Home Staging Blog of Houston by Redesign Etc.

10/21/10

Summer Baltzer Blog : TLC

10/5/10

9/27/10

2010 Texas Prices Home Survey Results-HomeGain

HomeGain 2010 Texas Prices Home Survey Results, Posted by: Louis Cammarosano on September 26th, 2010.

Below are a few key points, but well worth your time to ready the whole survey.

Texas real estate professionals and homeowners temper their home values expectations; Obama’s approval rating at 30%.

Fifty-seven percent of Texas real estate professional and 58% of Texas homeowners expect home prices in the Lone Star State to remain the same over the next six months. The second quarter 2010 Texas home prices survey revealed that 38% of Texas real estate professionals expected prices to remain the same vs 40% who expected prices to remain the same in the second quarter 2009 Texas home prices survey.

Texas home owners continue to believe that their homes are worth more than their Realtors’ are telling them with 82% believing that their homes are worth more than their Realtors’ recommended listing price.

Texas home buyers continue to believe that homes are overpriced in their state. In the current survey 63% of Texas home buyers believe that home prices are over priced vs. 67% who thought so in the second quarter of 2010 vs. 61%% who thought so in the first quarter 2010 Texas home prices survey.

Texas homeowners also held a dim view of the President’s performance with just 31% approving.

http://blog.homegain.com/homegain/homegain-releases-3rd-quarter-2010-texas-home-prices-survey-results/

9/15/10

Before & After Bathrooms By Redesign Etc.

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8/5/10

Houston Home Sellers...Vacant Home Not Selling?

Has your vacant home been on the market for over 3 months?
Are you getting traffic through your vacant home?
Have you had an offer on your vacant home?
Do the empty rooms need defining?
Are the empty rooms cold and uninviting?
Is your vacant home another plain vanilla box?

Vacant homes are on the rise, and in some neighborhoods all look alike inside. So what makes a buyer pick one house over another?

The buyers are out there, but they're looking for a house in perfect condition, a great price, great location, with a beautiful interior. With the excess of housing inventory, buyers can now be choosey. But, not all want a foreclosure that needs work, most home buyers want a move-in ready home.

Staging enhances the homes best assets, defines rooms, gives it an updated look, and makes it show beautifully. If the houses are similar in your neighborhood, and yours is strategically staged with furniture and accessories, guess who's will be remembered? The staged one! If you have looked at homes, you know how true this is.

A vacant home needs to be staged. Hiring a professional stager to bring in furniture, accessories, wall art, greenery, bedding, linens, rugs, lamps and more will set your home apart from all of the other plain, vanilla boxes.

Real estate agents will want to show a staged home...why? Because, they know that a staged home not only shows well, but is usually move-in ready, and will sell more quickly than a vanilla box.

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8/4/10

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5/18/10

Ask A Home Stager Question Week

Q & A Week

This week I'm trying something new. I will be taking your home staging and redesigning questions and will help give you tips and recommendations. If you have specific photos you can send those so I can see exactly what you are wanting to do.

I can address curb appeal, interior decor, paint, color, updates and more.

It can even be a question that maybe you are confused about like "What's the difference between home staging and redesign"?

Ask away!

5/15/10

Redesign Etc. Offers Complete Home Staging Packages for Houston Area

At Redesign Etc., we work with every home and every budget. We help find solutions for each home that we stage.

We are introducing a new line of furniture and accessory package deals to be installed in a week once paperwork has been processed. These packages are for vacant or *occupied homes. (*some restrictions apply for occupied homes).

This collection will work for traditional homes in master planned communities, contemporary homes, lofts, and townhomes.

All furniture collections include: 3 key rooms including kitchen and master bath.

Living Room or Family Room
Dining Room or Breakfast Area
Master Bedroom

We will also accessorize the Master bathroom, and kitchen.

This is a basic package, optional rooms can be staged for an additional fee.

~For higher-end homes we offer our "Platinum" Collection, which is more appropriate in style and design for that price point.

5/13/10

Move-In Decorating Services

At Redesign Etc, a RESA-PRO™ Stager will give your home a beautiful look! We offer a move-in decorating service for those that are moving into their new homes and need a little help with arranging new furniture, using what you have, or buying new "filler" pieces that will help you get your home to where you want to start having guests over, entertaining or just a haven to relax from a long hard day at work.

We will work with your existing furnishings and also offer a shopping service to help you with new items if your schedule doesn't allow you to shop all over Houston.

We also can provide you with a list of items to buy for your new home, and help direct you to the sources that carry items you might be interested in.

Other Services we offer: