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  • HOLIDAY HOME STAGING & DECORATING

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    DESTINED DREAMS HOME STAGING OFFERS HOLIDAY HOME STAGING & DECORATING AS PART OF OUR HOME STAGING AND REDESIGN SERVICES.

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  • Season's Greetings from Destined Dreams

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    Season's Greetings From Destined Dreams

    Destined Dreams wishes you and your family a wonderful Holiday Season, and a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year 2019!

     

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  • 50% off on furniture rentals with Destined Dreams

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    50% Off on Furniture Rentals with Destined Dreams

    This December, Destined Dreams has a special promotion running. If you’re in the process of selling your home and need it staged, we have a fantastic deal for you! 

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  • HOTTEST NEW KITCHEN AND BATH TRENDS FOR 2019

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    Bigger than ever are sinks in bright metallics, hammered finishes, intricate details and gold! Yep, you can see that this trend is full speed ahead:

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  • How to have the home staging conversation with your sellers

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    Listing agents have to work through a plethora of situations and have many uncomfortable conversations with a variety of homesellers. Ideally, sellers rely on their agent’s advice to update and declutter their homes before they go on the market.

    Agents can provide lists of home and garden fix-ups along with articles outlining things buyers hate, maintenance checklists and simple cosmetic fixes. Onerous as some of these to-do list items may be, most sellers will comply, albeit some more cheerfully than others.

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  • The Future of Home Staging

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    The Future of Home Staging

    Over the past few years, the real estate market in many Canadian cities has become increasingly competitive. Many homeowners sought out the services of a home stager to attract more buyers, and sell their homes quickly, at an attractive price.

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  • Why You Should Choose Destined Dreams!

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    Why-You-Should-Choose-Destined-Dreams!

    Whether you plan on staging your home for a quick sale or redesigning to match the modern trends, you’ll need the skills of a professional to reach your goals. Home stagers are efficient, creative, up-to-date with the latest design trends, and aware of what makes a buyer fall in love with a home. They keep track of your budget and accordingly create a coordinated design plan to meet your objectives.

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  • Realtors and Destined Dreams Make a Dynamite Dream Team

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    Realtors and Destined Dreams Make a Dynamite Dream Team

    Destined Dreams Home Staging has now staged over $20 Million in real estate thus far in 2018 and has helped several of real estate agents and homeowners in every home style and price point. And through our experience, we have learned that, more than ever before, the world of real estate and the business of home staging transcend locations.

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  • Common Mistakes People Make When Home Staging for a Quick Sale

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    Common Mistakes People Make When Home Staging for a Quick Sale

    If you’ve placed your house on the market and want a quick sale, home staging is the best option. Professional home stagers focus on the visual narrative rather than the size of home you own.

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  • 5 Massive Mistakes Home Owners Make When Hiring a Home Stager

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    5 Massive Mistakes Home Owners Make When hiring a Home Stager

    When you decide to hire a home stager to decorate your property to sell faster and for more money, you need to make sure you’re investing in the right person.

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  • 7 Effective Ways to Eliminate any Unpleasant Odours at Home

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    7 Effective Ways to Eliminate any Unpleasant Odours at Home

    Sometimes, owners are so accustomed to the smell of their home, they don’t even notice it is driving the potential buyers away! Buyers are missing the potential of the property because they are in such a hurry to leave.

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  • 7 Reasons Staging Your Home Eliminates Price Negotiation

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    7 Reasons Staging Your Home Eliminates Price Negotiation

    Are you worried that the location of your home on a busy highway will be a turn-off to home buyers when selling your home? Afraid you won’t get your listing price?

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  • 7 Secrets to Steal From a Home Stager

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    7 Secrets to Steal from a Home Stager

    As a leader in the local home stager industry, Tamara Grant has helped may winning realtors from Keller Williams, St. Jean Realty and the Remax Golfi Team sell their houses.

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  • Top Five Things To Look For When Hiring A Home Staging Professional

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    Top Five Things to Look for When Hiring a Home Staging Professional

    Home staging is a science as much as an art. Hiring a professional home stager allows you to take your mind off the marketing aspect of selling your home. When you leave it to your stager , it’s much easier to focus on the future and finding your new dream home.

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  • 5 Reasons Empty Rooms Are a Bad Idea When Selling Your House

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    5 Reasons Empty Rooms are a Bad Idea When Selling Your House

    Newly renovated, but this is a depressing first view when you walk into the house. And it looks so small!

    Whether you’re a builder about to list a spec home, an investor ready to sell your vacant property, or a home seller who is living in a house with empty rooms and you’re wondering whether to furnish them before listing your house, this article is for you.

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  • 6 Signs You Need the Help of a Home Stager

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    6 Signs You Need the Help of a Home Stager

    When it is time to sell, working with the right stager can make a big difference in making this transition easy and stress free for you and your family. If you are unsure if you should work with a stager, here are six signs that will tell you it’s time to pick up the phone and call a professional stager in your area.

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  • 8 Affordable Staging Tips To Sell Your House Fast!

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    8 Affordable Staging Tips to Sell Your House Fast

    Once you list your home, it immediately becomes “no longer yours”. You are now living in a museum version of your home, which can be extremely difficult to uphold, especially when you have children!  

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  • Five Ways to Prepare Your House and Yourself for the Sale

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    Five Ways to Prepare your House and Yourself for the Sale

    1. Emotionally disconnect from the house

    This is the first and most important thing to do.  You want the buyer to create an emotional connection, envision their furniture in the space so they can start creating their own memories.  To start, take out items that make your house a home.  Get rid of any personal collections, diplomas, pictures.  Get buyers to focus on the house, the flooring, the updated kitchen—not your stuff

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  • Top 7 Tips to Attract More Buyers with Your Listing Photos

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    Top 7 Tips to Attract more Buyers with Your Listing Photos

    The internet has become a  powerful tool for home buyers when looking for a home. With just a click of a finger, you can browse an overwhelming listing of real estate depending on your specifications, budget and location. In fact, a recent national study done by Real Estate Professionals have shown that 89% of home buyers start their search online, and the same survey showed most of these buyers also found their homes through the  internet , rather than through a real estate agent.

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  • The 5 Most Important Home Staging Tips for the Kitchen

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    The 5 Most Important Home Staging Tips for the Kitchen

    The kitchen is one of the biggest selling points of any home. Home buyers want to fall in love with this space and it can play a major factor in whether they decide to put in an offer or walk away.

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