Tag Archive: home improvements

Featured Article in Terra Cotta Magazine – The Importance of curb appeal when selling your home

Curb Appeal article Terra Cotta Magazine

April 1, 2011 5:46 pm Published by

Terra Cotta Magazine featured article on Curb Appeal by Hope Designs of Caledon. Hope Designs' article on curb appeal was recently featured in Terra Cotta Magazine Why curb appeal is so important? Curb appeal is critical to showcasing your homes features and to draw buyers out of their cars and into your home.

Vignettes are key to design

March 24, 2011 1:50 am Published by

Vignettes are very important as they have the ability to highlight certain aspects of a room. Vignettes have the ability to draw your eye towards a focal point without becoming overpowering and distracting. They are typically used on fire place mantels, coffee tables, dining tables, counters etc.

Sold 12 hours after being Staged!

March 24, 2011 1:40 am Published by

This house was a stager's dream, freshly painted, gorgeous flooring and updated, trendy furnishings... all it needed was some current, trendy artwork and accessories to take it from so-so to fabulous! It was Staged and SOLD in 12 hours (offer within 12 hours, conditional upon financing. firm in under a week)

A Diamond in the Rough! Staging sucess in Etobicoke

March 23, 2011 1:41 am Published by

This raised bungalow would have been a real charmer in its "hey day", when I toured through it during the consultation I could see that it had great bones, original hardwood floors, a nice open floor plan. I knew that it would show well, but it would require some much needed updating.

Sold on the Kingsway

March 22, 2011 4:13 pm Published by

ade it more appealing to potential buyers. During the consultation we discussed changing the light fixtures, removing the worn carpeting, painting the main floor using staging safe colours and bringing in contemporary furnishings artwork and accessories. Hope Designs set the stage so that buyers could envision themselves living in the home. Staging worked and the SOLD sign went up!