When it comes to selling your home, first impressions are everything. No matter your home’s enviable square footage, open concept floor plan,…
Home Staging Advice
How a Pre-Market Inspection Can Save Your Home Sale
Should you get an inspection before you put your house on the market? In Charlotte, many Realtors say “yes!” At Creative Home…
Crunching the Numbers: The True Value of Home Staging
Staging statistics are hard to come by. Why? Because every single market is different. Staging can be incredibly expensive in large metropolitan…
4 Summertime Home Selling Myths
We hear from home sellers all the time that are fraught with indecision. “But we heard that if…” and “My friend said…
3 Places You Should Be Cleaning Your Staged Home But Probably Aren’t
You know you need to keep your home clean when it’s on the market, but did you clean it correctly? If you’ve…
Staging Your Home on a Budget
The number one barrier to staging? Cost! At least, that’s how most homeowners see it. There’s a common misconception about staging that…
4 Things to Get Rid of When You’re Staging Your Home
Staging is as much about what’s not in your home as it is about what is. Before your house goes on the…
Vacant vs. Occupied: Which is Easier to Sell?
Vacant homes and occupied homes are two totally different animals. Selling each requires a great deal of expertise and know-how, and most…
Home Projects to Avoid When Staging Your Home
Staging your home to sell is a great idea. Totally redesigning your house before you put it on the market is not….
3 Unique Ways to Stage Your Bookcase
Don’t let your bookcases sabotage your sale! Whether you’ve got a makeshift home library or a set of beautiful built-ins in your…
3 Ways to Depersonalize Your Home for Potential Buyers
As a seller, you hear the same pieces of advice time and again.
4 Reasons to Stay in Your Home When Selling
For most people, staying in their home until it sells is really the only option. Once you’ve made the decision to put…
Keeping Your Carpets Clean During the Busy Home Sale Season
Presenting a clean home when you’re trying to sell is important, and now that spring is here, so is the busy home…
4 Tips for Showcasing Space in Your Home
When you’re trying to sell your home, it’s important to put yourself in the buyer’s shoes. For many people looking for a…
3 Things to Hide in Your Bathroom on Showing Days
So, you’ve got a showing scheduled? Great! Now it’s time to spruce up the house before the potential buyers come to check…
5 Tips for Living in a Staged Home
So your home is on the market…congratulations! The goal, of course, is that it sells quickly and your family doesn’t have…
How to Incorporate Today’s Trends into Older Homes
When you are ready to sell your older home, it can be difficult thinking of ways to liven things up to appeal…
Renting Furniture to Stage Your Home: Is it Worth it?
Did you know that some home sellers actually rent furniture to stage their home? It’s not as crazy as it sounds! In…
4 Things to Know When Hiring a Home Stager
It’s time to sell your house. You’re probably thinking you can sell it with no problem, right? But then the house sits…
Using Nostalgia to Attract Home Buying Baby Boomers
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. Psychologists have spent decades studying the effects of nostalgic memories on people’s emotions and behaviors. The idea…
