What does it take to sell a home in today's market? If you are about to list your home, you need an answer to that question. When I first started my business in 2007, it was a home staging business. I had just gotten a real estate license, but quickly realized what I really wanted to do was stage homes. I went through a certification course, then hung out my shingle for Stage, Show & Sell Home Staging Company. Even though I do very … [Read more...]
Carol’s Lake Cottage Gets an Update
When Carol called for help with her lake cottage, I was ready to go. I've been working with Carol for 4-5 years. When she first contacted me it was for color/staging help with her Alpharetta home, which she and her husband were about to put on the market. (An interesting side note: her Alpharetta neighbor was one of the Back Street Boys! I diligently looked for him the day I was there, but to no avail. All that wrought iron railing was … [Read more...]
Color Trends 2018
It's time to talk about Color Trends for 2018. I was thinking just the other day that it was only a couple of years ago that four major paint companies -- Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Behr and Valspar -- all selected whites for their color of the year. They definitely hit the nail on the head. I've done numerous "white" color consultations since then, both for interiors and exteriors; but change is in the wind. To illustrate, let's take … [Read more...]
Tudor Home Gets a Facelift
Back in February of this year (2017) I received an email from Shawn. Here is what she had to say: I found you during an internet search. It is very challenging to select house colors for my Tudor home (shown below). I was looking at painting it Dorian Gray with Gauntlet Gray or Black Fox trim and pure white around the windows, but my sister thinks I should go more gray than tan even though the stone is golden in color. She … [Read more...]
Online Color Consultations
There seems to be more and more of a need for online color consultations. I've had several calls and emails recently from such places as West Palm Beach, FL and Arkansas requesting color help. (There must not be as many color consultants out there as I had thought. Good for me!) So what these frustrated homeowners want to know is: 1) Do you offer online color consultations? and 2) How does it work? The answer to the first question is, … [Read more...]
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