Marketing, Marketing and more Marketing!

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Home Staging, projects

It seems like I have spent a ton of time on marketing these past couple of weeks.

I started out with just business cards and my logo and lately things have come to my attention that need to be done.

I’m finding the need for something to announce my services for parade and vacant homes. I learned the hard way that if I did not leave anything behind no one would know who staged the home.

So…..

I had some “Staging Services Provided By” cards made up. I really didn’t want to just leave them on a table hoping someone would pick them up. And at the last parade home (which was my first parade home) most of the contractors that worked in the home advertised with a card in a frame and they placed their business cards alongside of it.

Nothing fancy, just a frame.

A boring frame.

Well, in my opinion anyway.

So……

Here is MY solution….

Now, I just need a vacant home to leave it in.

 I worked up a big proposal for a home that has been on the market for a year in August. A WHOLE YEAR!! Believe me it needs some help and I hope they give me the opportunity, I would love to get in there and help them out and really make a big difference to get that home sold.

I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for stopping by.

Home Staging Tip – Bar Staging

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Home Staging, Home Staging Tips, Vacant Home Staging

There are a lot of options when staging a bar area. Some popular themes would be a game night theme, man cave theme, candy and treats (soda fountain) theme, alcohol (wine) theme or just use beautiful stemware and bottles and do a very sophisticated, modern look.  Whatever you choose it is an important area to stage when you list your home or have a vacant home on the market.

This home was vacant with no other furniture in the basement area so it needed just small touches that would help potential buyers envision themselves entertaining in the space. 

 I added interest in the wine rack with glasses, greenery and a few bottles, red accents to draw the eye to the corners of the space, bar stools and a few snacks. Just enough to draw you in without overdoing it. Keeping the theme simple. Sometimes less is more and makes a bigger impact.

When I am staging I don’t always like to do the obvious. Everyone knows what a bar is for so using glasses with fake ice cubes with stir sticks seems obvious. I also don’t want to count out those buyers who aren’t crazy about having a bar in their basement and can now envision using it in a more family friendly way. Helping them in the decision process to purchase the home.

If you have a bar, stage it. You might need to edit what you have to showcase just a few items and make it stand out. But don’t overlook it, it could be the area that leads to the sale of your home.

Staging Tear Down

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Home Staging, Quotes

Have you ever wondered how much stuff it takes to stage a home?

Well….you probably haven’t.

But…… just in case you have,

this is how much.

Stuff…..it takes to partially stage a home.

One SUV full of bar stools, artwork and “other stuff.”

This is only accessories for the key areas of a home, no furniture. Living room, kitchen, master bath, main bath, 2 small powder rooms and the downstairs bar with two bar stools. We decided against bar stools for the kitchen, the builder wanted plenty of space for marketing materials  to be placed on the kitchen counters.

 

……and a car trunk and backseat full.

But I love it, every minute of it!

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I dont think you can go wrong.” ~ Ella Fitzgerald

Randomness

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Dogs, Quotes

Ever have one of those week’s???

Randomness; proceeding, made or occurring without definite aim, reason or pattern, according to the dictionary that is.

 Not that I/we all didn’t know what it meant but it describes my posts this week and how I am feeling.

A little like this quote……..

“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” ~ Steven Wright

So….with all of that said,

I came across this photo of wallpaper and really loved it.

photo credit to plushplalate.blogspot.com

I once decorated my laundry room with dog decor. Dog picture frames,  Scottie wallpaper border, some metal dogs painted a bright color and canisters with dog paw prints on them.

But in our newer smaller abode, all I have room for in my laundry room is my washer and dryer. The walls surrounding them are concrete.

No dog decorations, actually no cute decor at all.

You can’t do much with concrete floors and concrete walls.

 Actually, I miss them. The dogs, the display of happy faces and paw prints in my laundry room.

I love the bold pattern of the dogs in the wallpaper and since it’s a powder room, I think it’s really creative. People seem to go darker in those spaces so it’s refreshing to see.

What do you think? Are you up for a fun bold pattern somewhere in your home?

Is your week as random as mine?

Do tell……

Ways To Stay Creative

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Motivation, Quotes

via pinterest via thingssheloves.tumblr.com

 I came across this on Pinterest and just had to save it for myself and wanted to share it.

I am not sure why there are 29 and not 30 ways to stay creative but if you think about it that is creative…….. right?

Last week I staged a Parade Home in a very short period of time, their first stager backed out and I had to get creative fast. I can’t wait to show you pictures, they are coming. Overall, I was very pleased with how the project turned out and I have gotten great feedback.

Anyway, back to the list of ways to stay creative…my favorites are;

Number 11..Surround yourself with creative people.

Number 22…Don’t force it.

Number 28….Have fun.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Monday Motivation

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Motivation, Quotes

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We all make mistakes.

Because we are humans…we are imperfect.

But what do we gain if we don’t try?

We don’t………gain that is.

Happy New Week Everyone!