Redesign Etc. Home Staging Receives Best Of Houzz 2015 Award

                                      

Redesign Etc. Home Staging of Houston Receives

Best Of Houzz 2015 Award

Over 25 Million Monthly Unique Users Rated Top-Rated Home Building,

Remodeling and Design Professionals in the United States and Around the World

Houston, TX, January 22, 2015 – Redesign Etc. Home Staging of Houston, TX has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The award winning home staging company, owned by Cindy Bryant was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Design and Customer Satisfaction. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users on Houzz, known as “Houzzers.” Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2014. Winners will receive a “Best Of Houzz 2015” badge on their profiles, helping Houzz users around the world who discover and love a professional’s work to learn even more about that business’ popularity and satisfaction rating among their peers in the Houzz community. 

“Houston Home Staging Pros since 2006”


“Houzz provides homeowners with a 360 degree view of home building, remodeling and design industry professionals, empowering them to engage the right people and products for their project,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of industry marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize Redesign Etc. Home Staging among our “Best Of” professionals as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”

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About Redesign Etc. Home Staging

Redesign Etc. Home Staging has served Houston and surrounding areas since 2006 and is owned by Cindy Bryant.  Redesign Etc. Home Staging has staged over 100 million dollars in properties and continues to deliver the best in customer service and satisfaction. The typical staged home by Redesign Etc. Home Staging is on the market from 1-7 days.  They strive to help home sellers achieve a more lucrative sale with lower D.O.M., making the house more competitive and market ready. Redesign Etc. Home Staging is a full service company providing services for occupied and vacant homes. For more information contact Redesign Etc. Home Staging. Click here to view a sample portfolio.

About Houzz

Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish - online or from a mobile device. From decorating a room to building a custom home, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community powered by social tools, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin and Sydney. For more information, visit www.houzz.com

Article from REMAX of NJ that I was a guest blogger for on  How home staging can help sell your house.  What are the benefits to staging?

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HOW HOME STAGING CAN HELP SELL YOUR HOUSE

Posted by Krystina Maloney On July 14, 2014 In Tips & How To

In our second installment of our Home Staging Series, guest blogger and professional home staging expert, Cindy Bryant offers her expertise on how home staging can help stage your house. Read on and find out why she believes home staging is an important part of the selling process:

When it comes to selling a home, the benefits of home staging are enormous.

A NAR survey states that a whopping 90% of buyers search online during the home buying process. That’s why you have to grab their attention in the very beginning, starting with the MLS photos posted online. If buyers don’t like what they see, they won’t waste their time or make it to your front door. In this day and age, it’s on to the next listing with the click of a button until potential buyers feel a connection to a home they see. Staging can provide that emotional connection that many homes lack. Prepare, stage and then list with picture perfect photos.

The vast majority of buyers can’t imagine how their furnishings will look in a home. A properly staged home will accent and highlight the features and attributes of your house. It will help buyers visualize how they can place their furnishings and accessories and imagine a future lifestyle. It also defines any awkward spaces or rooms that may be questionable for a buyer.   Proper placement, size and scale are key. You want a room to look as large as possible. Buyers are paying for square footage and they want to see it.

Your home should show as warm and inviting, not sterile. Home staging is designed to keep buyers in your home longer. The longer they linger, the more interested they are.

Home staging is a way to connect with potential buyers that are looking in your neighborhood. If you stage for your demographic area, you will have an advantage over your competition. If your neighborhood is older and home sellers are downsizing, then young families may be your target market. If so, the lifestyle staging should reflect a younger buyer.

Home staging also gives the notion that a house is worth more money, and is well kept. If you have older, outdated furnishings, I would highly recommend hiring a professional home stager to bring in updated furnishings and accessories to give your home a newer, fresh look. If you are on a tight budget or a D.I.Y.’er, consider hiring a home stager for a consultation. It is the first step and a very cost effective way to stage your home, giving you a third-party, non-partial perspective of your property.

If homes are staged, buyers will realize the seller cares and has maintained and taken care of the inside and out.

A staged home will show better, bringing you more traffic and better offers, which can result in a bidding war.

Having your home staged is easier to keep show-ready at all times, taking the stress out of last minute showings.

