Peggy's Corner: The Art of Staging (Book & DVD) [Paperback]

Peggy Selinger-Eaton (Author), Gayla Moghannam (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2004

SELL YOUR HOME FASTER. CHOOSE FROM MULTIPLE OFFERS. INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.

Peggy's Corner, The Art of Staging Book with DVD is available!

This 140 page book has dozens of color photos packed with proven successful techniques about preparing your home for sale. This 50 minute DVD allows you to peek into the rooms of other people's homes and watch Peggy turn average homes into "model homes".

Editorial Reviews

Review

I have been using Peggy to stage my homes since 1989. Her homes sell faster and attract more buyers. -- Pat Cox and Team, Coldwell Banker, Top 1% Nationwide since 1987

I would never put a home on the market without staging. I would never use anyone but Peggy to stage. -- Bonnie King, Top 1% Nationwide for Intero Real Estate Services

The house sold quickly and for more than we expected. -- Roger and Judy Haughton

From the Publisher

A potential home buyer will walk through your home in 3-4 minutes. Let's make those moments profitable and memorable.

Prepare your home for all incoming buyers by using the ideas in this book and DVD. These are the same methods that make a small room feel large, an outdated bathroom look upgraded, and a boring family room look spectacular.

Join Peggy as she stages dozens of homes. Copy her successful techniques for using existing home furniture and accessories to give average homes the "model home" look.

Staging the "Peggy way" is inexpensive, fun and profitable!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Eaton-Moghannam Publishing; Book and DVD edition (September 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0976166011
• ISBN-13: 978-0976166016
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,985,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Selling a house? Read this first!, February 22, 2005

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Physics Mom "Physics Mom" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peggy's Corner: The Art of Staging (Book & DVD) (Paperback)

"Staging" is the process of preparing a home to put on the market, and Peggy Selinger-Eaton is a true expert. She explains how to make your home look its absolute best by subtracting what you don't need (too much furniture, too many decorations) and adding just a few crucial items that give each room a more luxurious look and feel. Her genius is in knowing just what to subtract and just what to add. Read the book and watch the DVD and you will learn enough of her secrets to be something of an expert yourself.

I just read Peggy's book a few weeks before preparing my own home to go up for sale, and staged it according to her instructions. We showed the home to a couple of neighborhood families before putting in on the market, and now, before we've even put a sign in the front yard, we already have a serious offer in hand. If my experience is any indication, Peggy's methods work extremely well and will maximize the sales potential of any home.

So, by all means, read this book in advance of putting your home on the market, or make it a gift for a friend who's planning to move. When you consider what you can achieve in terms of an increased home sales price, the book and DVD are an excellent investment. I say, go for it.

FYI, Peggy also has a website, http://www.peggyscorner.com .

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST WAY TO MAKE MORE MONEY WHEN SELLING YOUR HOME!!!, June 7, 2005

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Los Angeles Resident "Los Angeles Resident" (Beverly Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peggy's Corner: The Art of Staging (Book & DVD) (Paperback)

When I put my home in Bev. HIlls up for sale, I was told by my realtor that I "must" hire a stager in order to best present the house to make the optimal profit on the sale. They started telling me how much it would cost to not only hire a stager (about $5,000), but as well the costs for leasing furniture, etc. I started to feel like there was a ploy here, but understood that there would be a benefit to actually staging the home correctly. I had heard of this book and that the woman who wrote it was the person to hire in Northern California, but my home was 350 miles away. So I bought this book and watched the DVD... It was amazing how it put everything together so that I could do this myself, with a LITTLE bit of help, and not have to cut into the profits of my home. WELL, after a week worth of following the authors suggestions and preparing the house, my realtors were blown away that we didn't have to hire their expensive stager! AND my house sold in 1 day ABOVE asking price... The book was so easy to read and quick to understand without boring fluff, that I would recommend it to anyone looking to maximize their profits on the house. Saving that money AND making more on the house was a win win situation for me and my realtors.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Staging book, October 13, 2005

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Jeri Macarow (Rancho Murieta, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peggy's Corner: The Art of Staging (Book & DVD) (Paperback)

The book itself contains some good information - if basic. It does not present ideas for furniture arranging. The video gets better toward the end, but a lot of time is wasted while the author walks around and chats. I found it difficult to sit through. It would have been alot better if it clearly presented before and after shots with improvements - and simply discussed that instead of wandering around houses showing obvioulsy staged, cluttered rooms and then just removing the clutter. Not a big help.