Painting Your House to Sell: Tips for Picking Colors
Giving your home a fresh coat of paint is one of the easiest and least expensive things you can do to make it more appealing to potential home buyers. If you have painted in the last couple of years...
View ArticleTop 10 Paint Colors to Sell Your North Shore Home
Yesterday I shared some tips for picking wall colors if you are painting your home to sell. Today I’ll share some of my go-to wall colors that will make any home more appealing to potential buyers. I...
View ArticleQuick! Add Curb Appeal and Get a Leg Up on Your Competition
Spring has finally sprung on Chicago’s North Shore. The sun is out. It’s warm (for Chicago). Trees are in bloom. Buyer activity has increased dramatically. But it’s still a buyer’s market and there...
View ArticleBeyond Cleaning and De-Cluttering: 7 Staging Tips You Haven’t Heard
Any North Shore homeowner who is planning to sell their home has heard the mantra: Clean and de-clutter. For sure those things are critical, but hardly constitute a news flash. Here are seven things...
View ArticleHome Staging Works. Here’s Proof
If you are planning to sell your North Shore home and wondering if spending money to stage it first makes sense, you might want to take a look at the report issued annually by the Real Estate Staging...
View ArticleDoes Your House Smell?
Nothing can turn off a potential home buyer like a house that smells. Trouble is, when we live in a house, we get used to its particular “aroma” and we may not even realize that others find it...
View ArticleHow to Stage a Bathroom
Before Staging A small or dated bathroom can be a big turn off to North Shore home buyers. Short of a major remodel, whose cost may not be fully recouped, here are quick and easy updates you can do to...
View Article12 Ways to Make a Small Room Feel Bigger
While cozy can be chic, claustrophobic definitely is not. De-cluttering is one way to add breathing room to a home, but that will only take you so far. There are many other tricks decorators employ to...
View ArticlePottery Barn Colors That Will Help You Sell Your North Shore Home
Bathroom with Hazy Skies Many times I will recommend that a homeowner give their rooms a fresh coat of paint before listing their North Shore home for sale. After all, there is no single improvement or...
View ArticleStaging vs. Decorating: What’s the Difference?
Often, when we talk to our clients about staging their North Shore home for sale, they’ll want to know exactly what is home staging and how it is different than decorating. After all, isn’t the goal...
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