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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Home Staging Vs Interior Design

By Barbara Jennings

Contrary to what some people believe, a home staging business is nothing like being an interior decorating service. An interior decorator plies their trade by creating room designs to suit the owner or person occupying the space. Many high-end contractors and architects will have an interior decorator they recommend and work with when building a custom home for a client or a corporate facility for a business. The designs the interior decorator proposes and eventually creates in the space reflect the themes of the home owner or for business, the company's scheme. This is almost the opposite of what a professional home stager does.

Home staging companies create a neutral space so that potential buyers can envision their style and belongings in each room. The goal is to create organized, functional and welcoming rooms.

With an organized interior and exterior, a real estate agent can lead a prospective buyer through each room and recommend ways that the new owner can personalize the space with their furniture and artwork, for example. Home staging is particularly important for newly listed homes. A staged home provides a positive first impression. Experienced real estate agents know that staging increases the chances of receiving offers on a home.

Many realtors who are experiencing a level of difficulty with sellers who are unable to prepare their home for viewing will engage a professional home stager. The often certified home stager will "depersonalize" and remove the clutter from the home, and create as neutral an environment as possible for the realtor to show. With the current state of the economy and the flat-lined level of property sales, home staging businesses are in big demand. Realtors rely on these home staging companies to create a space that is more likely to result in an offer to purchase.

Developers will often hire home staging companies to stage model homes. Home stagers can advise the developer on color choices, floor, furniture and appliances. A staged model home will attract more buyers than a model home that is completely bare. In addition, contractors who renovate and flip older homes will use home staging to sell their property more quickly and increase their profits.

When the housing market is slow, you will find that successful real estate agents regularly use home staging services. Home staging can mean the difference between a home that sells quickly and one that sits on the market for months or years.

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