Don’t give buyers a reason to walk through your home and pick it apart only to give you a low ball offer. Home staging will be the best investment you can make when selling your largest asset!

Cindy Bryant is the Owner of Redesign Etc. Home Staging, a full-service business serving the Greater Houston area. She started the company in 2006 and has staged and consulted on hundreds of homes worth over $100 million dollars in real estate properties. She has been featured on two episodes of “Stretch Your Dollar” on ABC Channel 13, The Houston Chronicle and live talk radio. Cindy is a Featured Blogger and Ambassador for the Texas Home and Garden Show, a member of the Benjamin Moore Design Advisory Board. She is a Real Estate Observer Expert, CORT Corporate Stager for Houston and author of numerous articles. Cindy was awarded the Best in HOUZZ 2014 in Satisfaction. To learn more about Cindy and her business, visit www.RedesignEtc.com.

Don’t forget to visit www.remax-nj.com to see homes for sale in New Jersey.

Via REMAX of New Jersey

2014 Zillow Survey "Most Valuable Home Improvements for Sellers...Home Staging"

2014 Zillow Survey Most Valuable Home Improvements for Sellers...Home Staging

"Experts Rate Curb Appeal and Staging as Best Home Improvement Projects for Sellers"

"Zillow asked real estate agents and interior designers nationwide to identify the most valuable home improvements for sellers, and the experts agree that minor improvements like landscaping and painting walls in neutral colors save money and attract buyers faster."

Zillow Digs Survey Lists Top 5 Improvements for Home Sellers:

1)  Curb Appeal 

2)  Staging

3)  Invest in Small Home Improvements

4)  Declutter

5)  Granite Countertops and Stainless Steel Appliances

2014 Zillow Digs Survey 

SOURCE Zillow, Inc.

Before and Afters of Bachelor Pad in the Houston Heights Area

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Home Staging Holiday Gift Certificates for Houston

Home Staging Holiday Gift Certificates for Houston.

How about giving a gift certificate for one of our many services?  A great gift idea for the person that has everything, or that is hard to buy for.   Do you live out of town but have someone in or around Houston that is on your Christmas list?  Surprise that someone special. This is a gift that anyone can use!  

It's great for Singles, Newly Marrieds, Blended Families, Empty Nester's, Mom & Dad, Family members, Co-workers, Neighbors, Friends, Pastors, Secret Santa, College Graduate!

Excellent for Real Estate Agents to give to their clients or as listing incentives.

Here are some of the services Redesign Etc. provides:

• Home Staging (We stage your home getting it ready to put on the market to sell.)

• Interior Redesign/Mini-Makeover (Rearranging your rooms by using your existing furnishings.  This is a service for when you are living in your home and want a new look.)

• Home Staging Consultations

• Color and Paint Consultations

• Vacant Home Staging (We offer furniture furniture and accessory packages for unoccupied vacant homes)

• "Lite" staging Packages (Using less furniture and accessories in key rooms for unoccupied vacant homes)

• Move-In Decorating

Check out our services page.  If you don't see what you're looking for just ask, chances are we offer that too!

Please contact us for prices or more details.  To make it more convenient you can pay with PayPal.

* Gift certificates are valid for one year from date of purchase.

The Pantone 2013 Color of the Year is Emerald!

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Home Staging By Redesign Etc.

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Living Room After

All-Inclusive Personalized Home staging Consultation Includes:

• Preview home and take photos.
• Verbal "Walk-n-Talk" from curb, home to the back fence. (Written report is available).
• Specific room-by-room recommendations and evaluation.
• On-the-spot recommendations.
• Top 5 Priority "Sellers To Do" List for the highest R.O.I
• How to showcase features that may get overlooked by buyers.
• Suggestions on updates or cosmetic changes.
• Do you need to make upgrades?  We'll tell you whether it will be cost-effective for the sale of your home.
• Cost effective tips and Ideas.
• Ideas for furniture and accessory placement.
• Recommendations of possible items (if needed) to purchase and where to purchase them.
• Hands-on redesign of furniture or accessories if time permits.
• Paint and Color recommendations.
• Address any necessary items, issues or deferred maintenance.
• Ideas for awkward spaces or floor plans.
• Clutter control tips.
• Showing Instructions.
• Hands-on staging estimate for vacant & occupied homes (furniture & accessory placement and arrangement).
• DIY staging plan if sellers want to implement changes.
• Furniture & Accessory Rental estimate if applicable for unoccupied vacant homes.
• Flooring recommendations.
• Hardware, Lighting recommendations.
• Curb Appeal including landscaping Ideas.
• And More!

