Designed To Sell - Model Home Makeovers

It's really been fun this holiday weekend to clean out some closets and organize some of the thousands of photos I have stacked in them. The digital age has made things much simpler- now I just store all of my images on external backups.

While doing this I came across photos of model homes that I merchandised as far back as 1989, and photos of models that I thought were fantastic that the competition did back then as well. We all know that styles change - hairstyles, clothes, and design, but if you sold your model home to a buyer would they still be happy in that home or would it now be very ,very dated?

I'm going to start a series showcasing model homes that were LifeStyled at least 10 years ago and you can see what you think. Lifestylist Design is about Lifestyle, and showing your customers why their lives would be better if they lived in one of your homes.

When I started Memory Merchandising I wanted to be able to do model homes that reflected this, and one of my first customers was Grand Homes in Dallas, TX. At that point they were a fairly new builder so we both started out together. This was our first model, and I'm proud to say it won a McSam Award (Sales and Marketing excellence award from the Dallas Home Builders Association) in 1994. We went on to win at least one award every year that we worked together, and Grand has gone on to be one of the biggest builders in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area.

The Sesame Street bedroom is a perfect example of timeless design. With the new Muppets movie opening this weekend to record box office numbers more than 15 years after we did this room, I think it's fair to say it has withstood the test of time.

To find out if LifeStyled models would make a difference in your model home program, contact us at: answers@lifestylist.com