks, wall mirrors, flowers, vases and wall |
| missing the new trend in real estate to get your | | | | art. With a stager's inventory in place, the home |
| house sold faster and at a better price. Essentially, | | | | now appeals to a broader audience, expanding the |
| stagers work on different levels, depending on | | | | number of people interested in the piece of |
| what the homeowner (now home seller) decides, | | | | real-estate and who are willing to make an offer. |
| but with the same goal in mind: get the home sold | | | | However, there is one other level that more and |
| quickly and at the right price. The differing levels | | | | more home stagers are beginning to work on: |
| depend largely on how much the client wants to | | | | vacant home staging. Essentially, vacant home |
| spend to get their home in top selling condition. | | | | staging is setting and staging a home that has no |
| However, a stager should never be left out of | | | | furnishings and accessories, requiring the stager to |
| the equation and their suggestions, though sound | | | | use only their inventory and resources. This is a |
| pricey, are always better than having your home | | | | difficult market for some home stagers because |
| go through a series of price reductions. | | | | it requires a larger amount of inventory to give |
| Generally, the first level of home staging is fairly | | | | the house its universal appeal. Many home stagers |
| basic: rearranging and using only the current | | | | have neither the inventory nor resources to fill a |
| home's furnishings and accessories. However, this | | | | house and make it look comfortable to buyers. |
| proves cumbersome and is often avoided | | | | Home stagers work on different levels of home |
| because the main idea behind home staging is to | | | | design, which all require different levels of business |
| make the house appeal to the most amounts of | | | | aptitude. Home staging is still in some of its infant |
| people. The home needs that universal appeal | | | | stages of business, but is most likely soon to |
| characteristic of model homes and magazines. | | | | explode into a standard practice, possibly even a |
| That's the look were going for; something that | | | | requirement for successful home selling. |
| appeals to the most amount of people the most | | | | Brass tacks? Home stagers need good deals on |
| amount of time, therefore getting the most | | | | good inventory that will last hundreds of home |
| amount of results. | | | | stagings without wearing out or needing |
| So, one of the first steps most stagers will do | | | | replacement. Home stagers have begun finding |
| when they work with a client is to "de-clutter" and | | | | Imagekind a valuable resource for finding |
| organize, making the space look open and clean | | | | high-quality fine-art-prints to accessorize their |
| and ready to be used. Essentially, home stagers | | | | various staging and design jobs. Home stagers |
| are looking to get rid of anything that does not fit | | | | appreciate the discounts offered and the millions |
| that universal appeal, and this can entail many of | | | | of frame and matting options available. Whether |
| the homeowner's personal furnishings and | | | | you like abstracts, floral or landscapes, matted |
| accessories. | | | | and framed with glass, or you prefer the canvas |
| With those cleaned up and gone home stagers | | | | wrap option making the print light, easy to |
| then move on to the second level: using some of | | | | transport and move and ultra-durable, able to |
| the homeowner's items as well as items from | | | | withstand hundreds to thousands of stagings with |
| their own inventory accrued through their | | | | no worries of breaking glass or dinging frames, |
| business. These accessories range from furniture | | | | home stagers have found Imagekind to be their |
| such as couches, chairs, tables and even patio and | | | | number one provider of fine-art-prints. |
| outdoor furniture to smaller items such as | | | | |