Providing Services to Prepare the Home for Sale

I'm really serious about this.  We, stagers, know that staged home sell faster and for more money.  We can't guarantee a sale.  We can make the home look it's best for potential buyers.

Isn't it possible that Realtors should suggest to their clients that they should talk to a stager?

Stagers know how to talk to the sellers about preparing their home for sale.   Isn't it better that they prepare their home for sale than take many price reductions?

 Everyday I see fliers that come to me saying a house has had a big price reduction and the photos show that the house is really nice.  It needs to be professionally prepared. A consultation with us could save them thousands of dollars.

Would you go out to a great restaurant in your jeans and T-Shirt when you know the dress is formal? No, you prepare for it by putting yourself out there as best as you can.

Why don't we do that with the houses that are going on the market?

Staging - is it the fiduciary  responsibility of the Realtor?   I believe that it's the realtors duty to bring it to the table of seller for them to decide.

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog about the furniture that I was re-working for staging. http://activerain.com/blogsview/493352/Michigan-Stager-Goes-updated

I'm taking it a little bit further and adding as many real plants as I can.  Many of these plants I can propagate at home and plant in re-used clay pots.  For staging I place them in  nice looking clay pots.

On top of this bar is a cactus plant that was rescued from a house to be demonlished

Another cactus in the bathroom on the window sill

Aloe plant in the Florida room - on the right under the lamp

To the right of the sofa is another real plant.

I thought this one was going to break Marianne's back so I look for a lighter pot.

The plants are watered after staging and should be good for a good couple of weeks.

When the houses are vacant I use plants that don't require a lot of care.

This plant will get to about 4 feet tall in a couple of months.

Getting completely away from the silk plants and flowers will be impossible for me because of the difficulty in transporting them in the winter.

Stage-Show-Sell, offers affordable home staging solutions in the Birmingham – Bloomfield and surrounding areas in getting your home ready for the market. We service both home sellers and realtors. We have the experience, our own rental furniture and accessories to stage many homes. We specialize in Estate work. The house can be put into our hands for the whole process of getting the house on the market.

I'm handing a small estate for an attorney. The owner has passed away leaving a few hidden treasures. Some of the items include Norway Hagness 21 Pewter. This one is a fruit bowl

Can anyone help me with putting a value on them?  I've done the normal ebay - google searches and have had no luck.  From other items in the house I'm assuming it's at least 20 years old.

There are also several items from Mullingar Pewter

This piece is made in Ireland and it's s Fox Gobler