When I blog, who benefits? Many people, maybe even you!
1)If you're a listing agent and I've staged one of your listings, I've probably blogged about it here on AR and on my home staging website. I've displayed photos of the listing and I've included your contact information, including a link to your website, if you have one. That's lots of additional exposure for your listing, you and your website. Here are some examples of posts I've done about the properties I've staged recently:
2)If you are a professional home stager, or want to become a home stager, you may have benefited from my blog posts as well (at least, I hope you have:o)). Here's some examples of home staging posts that I hope were beneficial to home stagers:
If you are a home owner thinking about selling your Los Angeles or Pasadena home, or your home is already on the market with no offers, you can benefit from my blogging as well. Here are some blog posts that may be of interest to you:
Local Businesses have benefited from my blogging:
Heck, even professional home inspectors benefited when I wrote this post about the importance of having a home inspection before you purchase a home:
Of course, I benefit and my Los Angeles home staging company benefits when I blog. My business would not be nearly as successful if I didn't post to Active Rain, my blogs and website. Blogging about home staging has allowed me to establish myself as an expert in the field of home staging and the business of home staging. Blogging has put me on the first page of Google, often in multiple positions in all my desired search terms. And because of that, I am found by more home owners and real estate agents, thereby getting more business.Besides that, I have learned so much by reading blogs written by others, both here on Active Rain and elsewhere on the internet.
Of course, its not only about business. I've made some incredible and priceless personal connections because I'm blogging, both here on Active Rain and on my website. The list is very long and I am very grateful for your friendships.
I first discovered blogging when I was introduced to Active Rain. When I talk to new home stagers, experienced home stagers, new real estate agents or experienced real estate agents, one of the first thing I tell them is they must blog if they want to grow their reputation and get great market exposure for little cost.
When I blog, who benefits? Lots of people, not just me.
Who benefits when you blog?
Los Angeles home staging company, Moving Mountains Design, offers Holiday Home Staging as part of their home staging and redesign services.
Thinking of having your home, office or business professionally decorated for the Holidays? We offer holiday decoration and Home Staging for the Holidays in Los Angeles and Southern California for private residences, restaurants, businesses and commercial buildings. Our team of home stagers will transform your home or business with holiday decor, be it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or New Years. Our styles range from very traditional Norman Rockwell style, to contemporary, to eclectic/artistic/international style. Many holiday decorations are available for rental and most are available for purchase.
Here's a photo of an Encino home we decorated for Christmas last year:
Did you know home staging and redesign isn't just for preparing your home to sell? Moving Mountains Design can give your home that home staging "WOW!" look for the holidays, too. We can create the idyllic guest room for your holiday guests, freshen your living room with new a furniture arrangement, accessories and paint, or help you purchase a gorgeous new formal dining room table & chairs. We can even arrange for beautiful rental furniture and accessories.
Its not too early to think about getting your home ready for the Holidays. For more information about our Home Staging For The Holidays service read Holiday Home Staging and Decorating in Los Angeles
As I wrote in an earlier post Home Staging A Condo For A Los Angeles Real Estate Auction Company , Moving Mountains Design staged 2 Los Angeles condos last week for a real estate auction company.
Both condo developments we staged the models for are new construction and are vacant. The auction company had rented a few pieces of furniture on their own, but didn't feel that the small amount of furniture made the model home units more appealing. They hired Moving Mountains Design to do a full model home staging of all 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a home office (also could be used as a family room), living room / dining room combination, eat-in kitchen and a massive ground floor family room.
Here are some photos before and after staging:
Dining Room/Living Room Combination before home staging
Dining Room/Living Room Combination after home staging
Another view of the dining room/livingroom combination after staging
This is how the master bedroom looked before staging. The bedding is blah and the dresser makes the room feel cramped. We moved the dresser to another room, added another nightstand and lamp, changed the bedding.
Now the master bedroom looks warm and luxurious after staging
Information regarding the auction of these condos can be found here: Independence Villas
Moving Mountains Design is one of the most successful home staging companies in Los Angeles, CA. We measure our success by the speed in which our staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. We work with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.
Some of our services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.
For more photos and information, see Los Angeles Home Staging A Second Condo For A Real Estate Auction
For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975.
Click here to see our los angeles home staging portfolio
Click here to go to our los angeles home staging blog
Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price
I recently set up a Facebook fan page for my Los Angeles home staging company and I'm starting to populate it with useful home staging information and posts about Los Angeles and Pasadena real estate. I'm adding my home staging before and after pictures in photo albums.
I've found both Facebook and Twitter are very effective in driving traffic to my website and blog.
Here's a link if you'd like to become a fan. Let me know in the comments below if you have a Facebook page and I'll reciprocate.
Moving Mountains Design & Home Staging
You can also follow me on Twitter @HomeStagingPro
Moving Mountains Design is one of the most successful home staging companies in Los Angeles, CA. We measure our success by the speed in which our staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. We work with home sellers and listing agents to prepare homes for sale. Some of our services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design.
For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975.
Click here to see our los angeles home staging portfolio
Click here to go to our los angeles home staging blog
Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price
This week we staged 2 Los Angeles condos for a real estate auction company.
This was the first time they had worked with a home stager and this was the first time I had worked with a real estate auction company. I think its a match made in heaven. The condos they will be auctioning look 100% better now that they've been staged by Moving Mountains Design. Having a more desirable product to auction should create greater urgency to bid resulting in more units sold and higher prices paid.
Here are photos of the Pacoima condo before and after home staging:
Kitchen before staging
Kitchen after home staging by Moving Mountains Design
Master bedroom before staging. The auction company had rented a queen size bed when a king size bed would show how large the master bedroom was. This bed was moved to another bedroom and I brought in a king set.
