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Designers and Builders Focus On Foyers To Make Their First Impressions On Homebuyers

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Foyers are designed to impress potential homebuyers and their guests. How you decide to decorate your foyer shows off your personality to guests. You know the old saying, "a first impression is a lasting one". That may be why builders seem to go out of their way to impress prospective homebuyers. There's some logic involved, in many respects, when it comes to designing a foyer. When we go on our home building excursions we inevitably run across foyers in some homes that are obviously going for that "WOW factor". It's a good way to sell homes, right? What builder and/or realtor doesn't want a potential homeowner to walk through the front entryway of their home, walk into the foyer and say...you guessed it, "WOW"!




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