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3 Critical Signs a FSBO Home Sale Won’t Work For You
There is no question about it: selling your home For Sale By Owner is a lot of work. There are a few critical signs that a FSBO home sale won’t work for you. If readying your home for viewing by prospective buyers and strategizing your real-life and digital marketing techniques, makes you feel like you’ve taken on a second … Continued
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Home Staging Tricks: 5 Ways To Create Visual Square Footage
Selling your house and looking to maximize its square footage with some home staging tricks? Try creating visual square footage. A home’s square footage can be one of the biggest factors in a buyer’s decision to purchase. That is why, as a home-seller, visual square footage should be one of your top priorities. Visual square … Continued
6 Secret Hacks To Successfully Sell Your Home FSBO
Selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO) is a lot of work. But there are some hacks that might help you successfully sell your home FSBO. Selling a home For Sale By Owner means you’ll need diligence, patience, and unyielding marketing – you’re going to want to have a couple of insider-only tips to make the process … Continued
Critical Signs Your FSBO Approach Won’t Result in a Home Sale
Are you growing a little anxious, wondering why going the For Sale By Owner route hasn’t yet resulted in a home sale? You’ve crossed off everything on that seemingly endless FSBO to-do list and are ready to find new owners for your old home. No matter how well you’ve marketed and prepared your home for sale, however, … Continued
Home Staging and Design Trends from Dwell on Design 2016
The latest home staging and design trends were unveiled this weekend at Dwell on Design. On June 24-26 Los Angeles hosted the year’s biggest modern design exhibition, Dwell on Design, where more than 350 exhibitors and 100 speakers took to the Los Angeles Convention Center to talk about the latest trends in home design. Straight from Dwell on … Continued
Real Estate Apps Every FSBO Home-Seller Needs Now
Selling your home for Sale By Owner? These are the real estate apps you need right now. The app world has infiltrated every part of our lives: there are apps to track the amount of sleep we get, count the number of steps we take, and match us up with our next significant other. Is … Continued
How to Pick a Tech-Savvy Real Estate Agent When Your FSBO Fizzles
So you’re trying to pick a tech-savvy real estate agent now that your FSBO has fizzled. You listed your house on FSBO sites; put up open house signs; got the word out via family, friends and social media; staged the home; and took amazing real estate photos. But your house is still sitting on the … Continued
4 Critical To-Dos Your Home’s First Week on the Real Estate Market
The first week of having your FSBO home on the real estate market, is usually the most critical: you will receive the most interest, because the home is new to market. Capitalize on the excitement by checking off these critical must-dos for your home’s first week on the market and see how quickly you can change that … Continued
Must-Do Tasks Before Selling Your Home For Sale By Owner
There are a number of things one must do before showing your home to prospective buyers. Selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO) can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Before you get caught up in the incalculable number of details that need addressing, take a look at our list of absolute … Continued
Success Story: Colorado Home Staging Lands $25k Over-Asking For Home-Seller
ABOUT THE HOME List Price: $387,000 Sale Price After Staging: $412,000 Location: Aurora, CO Staging Style: comfortable contemporary Size: 5 bedroom, 4 baths Staging Program: Furnished the entire home Aurora, Colorado home-seller, Horatio, and his realtor, Jeff, asked White Orchid Interiors to implement a decorative scheme for Horatio’s five-bedroom home. The home was priced at … Continued
5 Simple DIY Home Staging Tips
Home staging is one of the most effective ways of changing that “for sale” sign to read “sold”. Even if you’re still debating whether or not to hire a trusted professional stager, there are some simple DIY home staging tips that will allow you to get a leg up on the competition on your own. We’ve laid … Continued
A Home-Seller’s Guide To Nailing Real Estate Photos
Your real estate listing photos are more important than ever, especially when you choose the For Sale By Owner (FSBO) route. Social platforms, like Instagram and Pinterest, have elevated home-buyers’ tastes and expectations for their new homes. Nailing the real estate photos of your beautifully staged home is one of the first steps in your For Sale … Continued
These Top Features Sell Your Home Faster
Today’s home-buyers value a beautiful kitchen. Whether it’s a result their devoted viewership to television shows like Top Chef or to HGTV’s latest home make over special, your potential buyers will appreciate and gravitate toward the look of a new kitchen. To sell your home for top dollar, however, a recent study by Zillow found … Continued
3 Big Ways Selling Your Home Has Changed This Year
Selling your house is a momentous occasion; there is a lot of strategizing and, sometimes, stressing that goes into ensuring you receive more than what you paid for your home. As in any industry, the real estate market has endured a lot of changes within the past year that are changing the way people buy … Continued
Success Story: Home Staging Prevents $50k Price Drop in Laguna Niguel
ABOUT THE HOME Sale Price: $1.4 million Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Staging Style: Comfortable contemporary Staging Program: Furnished the entire home After their Orange County home had sat empty, on the market for months, home-sellers Dave and Stacey began to worry. After dozens of showings, the house had only received one offer – and it … Continued
What Every Home-Seller Needs To Know About Staging Their Empty Home