Master bedroom after home staging with a king size bed. The room actually looks larger with the bigger bed.
This was the second bedroom before staging. I moved the queen bed in here to demonstrate how large the secondary bedrooms were.
There's plenty of room in this second bedroom for a queen bed.
Here's a shot of the living room. Sorry, no before shot.
To see more photos and for more information about these new construction condos in Pacoima read Home Staging A Condo For A Los Angeles Real Estate Auction Company.
If you have Los Angeles area REOs, Foreclosure listings or real estate auction properties and would like more information about how home staging can help improve the appearance of your properties for a faster sale at a higher price, contact Michelle Minch (626)441-8975.
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Los Angeles home staging company Moving Mountains Design is a full service home staging & interior design company providing exceptional service and value in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Long Beach
Los Angeles home staging company Moving Mountains Design and Home Staging offers home staging in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and Southern California. Our home staging and interior design training and years of on the job experience in multiple areas of Design & Remodeling puts us in the unique category of a company that can do it all, from home staging to extensive remodels. This allows us to meet almost any need when preparing a home for sale in Los Angeles or Pasadena. We have a Rolodex full of all types of craftsmen , contractors, painters and cleaners. A broad range of furnishings, antique Oriental carpets and art on either a rental or purchase basis are also available. We can efficiently transform almost any property into model home condition in a very cost effective manner allowing you to sell your property or listing faster and for a higher price. We provide service to all of Los Angeles County including Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Pasadena, Arcadia, San Marino, Glendale, Burbank, Studio City, and the San Fernando Valley. We also work frequently in the Carmel & Pebble Beach, CA area.
Dining room before and after staging by Moving Mountains Design
Moving Mountains Design & Home Staging, incorporated in 1994, is a full service Home Staging and Interior Design company located in Pasadena, CA. Michelle Minch, the founder and CEO, began her career in design as a Stylist and Visual Merchandiser for Commercials, Television and Feature Films. Home Staging and Interior Design are a natural progression in her design career, allowing her to use her visual merchandising skills, a refined eye and years of experience to successfully stage Los Angeles homes that sell and create stunning one of a kind environments for her clients. We have many recent examples of multi-million dollar Los Angeles and Pasadena homes that we have staged that have sold after the first open house. 80% of the homes we staged sold in 60 days or less and half of those sold in 30 days or less, with many selling after the first open house!
Don't settle for a second rate home staging company. Having Moving Mountains Design Home Staging in your corner will insure that every detail of your home staging will be handled professionally and creatively. Moving Mountains Design was featured in the Sunday Los Angeles Times Real Estate section in an article about the benefits of staging a home.
We provide the following a la carte service:
I am honored to have been selected a nominee for Professional Home Stager of the Year by the Real Estate Staging Association for 2008 & 2009. In addition, I was selected as a 2007 National Chrysalis Award Winner (For Remodeling Excellence) for Best Kitchen Remodel under $40,000 and a regional winner forBest Whole House Remodel under $200,000. Any one (well almost) can make a kitchen look great if they have unlimited funds. We specialize in exceptional and thoughtful remodels that are cost effective and provide the most bang for the buck.
We carry $4 million in liability insurance, and all our employees are protected by Workers Comp Insurance. We take protecting our clients interests seriously.
As a realtor, I know how important it is for a home to show at its very best when it is presented for sale. The proper staging of a home is most important and can result in a successful and faster sale. I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Michelle Minch of Moving Mountains Design in preparing and staging homes that I have had listed for sale. Michelle's creative ideas to work with each space of the interior and exterior of the home are combined with unique decorative accents and lush fabrics that lend to the enhancement of the home's features without detracting from them. The results are amazing.
Working with Michelle is a stress free and enjoyable experience. I highly recommend her as being outstandingly creative in her field.
Mary Fox, Realtor, Prudential John Aaroe, San Marino, CA
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When I first met Michelle, she was very professional and listened very carefully to my requests and needs as well as our budget constraints. Michelle & her team attended to all the details to a level that exceeded all my expectations. Additionally, she has impeccable taste and her staging, indeed, added tremendous value to my listing.
Beatrice Wong, Li & Associates, South Pasadena, CA
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Through the process of building our home I recieived design recommendations from numerous individuals, including Architects and Interior Designers. Your skills, talents and insights were exceptional compared to all the others Kerri and I met. We truly appreciate your contributuions to our home.
Dr. David & Mrs. Kerry Goldberg, Carmel, CA
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We were honored to be able to market for sale the Carmel home of Helen K. and James E.The design and extensive remodel was accomplished to perfection by the very talented Michelle Minch. Our opening of the home to realtors was welcomed with rave reviews and was the talk of the town. So impressed were the buyers of the home, that they purchased the home fully furnished, to include area rugs, bedding ensembles and some art work, all of which so beautifully worked together to create a very special place.
Ben & Carole Heinrich, The Heinrich Team, Carmel, CA
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Dear Michelle:
I absolutely would like to be quoted in your website. Pinney Construction has had an excellent working relationship with you and your network of talented suppliers and consultants. I was most impressed with our ability to translate your ideas and designs into completed work with a minimum of detail and translation time. I appreciated your ability to communicate easily with the trades and to have your vision made manifest for the client with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of client satisfaction. You are easy to work with both on the site and long distance to get the job done, and you adapted your ideas easily to site conditions to make our job easier, while still maintaining your design integrity.
Frank Pinney, Pinney Construction, Big Sur, CA
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