Selling Your House? Set the stage for top dollar.
Staging is the process of preparing any home for sale, regardless of price or location. A staged home can be vacant or inhabited, newly remodeled or in need of cosmetic repair. Like raising the curtain...
View ArticleRenovating to Sell Your Home? Read these Realtor’s Tips First
Imagine yourself at a vintage car show, admiring a 1957 Corvette convertible. The proud owner of the car says three words: “It’s all original.” That statement creates the desire to have that car — and...
View ArticleLiving in a Time Capsule Decorating Mid-Century
What goes around comes around. It’s an old saying, and these days it applies to youthful homeowners and apartment dwellers alike who are seeking to re-capture the moment when I Love Lucy ruled the...
View ArticlePainted to Sell Interior: Color Choices Can Improve Your Bottom Line
Home sellers for years thought that painting the interior of their home beige, gray, or white would help their homes sell faster. Some realtors even suggested painting all the rooms realtor’s beige so...
View ArticleThe Craftsman House In Portland
Beginning in the mid-1880s, the Arts and Crafts Movement in England developed a philosophy of design based on medieval concepts of handmade artisan-produced goods. The movement arose as a reaction to...
View ArticlePreparing Your Vintage Home for Sale
When you own a vintage home, you know what you love about it. It’s the ornate woodwork, ornamental trim, pocket doors, moldings, high ceilings, and vintage fixtures. You also know what you don’t love...
View ArticleTake It to the Next Stage
Almost all homeowners at this point have watched HGTV stage a home and imagined how they could magically transform their property using home staging techniques. It’s fun to see a dreary, cluttered, and...
View ArticleSeismic Retrofitting
Homeowners Joe and Jane Dvorak had just completed a major renovation of their Portland period home, and while enjoying their “new” home began to think about how to make sure it stayed in great...
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