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This blog is about Interior Decorating. It will provide tips on managing a home renovation no matter how big or small. Fabrication, Color choices, Hiring Contractors or Professional Tradesman, Furniture, lighting, Painting and home repair remedies will be discussed. Information about interior decor updates regarding style, how to accessorize, shopping trends and spending wisely. Janene and Mags at Interior Gaines combined have 19 years in Home Industry and have completed and consulted with many clients regarding making changes to their homes.

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Want to Sell your home: Try Staging

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Contributed by: Janene Gaines Margaret Kelly on 9/4/2007

Tough time to sell a home means you need to think out of the box when attempting to interest buyers. Set your home up as a beautiful place to come to after a long day at work, if you keep this concept in mind, it will help make the
changes easier.

As you live in your home throughout the years do updates periodically. So when you do sell your home you are not attempting last minute major renovations like updating kitchens and bathrooms. Do the renovations so you can enjoy them while you live in the house.

If you have not updated thru the years; update thru general changes like moving pictures or buying new pictures (reasonably priced), adding plants and colored
accessories. This usually is enough to do the trick; even changing the color of one wall in a room can be adequate.

When we mention rearranging rooms, we mean take furniture out of one room and put it in a totally different room not just straighten up and clean your home, but think out of the box and interchange the furniture between rooms. It will amaze you how much you can transform your home without spending a lot of money by using what you already have.

Basic Tips for Staging:

*Clean up the yard: add color thru foliage even if it is fake plants. Good fake plants with real ones can look real in the yard.

*If you have patio furniture arrange it the same as if it were in the house, make it cozy and inviting.

*Clean your carpets and if you decide to buy rugs for the floor think texture.

* Dress the windows, put up some sort of drapery, sheer or textured shade. Draperies soften and finalizes the look of a room even if there is not a lot of furniture in the area. Match the draperies to the feel of the room.

*Finally, think Taste, Smell, Sound, Sight and Lighting as you set your rooms
attack the senses. (Example: bake cookies before open house: DON"T BURN THEM!) For those of us who could possibly burn the cookies; light candles instead, put on some soft jazz and bring in some beautiful fresh flowers pulled out from the yard.

*If you are having a hard time with rearranging and need fresh eyes to assist don't hesitate to hire an expert to help you.

At Interior Gaines, we can direct you or provide complete changes for the Staging of your home. Call us at 805 795 7244 and we would be happy to provide suggestions to either revitalize your home or stage it for selling purposes. Visit us at our website www.Interiorgaines.com

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