Heartland Home Staging ready to design for you

Selling a house can be a stressful process, but Heartland Home Staging is ready to help make your home look its best to sell it in record time.

Owner and designer Abby Lockhart, of Newton, will take items you already have in your house and make it a welcoming space for prospective buyers.

“I’ve always loved design, loved interior design, rearranging furniture and I also sew a lot so I make a lot of my home decor,” Lockhart said. “Home staging was the perfect mesh of all of those things.”

Home staging creates style, appeal and focus in a home Lockhart said. Combined with proper pricing and marketing, home staging can give a home an advantage in any kind of market.

How a home is shown to those interested in buying it is very different from how people live in it everyday. Lockhart will use furniture and accessories that you already have in your home in new ways to redesign the space and recreate a fresh style.

“That’s part of the reasons why staging is so important because everyone has HGTV, everyone is on Pinterest and buyers expect a lot more when they walk into a house now. They want to be wowed,” Lockhart said.

In a new or vacant home, rental furniture can be used to fill the space and show the potential that otherwise might be unseen by those viewing it.

“A few new accessories can bring color and harmony to the whole house,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart offers several services to maximize the value and style of your home including home staging, color consultation and redesign.

“Consultation is where the staging process begins. Over the course of our in-home consultation, we’ll spend up to three hours going through each room in your home with you. We’ll discuss furniture placement, removal of excess items, organization and de-cluttering,” Lockhart said. “Any necessary minor repairs will be noted, as well as possible paint color and flooring suggestions.”

Outdoor landscaping and curb-appeal ideas are also available for the house. At the end of the consultations, Lockhart will give a written plan of action and the homeowner can complete it themselves or hire Heartland Home Staging do the work.

Lockhart knows that it can be extremely difficult picking out paint colors with the vast selection available, which is why she offers color consultation for those struggling to decide.

“It can be overwhelming with all of the paint colors that are out there,” Lockhart said.

Finally, even if you are not moving but want something a little different for your home, Lockhart offers a room redesign to give a fresh set of eyes to a place that has become stale.

“If you have a room and it is not functioning the way you want, it’s not quite looking how you want, I can come in and help you rearrange the things you have to help it flow better and serve your family better,” Lockhart said.

Although she has only been in business for six months, Lockhart said things are going great and she couldn’t be more excited for the future.

“I really love it, I want to build things into a business I can do for the rest of my life. I love living in Newton, it has been a lot of fun so far,” she said.

To contact Heartland Home Staging call 641-840-2856 or www.heartlandhomestaging.com.