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Okay, me and my girlfriend are heading to pueblo, colorado. To do some shopping, we have stuff that we want to get, but i come from a poor family. I never been to these fancy expensive stores...
So i want to know what store sells good cobalt blue glasses, plates bowls as a new set of dishes for my moms birthday!
Thanks
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Pier 1 Imports, look in out of the way Antique stores, and also Marshalls and at all costs avoid the specialty kitchen shops. Unless they are having 1/2 or more sales. If you want new you need to shop for new. If she is a collector she might like some vintage pieces. Good luck and remember in antique and thrift stores prices are definitely negotiable.
Pier 1 Imports, look in out of the way Antique stores, and also Marshalls and at all costs avoid the specialty kitchen shops. Unless they are having 1/2 or more sales. If you want new you need to shop for new. If she is a collector she might like some vintage pieces. Good luck and remember in antique and thrift stores prices are definitely negotiable.
What should you put above a refrigerator when staging your home for sale?
Sarah
I have been in the process of staging my home, and I get that storing cereal boxes and other foods above your refrigerator can be considered unsightly and is a staging no-no. But when I remove everything from above the refrigerator, the kitchen looks very bare and the refrigerator seems too big for the space. Is there anything I could put up there (a plant or vases maybe?) that will spruce up the kitchen a bit? Links with photos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Answer
The answer from "I buy and sell houses" is correct. You don't want to draw attention to the refrigerator. Although they're useful, it's not what you want your potential buyers focusing on. You want them to focus on the best parts of your kitchen, whatever they may be. That's the key to staging, you have to highlight the best features and play down the worst.
The refrigerator won't look bare to the people viewing your home as they haven't seen it any other way. You're used to having boxes up there so to you, it looks empty. It's just not what you're used to seeing so it seems obvious to you. To your potential buyers, it will just seem open and clean. A plant or some flowers would be better suited for your dining room table, or even an entry table.
One thing I want to point out from the other answer, only have your table set with plates and glasses IF you have attractive dinnerware that doesn't look "used and abused". You want to give the best impression and don't want strangers looking at your scratched or chipped plates. If you have a nice set then by all means have them on the table!
The point of staging is to make it appear open, fresh, and clean and like it could easily be their home.
Some basic tips:
- Take all family pictures down - you want them picturing their family in the house, not yours. Keep the frames up if you want, but put a simple photo inside of something non specific.
- De-clutter EVERYTHING. Surfaces look much better mostly clear with one little touch then they do covered with decorations. You want to give the impression there is plenty of space to be had in this house.
- Don't leave too many small kitchen appliances on your kitchen counters. Put them all away except one so the counters look spacious.
- Pick up anything off the floor, especially clothes and random items.
- Try to organize the closets as much as possible so they seem bigger as well as the kitchen cabinets. Buyers usually open at least one and you donât want them to think theyâre too small and wonât hold much.
- Clean all the windows and keep the curtains pulled back so plenty of natural light can come in. Buyers like bright houses.
- Use something to make your home smell fresh but don't use anything with too much fragrance as different smells are offensive to different people. Just pick something that has a clean/fresh scent.
- Don't forget to put personal items in the bathroom away. Buyers don't like seeing someone else's toothbrush or bath sponge when shopping for a house.
- Do whatever you can to help all rooms not feel so "full". If buyers see that you're running out of space and the rooms or whole house seem packed, then they will think they will have the same problem. Buyers like space and more space!
Good luck!
Brit
The answer from "I buy and sell houses" is correct. You don't want to draw attention to the refrigerator. Although they're useful, it's not what you want your potential buyers focusing on. You want them to focus on the best parts of your kitchen, whatever they may be. That's the key to staging, you have to highlight the best features and play down the worst.
The refrigerator won't look bare to the people viewing your home as they haven't seen it any other way. You're used to having boxes up there so to you, it looks empty. It's just not what you're used to seeing so it seems obvious to you. To your potential buyers, it will just seem open and clean. A plant or some flowers would be better suited for your dining room table, or even an entry table.
One thing I want to point out from the other answer, only have your table set with plates and glasses IF you have attractive dinnerware that doesn't look "used and abused". You want to give the best impression and don't want strangers looking at your scratched or chipped plates. If you have a nice set then by all means have them on the table!
The point of staging is to make it appear open, fresh, and clean and like it could easily be their home.
Some basic tips:
- Take all family pictures down - you want them picturing their family in the house, not yours. Keep the frames up if you want, but put a simple photo inside of something non specific.
- De-clutter EVERYTHING. Surfaces look much better mostly clear with one little touch then they do covered with decorations. You want to give the impression there is plenty of space to be had in this house.
- Don't leave too many small kitchen appliances on your kitchen counters. Put them all away except one so the counters look spacious.
- Pick up anything off the floor, especially clothes and random items.
- Try to organize the closets as much as possible so they seem bigger as well as the kitchen cabinets. Buyers usually open at least one and you donât want them to think theyâre too small and wonât hold much.
- Clean all the windows and keep the curtains pulled back so plenty of natural light can come in. Buyers like bright houses.
- Use something to make your home smell fresh but don't use anything with too much fragrance as different smells are offensive to different people. Just pick something that has a clean/fresh scent.
- Don't forget to put personal items in the bathroom away. Buyers don't like seeing someone else's toothbrush or bath sponge when shopping for a house.
- Do whatever you can to help all rooms not feel so "full". If buyers see that you're running out of space and the rooms or whole house seem packed, then they will think they will have the same problem. Buyers like space and more space!
Good luck!
Brit
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