Leia and her team staged all day and into the evening but the outcome and sale of the home is what drives dedicated
stagers like her.
Some stagers like to put fake fruit and cookbooks in kitchens.
Modern politicians don't pass muster - although an old -
stager like Sir Peter Tapsell gets praised for his unmodish «bravery».
Not exact matches
Question marks hang over the
likes of brands
like Robertson's Well out of the Coonawarra and the old
stager from the Barossa Valley, Tollana.
As the old
stagers leave the screen (Michael Gambon appears as a corpse), other dependable character actors are sprinkled about the place
like scatter cushions.
Working as a
stager can be good money, as we have seen on shows
like Million Dollar Listings where
stagers charge $ 30,000 to stage a home (Although in general, that's not the case.
Nothing sells
like professional photography (except a sold sign; the best advertising and selling tool for «next»), and hire a
stager if you find it necessary and don't have that skill - set yourself.
The
Stager might suggest something that he / she (the
Stager)
likes and it will be totally counter-productive.
In regards to comments referring that agents provide
stagers with business, I would
like to stipulate that current home sellers are very savvy and I have been approached by home sellers directly prior to listing with any agent and before an agent is selected.
If the sellers know their house is dated & may be willing to consider services
like home staging, then it is in a realtor's best interest to have business cards of professional
stagers in the area who can advise the seller & make recommendations.
Commercial
stagers often rent furniture from companies
like CORT or use pieces from older tenant build - outs to create a sense of how a finished space will function.
I'm totally excited that many Realtors are seeing the definite benefit of having a home
stager on call just
like any other service provider, but you may not know where to start or what kinds of questions to ask yourself before venturing out into this territory.
If you're the do - it - yourself type but would
like the experience and guidance from professional home
stager on furniture and accessory arrangement, want to know which updates return their investment and what you can do to stage your property yourself, then a home staging consultation is the perfect choice for you!
Even if you are a home
stager, you still may wish to avoid staging the clients» home and having those difficult conversations about cleaning, odors, pets, animal heads and the
like to maintain a great relationship with your client.
Having a home
stager is
like having multiple service providers on call and a home selling «concierge» service at your disposal.
Because I'm frustrated when people think that home
stagers primarily «decorate» or «make rooms look pretty», I would
like to clearly indicate while both of those are technically true, pretty rooms are a by - product of our work, and while decorating is in fact a tremendous part of the job, it's not in the same way that a home owner, designer, or even redesigner, typically does the job.
Want to learn more about what it's
like to be a home
stager?
Home
stagers will tell you that finishing touches
like snacks, flowers, and ambient music are all worth the effort.
This is an idea for my fellow professional
stagers, designers, and other real estate professionals who would
like another option for wearing your professional organization's logo pin.
Just
like a home seller shouldn't pick a real estate agent based on the highest quoted sale price for your home, a
stager should not be picked based on the lowest bid.
With this information, a home owner can then decide how much work they will do themselves and how much they would
like the
stager to do.
This is critical to the success of your own website marketing efforts because having a high traffic site
like the Staging Diva Directory of Home
Stagers link to your smaller site is a key factor in determining your own site's search engine rankings.
At this time, there is no independent national organization (
like ASID for Interior Designers) that certifies home
stagers or real estate
stagers and no government oversight or licensing in most areas.
If a home
stager recommends and executes a larger home improvement
like updating a kitchen or adding a new deck, this is the second way to lessen your tax burden.
Ever wonder what it's
like to be a home
stager?
Paid
stager employees, whether hourly or salary, have to interview for the position,
like anyone else would, for any other job that exists.
Unfortunately, especially when you are super busy,
like we are, a
stager can have an «off» day.
One of the key reasons that Professional Home Staging isn't given the respect it is due is because so many people, including new pop - up home staging companies, or want - to - be
stagers, treat our industry
like we are the next Mary Kay.
Your real estate agent will also have a list of go - to professionals for any of your home's needs
like a handyman, home
stager, interior designer, contractor, etc..
I
like to look at Scandi brokers» websites — more prominent ones hire home
stagers / property stylists to do the job (that's why we have so many cute pins).
As a designer, it's
like left brain vs right brain to switch from designer to
stager!
This
stager during the walk - through consultation with the homeowners (who are now friends of mine) said nothing about painting any rooms, updating the dark wood, nor did she even notice a few basic red flags that should have been addressed immediately,
like the red in this dark dining room.
According to our realtor and home
stager, «Buyers don't
like curtains.
While a good
stager will cost a little bit of money, you could end up making thousands more in your final sale price, just
like these homeowners did!