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Have you made your home Awesomely Autumn

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on November 5th, 2009

This is such a great time of year. You can decorate your home VERY inexpensively.  Here’s how….bringing the outside in. I’m going to give you a few tips on making your home welcome in the fall.

  1. Ambiance – Candles in rich fall colors are always inviting. Use glass hurricanes with river rocks and use  colored candles or hurricanes tat are colored or have some type of treatment like cracked glass to give it some pizazz.

2. Bring in the color – Are the leaves changing to those beautiful yellows, oranges, and browns? Go out grab some from the yard (your husband will probably thank you) get some floral wire and florist tape and make your own colorful garland for your mantel or candelabras.

3. Pillows and throws – accessorize with warm colors, aside for the typical colors we associate with autumn try adding sage green and muted blues. They are sure to set off your space.  You want your space to be cozy and confortable, add a  throw or two and stack some old books on a side table.

4. Make it natural – Have fun with it, don’t make it look too “staged”. Use some pine cones in a decorative container, bring in some twigs from outside to accessorize, maybe incorporate some moss (note: if you bring it in from outdoors make sure there aren’t any visitors in it).

I hope this blog has inspired you to get creative with what’s around you. Remember, you don’t always have to shell out a fortune for your home to look like a million bucks!

Stay tuned…table scapes and setting are coming up next!

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To Stage or not to Stage? It’s an Investment

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on July 27th, 2009

Well, there are plenty of homes on the market today. More inventory than buyers. So, if you’re one of those homeowners that’s selling you are probably asking yourself….how can I make my home stand out? You’ve done things that you’ve seen on tv like decluttering and cleaning but is it enough? Statistics show that staging your property, sells your property. Staging does cost, the rates vary, I’ve heard some use the rule of thumb of 1% of the sale price. However, I’ve always come in lower. That said, 1% is a lot CHEAPER than paying the mortgage for a few extra months.

Real Estate Staging Association – Staging Statistics

Vacant Homes Unstaged and Not Sold           Staged,Listed, & Sold

1/08-12/08                  190 Days on Market                       28 Days on Market

Occupied Homes Unstaged and Not Sold         Staged,Listed, & Sold

1/08-12/08                     57 Days on Market                        6 Days on Market

Professional Stagers do more than declutter and tidy up. We make your property inviting. Looking at it with buyer’s eyes to see what may not be obvious to you. That may entail re-working your floor plan or painting to make the space flow better and create a more cohesive look. Also, accessorizing the space to make it warm and inviting.

Staging works, call PureStyle to accentuate the positive features of your home!

PureStyle – www.purestyledesign.com

843-609-8280

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Pure Style Blog

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on July 13th, 2009

I am pleased to announce that each new post on my blog at  http://www.purestyledesign.com/blog will now automatically post to Twitter and Facebook.

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Does your home change with the seasons?

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on July 6th, 2009

What are you doing to summerize your home?

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Have you heard about Reverse Offers?

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on June 3rd, 2009

Ok, so a couple months ago I was watching some late night T.V. and I saw a story on Nightline about “Reverse Offers”. Here’s how it works, insead of waiting for a buyer to put in an offer the seller courts the potiential buyer with an offer that hopefully, they can’t refuse. I found this story very interesting especially because they have already had $40,000 worth of price reductions and had not tried staging the house.  I also found it interesting that the sellers were willing to throw in tons of stuff along with an additional reduction of $4,675.00 too.  I know homes staging is still catching on and I don’t know if  it has in that area but even if staging was done at 1% of the listing price, that’s a whole lot less then $44,675.00. Thanks to HGTV and TLC the benefits of staging are traveling the airways and hopefully, we as Stagers can help hard working homeowners hold on to some of the value in their homes.   

Here’s the Link:  Nightline \”Reverse Offers\”

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Welcome!

Posted by admin in Pat's Posts on June 1st, 2009

Questions about staging?  Wondering what your home needs?  Maybe you have a tricky layout and have hit a road block.
E-mail me at pat@purestyledesign.com.
Pictures are welcomed!

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