While property renovation projects should enrich your life and that of your family while you live in your home, it’s important to cast an eye toward the future and which features buyers will most covet when you do decide to sell. Whether you’re making a living flipping homes or are just researching which are the wisest home improvement projects in a world acquainted with COVID-19, it’s useful to first understand the demographic of the most active buyers on the market.

Imagine this—your property went “Active” in the MLS last night. It’s 4:30 pm on the first full day on-market, and you’re sitting at your dining room table with your REALTOR® who has just set two signed offers in front of you—one set to close in a month, the other for over asking price! It’s the dream of every home seller, but it doesn't have to be a pipe dream.

Textures and patterns are important facets of interior design, but it’s color that really pulls everything together to create a well-designed, comfortable space. Color palettes are such fun to play with, but they can be a bit intimidating to dive right into. Allow us to restore the joy and open exploration of color palette play by passing on a few beginner’s tips from top interior designers. They’re exactly what you’ll need to get started toying around with all the color possibilities your own space holds!

To fix up your house before listing it or sell it as is. It’s an age old debate for a reason—the answer is complicated and case-specific. It depends on multiple factors, including your personal reasons for listing and the features of the real estate market you’ll be entering. For clarity’s sake, selling your home “as is” means that you have decided not to make any further repairs once it's on the market. This kind of listing means that, regardless of a home inspection’s results, your prospective homebuyer would be buying the home in its current condition.

At a time when 55% of modern home-buyers say that going online was their first step in the house-hunting process, it's clear that the days of realtors toting around shoeboxes full of listings are over. But, what kind of tools exist nowadays to assist the tech-saavy, or even the tech-newbie, in landing the perfect property? Allow us to elaborate.

WITH every mobile phone packing more megapixels of photographic technology than an entire array of camera equipment a decade ago, some might begin to question why professional photographers still exist. But ironically, the more pictures there are being taken, the better one has to be to stand out and grab a buyer’s attention.

Undoubtedly, these are uncertain and difficult times for everyone. We are doing our best at VNTG Home and VNTG Place to stay apprised of all mandates and suggestions regarding business operations to help slow the spread of COVID-19. For now, we want you all to know that the VNTG Home warehouse is still open and we are still providing VNTG services. We are taking as many precautions as possible to ensure the safety of our clients, customers, and staff, however, and will continue to keep you updated as more information comes available.

When you walk into the VNTG Home warehouse, the piles of beautiful, decorative pillows will probably be some of the first things to catch your eye. You look right, you look left, and you realize that all around you are beautifully upholstered vintage pieces, unique finds, interesting designs. And suddenly, you feel overwhelmed. Where to begin, how to find your perfect match in all the wonderful elements surrounding you. Don’t fret, we’re here to help you navigate through your own vintage treasure hunt so you can find exactly what you’re looking for.

There is no denying it, moving is one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. But we all have to deal with it sometimes. And moving can be one of the most exciting events in your life, as well, despite the loads of stress that come with it. Here are a few ways to manage the stress and enjoy the excitement that comes with relocating to your new home.

Meet our friends, Art and Judy. We met these two lovebirds in September of 2018. They had lived in their beautiful Lyndhurst home for 50 years together, raising children and filling the home with love and laughter. Judy still clearly remembers the day she found the lot, called the builder, and designed the home that they would live in. But after all that time, with their children grown and scattered across the country, Art and Judy had decided that it was time to move on. When they contacted VNTG Home, they were planning on downsizing to a small apartment, but needed some help with the logistics of cleaning out their old home and getting it sold.

So, you’ve got some vintage furniture. Maybe it’s one of Grandma’s old sofas that has been around forever, and you can’t bear the idea of parting with it but it’s just not in great shape, and it’s not really all that comfortable. Maybe you just went out to your local vintage shop and snagged an amazing find but it’s a little dingy and you’re not sure you trust where it’s been before. Or maybe it’s something you’ve had for a while but you’re re-decorating and it doesn’t quite fit with your new design scheme. Well, it might be time to look into reupholstery.

Pattern plays an incredibly important role in home décor. Having a room full of all solid colors might sound like a safe bet if you’re an amateur decorator but it can leave the space feeling stale and boring. Throwing in some patterns can breathe new life into a home that seems to be lacking in energy, but pattern mixing can get out of hand if you’re not careful. Here’s some tips on what to do, and what not to do, when you are decorating with patterns.

Many people, in the prime of their lives and financially stable, will buy themselves a decent sized home in which they raise a family or enjoy their space in whatever way they desire. Life always brings with it a series of changes, however, and at some point, most will need to make a real estate transition. For many, that transition comes in their old age, when they need to move into a facility that can provide them with more care than their family is capable of handling.

Interior design is definitely a delicate art form. We want to decorate our homes to not only be aesthetically pleasing, but also functional for what we intend to use it for. Additionally, styles are always changing and its hard to know if the look you love is going to stand the test of time. Well, just about everything will go out of style at some point.

Finding your dream home is almost impossible. More than likely, you found a home with some character and some heart and decided that you could see yourself living there, despite some obvious flaws. But now you’re in a position to make a few changes to that home you like in order to turn it into a home that you’re head over heels in love with. Well, you might want to do some research first because someday you might want to sell and not everything that you see as an improvement really looks that way in the eyes of a buyer. Here are a few suggestions for the home improvements that you could make that will bring the most value to your home.

Let’s face it, redecorating your home can be a big expense. Purchasing new furniture certainly isn’t cheap and, honestly, a lot of times the quality just doesn’t live up to the price tag. But don’t fret, there’s a trending alternative to new furniture that can help your pocketbook and your peace of mind and you might find it in some surprising places, like your own living room.

There are a lot of factors that people consider when they’re purchasing a home. Often, they’re looking for specific features of a house in the right area and have a prioritized checklist of what they want. But one of the most important factors that people consider when they’re looking at houses is: can they see themselves living there? One incredibly influential thing you can do to help home buyers envision themselves in your home is to properly stage it.