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5715 Rose A collaboration design with Kruse Developments and EED, this new construction build was a perfect pairing of simple and intriguing. With light toned finishes throughout, it was the prime opportunity to bring in bold darks and trending blush tones. Matching swivel accent chairs brought in a fun pop while visually allowing the eye of buyers’ to continue through …
According to the Iowa Association of Realtors, in August 2020 there was a total of 4,448 listings sold with an average days on market of 56. Compare this to last winter in January 2020, the Iowa Associations of Realtors said there were only 2,132 listing sold with an average of 70 days on market. These numbers just show that from …
Frequently we get asked these questions: does staging my house work and how much does it cost on average to stage a house? The answers are simple, when staging is done well, it lowers the time a property sits on the market and sells for more money. The investment in staging is always less than a price reduction, so the …
No one was completely sure how the housing market was going to be affect at the beginning of this year. Would we be temporarily suspended? Were buyers and sellers both going to put their searches on pause until things died down? There were a lot of unknowns. But we stuck together! We were there for each other, in a hard …
Today’s buyers look at properties online first, before committing their time to physically view a property. When buyers visit your home in person, an emotional connection is made with the home, and that is when sales happen. In order to get potential buyers to make the leap from viewing photos online to committing to a physical visit, you to need capture their …
When staging your property you need to focus on the overarching goal, to get this property sold for the most amount of money in the least amount of time! All personal feelings and preferences have to be put aside. Remember that once you decide to sell it is not your home, it is a property. First and foremost, buyer’s look …
During the staging process we are constantly thinking about the end result. How is this piece of furniture going to tie into the function of the space? Will this window treatment keep the room light and bright? There are many principles of design to keep in mind. To start stand in each corner and locate the best feature of the …
The real estate industry has been shifting to a digital landscape over the years, but no one expected the digital revolution to happen so quickly. We’re seeing the effects of COVID-19 on the US housing market, stay-at-home orders have brought most traditional open houses to a temporary halt, and in-person showings few and far between. But if you’re looking to sell your …
When it comes to occupied properties, some rooms and spaces are trickier to stage than others. Such as: mudrooms, kitchens and closets. When in doubt, keep it clean and simple. Buyers are just like you, they understand that we all own a lot of “stuff.” They just don’t want to imagine YOUR stuff in THEIR new home. Mudrooms are …
Choose To Be Like Water Deciding to re-open Elizabeth Erin Designs, surviving in an unstable world, has provoked a lot of thought. It has forced us to look at every facet of the way we conduct busies and focus on the two things we know about crises. You can choose to be rigid like wood or you can choose to …