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Living in Small Spaces!

Lyn Spicer — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:05:03 +0000

To visually expand a small space, decorate with light, cool tones and create a monochromatic colour scheme. Arrange furnishing to expose greater floor space and avoid blocking entrances and views through windows. Reduce visual clutter and add a mirror to reflect light and space

Why Should Your Clients Stage Their Houses?

Lyn Spicer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:44:53 +0000

Staging is done with no one particular in mind, (but rather with everyone in mind), and it’s mainly an editing and an elimination process, whereas interior design is a supplementing process (of adding beautiful things that have a personal meaning to a client). During staging, the objective is to use as much of what you’ve got and to arrange it, and to present it in the best possible way to accentuate the good points of the property, and to down-play negative aspects. Simple Staging methods can be used to get any house ready for sale. It just takes a little it of creative thinking, and in most cases, not a lot of time or money needs to be invested in order to achieve a great result.

Most sellers have naturally styled and designed their home decor to reflect their own personal likes and taste - but, the way that you live in your home, and the way it should look when it comes to selling are two VERY different things. Some basic changes like neutralizing, de-personalizing and de-cluttering your home will immediately create mass appeal and this increases the number of potential buyers for your property.

With home staging, we strategically regroup furniture and accessories so that we emphasize the best features of the property, and we try to minimize negative aspects with careful use of colour and style. Very often our staging suggestions are cost effective, quick to implement, and everything that we do is based on maximum effect - for minimum costs. We’re working together with you to help you to change your home quickly and effortlessly to make it more appealing to buyers. In staging, the existing contents of the home are considered and everything unnecessary, personal or extreme is removed or packed away for you to enjoy in your next home.

Potential buyers are looking for a home that they feel that they can live in. Over 90% of buyers will be blinded by the current presentation of your home, and they can’t imagine themselves or their belongings "living" in your home if they are surrounded with memories of you, your life, and your family.

A mental shift in thinking is needed to understand that buyers need to see the shell of the house more clearly, so that they can mentally imagine themselves and their own furniture fitting into the home. And, once you grasp that concept, and you prepare your home accordingly, you’re on to a winning formula for achieving the best possible price for your property.

Using Redesign to Create a New Look in One Day

Lyn Spicer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:43:00 +0000

By using the furniture and accessories you already own, we can add the finishing touches to your existing décor to present a picture perfect home. This may include furniture rearrangement, addressing a problem area of your home, spatial planning, clutter control or just helping to make your home more appealing to a larger buying audience.

Helpful Hints When Selling Your House

Lyn Spicer — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:18:41 +0000

Do not mask bad smells with deordizers - get rid of the cause
Do not have more than 3 different types of flooring in your house
Use size-appropriate furniture
A new doormat can create an inviting feeling to buyers.
Clean carpets or drapes that need it.
Clean windows.
Clear all unnecessary objects from the kitchen count
Coordinate towels to one or two colors only in your bathrooms
Clean all gutters
Weed and then mulch all planting areas
Keep plants from blocking windows
Check paint condition of the house — especially the front door and trim
Go around the perimeter of the house and move all garbage cans, discarded wood scraps, extra building materials, etc.,
Ensure cupboards open and shut and that no taps are dripping
Appliances should sparkle even if you’re not including them with the house
Open some windows for at least 10 minutes - let in some fresh air
Don’t forget fresh flowers. You don’t need to spend a fortune to have fresh flowers throughout your home. Even a daisy in a bud vase brightens a bathroom counter

Room Full of Furniture

Lyn Spicer — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:27:01 +0000

Your client has living room full of lovely furniture, but the arrangement isn’t working.
The professional redesigner will pop into your home, look at what you have got and rearrange it, giving your old furniture a new life.

INTRODUCTION OF SPICE OF LIFE REDESIGNS

Lyn Spicer — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:05:56 +0000

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce my company.

Spice of Life Redesigns transforms a home into a house so it appeals to the broadest range of prospective buyers. A home is where a person lives - a house is a piece of real estate. As an expert Real Estate Agent you know the way people live in their home and the way they sell their house must be two very different things. Spice of Life Redesigns provides your client with the expertise necessary to make this valuable transition in selling their house faster.

We work with your client to determine the function of the room and their likes and dislikes about the room. Spice of Life Redesigns goes shopping with your client in their own house. What do I mean by this, most people have traveled or received special treasures such as vases, pictures, artifacts in that are hidden in their closets or in a drawer and do not know how to display in a fashionable way. Spice of Life Redesigns uses these treasures as accessories.

Once we have determined the functions, your client goes out for the day to shop, work or have coffee with a friend or two. At the end of the day your client returns to a transformed house in which they can be proud to have prospective buyers view.

Home Staging

Lyn Spicer — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:51:07 +0000

Selling your house? The art of "staging" has proven to sell houses more quickly and for a higher price. We will transform your house so it’s inviting to the new potential homeowner by de-cluttering and using other redesign techniques, specifically tailored to selling a house faster.

Helpful Hints When Selling Your House

Lyn Spicer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:43:00 +0000

Clean all gutters
Weed and then mulch all planting areas
Keep plants from blocking windows
Check paint condition of the house — especially the front door and trim
Go around the perimeter of the house and move all garbage cans, discarded wood scraps, extra building materials, etc.,

Downsizing Tips of the Day

Lyn Spicer — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:31:58 +0000

Downsizing Tips:
Label 3 boxes in each room of your house:

One box for items you’re taking with you
One box for items you’re consigning
One box for items that you wish to donate
Each day before you move go through each room dividing items not being used into boxes this may be slow & overwhelming at first, but once started you will most likely feel excited & relieved at your progress.