Staging®

What is staging?
Staging is the process of preparing a home for sale, but more than that, it is a marketing tool.  Model homes in new communities are staged homes, furnished and decorated to generate sales.  Staging professionals apply the same guidelines and principles to resale properties to reduce days on market and encourage offers at the top of the market range.

Why should I hire someone to stage my home?
It is very difficult to view your home objectively; we tend to look past the things we see every day.  Realtors often offer advice for preparing your house for sale, but their focus and expertise should be on marketing and negotiating offers to purchase, not on rearranging furniture or helping to control clutter.  Hiring an objective staging professional is a small investment that will allow you to secure a large profit in a small amount of time. 

I’m already losing money on my house – why would I want to invest more money in it?
Whether it’s a strong sellers’ market or a strong buyers’ market, a properly staged home will sell in fewer showings and for more money than a non-staged home.  The market determines the price range within which your property will sell, but the condition determines how quickly it will sell, and at which end of that range.  Like detailing a car before advertising it for sale, staging prepares a property to showcase its best features and create a positive first impression.

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Interior Decorating

What is Interior Redesign?
Interior Redesign is a new and exciting trend in decorating.  Redesign allows you to transform your rooms using the furniture and accessories you love.  Interior Redesigners follow the same design principles as Real Estate Stagers and traditional Interior Designers, considering balance, scale, rhythm and harmony, and like Stagers, they strive to enhance or establish focal points in your home.  Like traditional designers, though, they also consider your lifestyle and the ways you use your rooms, and update your rooms to suit you and your family. 

I just moved into a new house, and I can’t figure out how to make my furniture work; can you help?
Absolutely!  It’s often difficult for new homeowners to picture their furniture in any other configuration than the one they’re used to.  Refined Spaces will take measurements and draw up floor plans for your new rooms, and can help with placement of furniture, artwork and accessories.  New couples and blended families often find this service helpful, as well, as it eliminates some of the stress and conflict of determining whose pieces to use where.

Can you help me select wall colors and/or window treatments?
Refined Spaces offers many of the same decorating services as full service interior designers, including color consultations and advice and assistance selecting and purchasing window treatments and accessories.  We will recommend certified Interior Designers for projects involving renovation or reconfiguration of space.

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