Most people need a little help in constructing their fantasy home, and when you’re selling your house, that’s exactly what you want your prospective buyers to see: their fantasy. Most prospective home-buyers are more apt to see themselves in a home that already looks like, well, a home. Unless buyers are looking to convert the … Continued
5 Surprising Real Estate Trends This Spring
Spring is a time for renewal and rebirth. It’s a time when we revisit those new year’s goals – like buying or selling a home. The spring and summer seasons are generally more prosperous when it comes to home-selling (and buying!), so now is the time get up to date on this season’s top real estate … Continued
10 Home Staging Questions Every Home-Seller Should Know the Answer To
For a homeowner, the process of selling your house can be incredibly daunting. Even with a trusted realtor on board, there is no guarantee you’ll be able to sell your house at or above asking price, let alone quickly (there’s nothing worse than getting stuck paying the mortgage on a house you no longer want). … Continued
5 Keys To Picking the Perfect Home Stager
The average home sells in 90 to 120 days. A well staged home can sell faster, and can create the right environment to receive multiple offers. A well staged home will wow prospective buyers – eliciting an emotional reaction. A home that’s staged by expert home stagers allows buyers to envision themselves in the home. … Continued
Mid Century Modern Furniture
Are you searching for a vintage or mid century modern look? White Orchid Interiors has mid century modern furniture styles to stage your home for sale. Our team uses fresh interior design trends to showcase open floor plans, large windows and outdoor living spaces. If you are selling an urban home and love this style, you have come to the right place. … Continued
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Simply Delightful Dining Rooms
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Rustic Modern Dining Room Table
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How to Set a Dining Table
more about how to set a dining table in the world of staging …
Ocean View Master Bedroom
more about this incredible pacific ocean view master suite.
Cool and Contemporary Master Suite
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Coronado Beach Hotel Bedding
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Transitional Bedroom Designs
more about this transitional master bedroom retreat in South Florida…
Coastal Furniture and Beach Decor
Do you love coastal furniture and beach decor? Like a soft sea breeze, this style invites relaxation. It’s summer time where the living is easy. From a modest beach house to a luxury seaside villa, coastal furniture and beach decor is in high demand from our customers coast to coast. We would describe this interior design style as light and bright, … Continued
Mountain Modern Luxury
Love to ski Aspen? Make this luxurious mountain modern home your retreat for the winter. Love to fly fish in Carbondale? Make this home your endless summer vacation. This interior design style is extremely popular in winter ski resorts and exotic mountain top destinations around the world. Mountain modern furniture offers the perfect balance between a … Continued
Traditional Home Decor
Traditional home decor is still the most common interior design style. It is a classic mix of warm color tones, patterned fabrics, floor to ceiling window treatments and rich accessories. Dating back to the 18th century, a traditional style can be influenced by British Colonial or French country living. Many people today prefer modern designs, but traditional … Continued
Home Staging in a Sellers Market
The real estate market is really hot right now. For many this is a sellers market. Listings in several areas of the country are moving quickly and at a considerable premium over the past several years. Does home staging really make a difference when homes are selling quickly and prices are on the rise? The answer might surprise … Continued
Home Staging Consultation vs Preview
What is the difference between a home staging consultation and a home staging preview? Our home staging team gets this question often, so here are a few tips from the White Orchid Network.
Advertising in Staged Homes
How do you get the word out about your home staging company? Do you advertise online, directly in real estate offices, or with flyers in the homes you have staged? We often encounter real estate agents or homeowners that are reluctant to let us market or advertise our staging services within our staged homes. Can we find a common ground?
Send Me Photos of Each Piece, Please!
Have you ever had a real estate agent or homeowner ask that question? You have worked hard to win the client’s trust. You have previewed the property and sent over a detail proposal for home staging services. You even included example photos of your work in a home that is similar in price or design style … and then you receive that specific request: “Can you send me a photo of each furniture piece you intend to use to stage my home?” This classic question poses several challenges, however, including some of the following touch points.
Home Staging Costs – Pricing 101
Lauren Matthews – Design Director for White Orchid Interiors – discusses one of the hottest topics among home staging industry insiders. We have all asked this seemingly difficult and frustrating question, “How do I price a project to account for my time, my inventory and other expenses involved in running my home staging business?” Well, look no further and stay tuned to future posts for additional insights on how to price home staging projects.
Colorado’s Best Agents
Staging is one of the most important things you can do to help sell your home for the best price possible. But home staging along can’t get people in the door to see how wonderful your home is. Without a great real estate agent who has a proven track record of selling success, you may … Continued
Decorating for Autumn
Decorating for Autumn The leaves are crisp, the air is chilled, pumpkins abound and straw becomes an acceptable form of home decor. It is hard not to love everything that comes with the autumn season. We enjoy this time of year and decided to focus this week’s home staging blog post on autumn decorating ideas we found … Continued