Most home staging consultations are $150 depending on the size and location of home.

• RESA 2011 study proves "it does not benefit the homeowner to list their property first to see if it will sell. When they invest in staging before listing, they sell 79% faster". 
• RESA 2011 study showed "84% of buyers (some estimates are higher) look on the Internet to preview homes before they go to see a home in person. Properties with beautiful photographs will be looked at first. A staged home photographs better and looks better on the MLS". 
• RESA 2011 study showed"Professional stagers can “see what the buyer sees”. Buying decisions are made very quickly. Professional stagers know how those decisions are made and create an environment that allows for a favorable decision to be made when buyers look at a property".

DIY Melt Proof Outdoor Candle Props for Staging

This is such a clever idea, especially for 100+ degree summer days since almost anything decorative will melt outside.  Perfect for staging an outdoor space to get the look of candles.  It's hard to find items that will take our Texas heat with intense sun and humidity when staging patios, this will be an excellent prop to use.

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Home Staging Infographic: What Home Sellers Should Know!

Mandi Woodruff Reporter, Your Money

Free Home Staging Cleaning Checklists

Free Home Staging Cleaning Checklists

When selling your home there's one thing that has to be a top priority... your house has to be clean.  It's got to be squeaky clean so that it sparkles, shines and smells fresh. Unless you're looking for an investment property to rehab or a fixer upper, buyers will take note on a homes cleanliness.  Buyers want a pristine home, that they can move right into.  Can't blame them for that, and the houses that I've seen that have sold the fastest have been the ones that literally outshine the competition.

I always advise home sellers to do a one-time deep cleaning, and then you will only have to do light cleanings thereafter.  If you don't have the time to clean, I would recommend hiring a professional house cleaning service that offers this type of service.  Make sure that they have some or all of the following:  references, is bonded, insured and accredited with the  BBB.

If you are a DIY'er and prefer to do the cleaning yourself, I have found a really thorough checklist of room by room instructions.  I've seen a lot of lists over the years and really like these, they even tell you what tools and products you can use.

Don't forget the outside.  Curb appeal is initially what draws buyers to your home, it's what peaks their interest.  If they don't like the outside, chances are they won't bother with the inside.

Checklists:  Free Downloads to Print

Bathroom


Bedroom


Home Office/Study 


Kitchen


Living Room/Family Room


Utility Room


Outdoors


Professional House Cleaning Services in the Greater Houston area:


Molly Maid


Merry Maids


White Gloves Service


The Cleaning Authority


Maid Brigade

Natural Care Cleaning Service

Redesign Etc. Home Staging will be happy to advise you on actions that need to be taken before staging your home.  We offer an in-depth home staging consultation to prepare the home for your buyers market.  Contact us today!

Infographic: Why Some Homes Sell Faster

 by homezada on April 17, 2012

Tips On Clutter Clearing Before Staging Your Home

Tips On Clutter Clearing Before Staging Your Home

Decorate with Intention: Clutter Clearing 101

Getting organized is something of a passion of mine. Yes, I consider cleaning out my junk drawer a leisure activity — I love labels and have been known to put my books in rainbow order, so make fun if you must! But over the years I have honed a simple routine for paring down and creating order in the home, and I want to share these 10 tips with you today.

Before we dig in, it is important to understand what we are up against. What is clutter exactly? Excess stuff, right? Well sure, but more than that, clutter is a sign of procrastination. It is the bicycle you've been meaning to have repaired, the books that need to be returned to the library, the hideous vase from Aunt Mildred you can't bear to throw out, and the heaping piles of paperwork that need sorting. I think this is why we find it so hard to declutter. It requires a lot of decision making, some that you may have been putting off for years — no easy task. Let's begin by setting an intention to fearlessly face the decisions that need to be made. You can do it!

