Selling your long-loved home will be one of the biggest decisions of your life, and it can be a very stressful time. Will it sell? For its asking price? How long will it take? Will people love it as much as you do when they first set eyes on it?
The latter question is very important. First impressions are everything. There is a lot you can do to make sure people are enamoured with your home the first time they see it. Knowing where to start is the challenge, but a veteran home staging professional like Kelly Penuita can make it easy for you.
Kelly is an interior stylist specialising in interior decorating and home staging. She’s been working in the design industry for about 20 years, and her company DecoChic Interiors offers interior decorating, home staging and art placement services. Kelly excels at making homes attractive and welcoming to potential buyers.
A graduate of the Red River Community College Interior Decorating program, Kelly began her career doing visual merchandising for The Brick. She found she really enjoyed helping people and took her love for decorating, colours and fabrics to a new level and started her own company. Shortly after, she became a Certified Staging Professional with the Residential Staging Expert designation and a Certified Colour Consultant through Canadian Staging Professionals.
Kelly has since been very successful helping people turn their homes into showplaces that immediately grab the attention of potential buyers. In one case she helped someone sell their home in less than two weeks for $25,000 over asking price!
Kelly simplifies the home staging process for you and fits it into your schedule. The first step involves Kelly meeting with you for a consultation to discuss suggested changes and things that need to be done. Kelly then provides a prioritised to-do list of things that need to be addressed before the staging happens. The client performs the tasks on the to-do list and Kelly then comes in and works her magic!
Kelly always begins her projects with an open mind and tries to help her clients by explaining the reasoning behind staging decisions, such as why your sofa should be moved to a different location, or why the garbage in your kitchen shouldn’t be the first thing that people see when they walk in.
Artwork and photography are also very important factors in getting your home sold quickly and and efficiently. Artwork placed in the perfect spot can change a buyer’s attitude about a room instantly, and beautiful photography can attract and hold the 95% of buyers who are looking for a home online. Many people will look no further than the first few photos online, and great photos can make all the difference!
This brings us to curb appeal, which also plays a very important part in a buyer’s decision. Kelly offers staging recommendations for both the inside and the outside of your home. Opinions and judgements are often formed instantly and a beautiful exterior appearance will not only persuade buyers to go to the next step of viewing the home, it will get them there in a favourable frame of mind, where you can wow them again with the interior of your home.
If you are thinking about selling your home, or know of someone who is thinking of selling, home staging is definitely something you want to look into. It can help you sell your home faster and more efficiently, and your extra effort could very well result in a higher selling price.
Kelly Penuita can help you beautify your home in ways you never thought possible, at a very reasonable cost. If you would like Kelly to work her magic for you with her staging, decorating, or art placing expertise, you can contact her via phone or text at (204) 795-0968 or email at decochic@mts.net.
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