Home staging may be one of the hottest trends in real estate today. Advocates say that home sales for staged homes are often faster and at higher prices than similar unstaged homes. Just what is home staging and how can it help you sell your home? Staging is a process of cleaning, organizing, rearranging, updating, and preparing your home for sale. Sound good? Anyone who's ever had a home for sale, languishing on the market for weeks or even months, will probably be all for any process than can help avoid that situation in the future.
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Home Staging At its most basic it may be as simple as performing some needed home repairs, prepacking and removing unneeded items and accessories, and bringing in some fresh flowers and plants. In other cases it might be as complicated as repainting, recarpeting, rearranging furniture, or replacing outdated light fixtures or window treatments. But no matter how easy or complicated, the end result has only one goal: to show potential buyers the very best side of your home. After all, they'll be able to concentrate on picturing themselves in the home when they're not distracted by clutter, dirt, or home maintenance problems.
Home staging takes the preparations for getting a house ready to sell a bit further, showcasing it so that buyers can visualize living there. Home staging involves the same commonsense advice that real estate agents have been giving sellers for decades, but with some fresh additions. Professional home stagers are available for hire here in Seattle. Some work with your own furnishings to create a new look, but home stagers often have a warehouse of furniture and accessories to draw from. Others might expect you to purchase new items.
If you are a home seller, my goal is not simply to sell your house, but to help you realize the best price obtainable for your property in the shortest period of time.
ROBIN FREEMAN
These photos featured here are examples of work from Robin Freeman and Two.9 design Interiors of Seattle. Robin is an award-winning interior designer with over 10 years experience in the architectural and interior design arts. If your needs go beyond simple staging, Give her a call at 206-329-3429. Email Robin at Design29@cablespeed.com
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Resources
Seattle Magazine is a great resource for Seattleites, whether newcomers or oldtimers, with lots of helpful articles and great feature stories. They also have a fabulous quarterly magazine called Northwest Home and Garden, which has interesting stories on local homeowners and is a good resource for remodeling, renovating and decorating your home.
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No matter how beautiful your furnishings are, if you haven't decided on the style and resonance of the room, it will appear confused and awkward. Interesting people create interesting houses. By being ourselves, we can break through the limitations imposed by place and circumstance. It is the expression of well-lived lives that create beautiful spirit and charm in a house, not the beautiful furnishings.
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To speak to Collette, view her portfolio and commission a piece for your own home, you can reach her at her design studio at 206-722-3081.
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Create your own custom look by choosing from one of their many designs and add any of their fabrics or leathers and their skilled craftsmen will build your sofa,loveseat,chair and ottoman to match your unique taste. Most sofa and loveseats models are also available as sleepers.
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Home staging may be one of the hottest trends in real estate today. Advocates say that home sales for staged homes are often faster and at higher prices than similar unstaged homes. Just what is home staging and how can it help you sell your home? Staging is a process of cleaning, organizing, rearranging, updating, and preparing your home for sale. Sound good? Anyone who's ever had a home for sale, languishing on the market for 
Home Staging
Home staging takes the preparations for getting a house ready to sell a bit further, showcasing it so that buyers can visualize living there. Home staging involves the same commonsense advice that real estate agents have been giving sellers for decades, but with some fresh additions. Professional home stagers are available for hire here in Seattle. Some work with your own furnishings to create a new look, but home stagers often have a warehouse of furniture and accessories to draw from. Others might expect you to purchase new items.
If you are a home seller, my goal is not simply to sell your house, but to help you realize the best price obtainable for your property in the shortest period of time. 
ROBIN FREEMAN 
Seattle Magazine is a great resource for Seattleites, whether newcomers or oldtimers, with lots of helpful articles and great feature stories. They also have a fabulous quarterly magazine called Northwest Home and Garden, which has interesting stories on local homeowners and is a good resource for remodeling, renovating and decorating your home.
FUNKY SOFA 
Create your own custom look by choosing from one of their many designs and add any of their fabrics or leathers and their skilled craftsmen will build your sofa,loveseat,chair and ottoman to match your unique taste. Most sofa and loveseats models are also available as sleepers.
CORBIN FURNITURE 
With this line, you can pick the color of paint for the body and the color of leather for the upholstery. Classically flamed hot-rod sedan or the subtle class of a pearl white sports car, you pick the color scheme.
CASKET FURNITURE 
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