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1. Get motivated. Clutter clearing can be physically and emotionally exhausting, so now is the time to gear up and fuel your motivation. Tear out images from magazines, or create an ideabook on Houzz that you can refer back to when inspiration flags.

If you enjoy keeping a journal, here are a few questions you might like to ponder over a mug of hot tea before getting started:

• How would clearing the clutter from my home make life easier?
• What will be the most challenging area to work on?

• In three words, how would you like your home to feel when this is done?

• My intention for this project is: _____

by Chloe Warner

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2. Pick the low-hanging fruit first. Get started on the right foot by making a quick sweep of your whole house, pulling out the obvious clutter. This includes items going to the trash or recycling, things you have been meaning to return to other people, and other things you know you want to be rid of.

This step is meant to be easy and lightning fast. Put on upbeat music, grab a few bags or bins, and set a timer for 15 minutes. I am always amazed at how much better my home feels after a short clutter-busting spree!

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3. Pretend a camera crew is coming over. This is a fun little mental trick to play: Imagine that your favorite home design magazine is sending a full camera crew over to photograph your house for the cover story. What would you hide? How would you change your furniture arrangements or displays? Once you have made a room "camera ready," consider making some of the changes permanent.

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4. Repeat after me: less is more! If you find yourself using "But I might need this one day... !" as an excuse, this step is for you. Be honest. Do you really need two dozen ratty old towels, or will four nice fluffy ones for your family and two extras for guests do? When you winnow down to what is truly needed, loved, and used, you will begin to find cupboards and shelves opening up and daily tasks becoming a little easier.

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5. Separate emotional clutter from the gems. I am not going to tell you to get rid of Grandma's wedding dress or those bins full of your child's artwork. The point here is to be intentional about what you are saving and why. Items that you want to be able to pass down to your children should be stored properly to avoid damage, while other mementos could be put on display where you can appreciate them on a daily basis.

On the other hand, beware of memorabilia that carries negative emotions, like photos of exes, gifts you feel guilty for hating, and diaries from really low points in your life. Out they go! There, doesn't that feel good?

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6. Curate your collections. Collections can be wonderfully creative additions to your home, but they have a tendency to get out of hand and lose their impact. The solution is twofold: curate with purpose, and create intentional displays. By narrowing down the focus of your collection — white ironstone, say, or plates featuring birds — you can create a more interesting and cohesive collection.

Then, find one location where you can fit all of the pieces in one display for maximum impact. Still have too much? Try selling a few pieces on eBay or locally.

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7. Make your bedroom a sanctuary. As the least public room in the house, it is all too easy to let the bedroom become neglected. Piles of dirty laundry on the floor, unread magazines spilling out of the bedside tables, dust bunnies, shopping bags, children's toys, you name it, it ends up here. Which is a shame, because having a tranquil bedroom can promote restful sleep and help reduce the stress of busy days — something we all can use, right?

The good news is, while other rooms may be difficult to pare down because they must perform so many functions, the bedroom is pretty simple. All you really need are the essentials: nice bedding, lighting, a hamper, alarm clock, and perhaps a scented candle or small vase of flowers. I'm going to take my own advice this weekend and spruce up my bedroom!

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8. Give frequently used items pride of place. As you move through each room, think about which tools you reach for most often and try to put these items within easy reach. Place your favorite long-handled wooden spoons in a crock on your counter top and a pot of fresh herbs in a sunny window near the stove. I am constantly surprised at the beauty in useful objects, artfully displayed.     

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9. Involve the whole family. Sigh. Not so easy, I know, but so important! Encourage children to fill a box with old toys and clothes to bring to a children's charity. If it seems difficult, try timing the big giveaway before a birthday or major holiday when new toys will be rolling in. Once you have purged your home, set up new systems in key areas used by all. Baskets and hooks in the entryway or mud room and bins at the foot of the stairs would be great places to start.

Published February 11, 2012

for Houzz by Laura Gaskill 

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10. Maintain your space. Think about instituting a "One In, One Out" policy in your household. By letting something go each time you bring in something new, you can easily stay on top of the clutter in your home before it reaches epic proportions. For instance, if you purchase a new pair of sneakers, toss out an old pair; when you buy a new book, choose one you've read to donate to your local library.

Similar to caring for a garden, doing a little each day or week will help your home flourish.