Do you want to know how to showcase your property and appeal to the largest number of potential buyers?

When selling your property, it’s important to make sure your it shows its absolute maximum potential. For many home buyers, the outdoor area of a home is just as important as the interior. Staging your patio will definitely help you increase your chances of selling your property, specially now that spring is finally in Vancouver!

Here are a few tips for staging an outdoor area that will help you sell your home faster and for more money!

#1 – Keep it simple

You can get amazing results by adding a minimal amount of outdoor furniture, to make sure there is an easy traffic flow through the space. If you have a large outdoor area, you can set multiple areas, such dining area, living area or even an outdoor kitchen. This way, buyers will be able to see the possibilities of this space. However, keep it as much simple as possible. Too much furniture may have the opposite of the desired effect and make it seem small and overdo.

#2 – Give a little TLC

Cleaning up dead leaves and bugs, trimming trees and bushes, pressure-washing decks or floors, making some minor repairs, freshening up flower beds… You’d be surprised the difference that a nice little revamp can make to the outside! It will help to make the space look brand new and inviting.

#3 – Add an color accent

It’s the time to move all the toys, lawn ornaments, pet supplies and other stuff that you can have outdoor to the storage room and save them for your next home. Keep your largest furniture pieces neutral and color accent them by adding a few items such as potted plants, outdoor rugs, colorful pillows, and props such as refreshment trays.

Need more help to stage your property? If you are considering listing your home and are curious about staging, feel free to give the Flow Team a call at (604) 674-8884 or email us at hello@flowsmartliving.com. We’d be happy to answer your questions!

Flow Smart Living + Interiors has won “Best Of Service” 2018 on Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design!

We were chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography.

Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 40 million monthly users on Houzz.

Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2017.

Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award.

A “Best Of Houzz 2018” badge will appear on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

We want to give a big thank you to our amazing team, to our clients and to our professional partners, for helping us win this award!

Visit our Houzz Profile for more information

We have exciting news to share with you!

Our friends from Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland​ celebrated their 2017 Annual Luminary Award Soirée last Friday, October 27, at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. And it couldn’t be more sucessfull!

With the help of all their big-hearted supporters, they were able to raise a record breaking amount for mentorship. A very well deserved sucess, congratulations from the Flow Team!

We were really happy to contribute to this cause, using some of our warehouse furniture pieces to create an inviting and comfortable space at The Bourbon Lounge that made their guests feel like at home.

Big Sisters of BC is committed to enhancing the confidence, self-esteem and well-being of girls through supportive relationships with female mentors. In 2016, their mentoring programs helped change the lives of 775 girls who are now on a path to reach their full potential, avoid risky behaviour and make healthy choices.

We are so proud to support this inspiring organization and their work, that makes such an important difference in our community!

Did you know home staging is just as important to the potential value of your home during slower times in the market as it is during busy periods?

The key principal behind home staging is to make sure your property shows its absolute maximum potential. Professional stagers can help you address odd nooks or intrusive angles and either position your furniture to best suit the rooms in your home, or bring in suitable replacements that will wow the buyers coming through.

Stagers can also provide advice on small upgrades that will make your property stand out in photos online, such as replacing outdated lighting fixtures, painting over bold colours or refreshing barren plant beds in the yard. Agent photos on websites such as REALTOR.ca are often the first impression potential buyers have of a home they’re interested in, so hiring a stager to help prepare your home before photographs are booked is incredibly beneficial.

Contact the Flow Team today for a consultation – call 604-674-8884 or email us at hello@flowsmartliving.com.

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