As a professional home stager, I visit the mls on a regular basis to see what's out there on the market. Many times the main living areas look nice and maybe even professionally done. Then the photo tour goes to the leftover rooms, the spare or the "no one knows what to do with" room.
Here the visual impact falls apart. Some of these rooms are used as storage for mismatched furniture, or worse anything that the owners don't know where else to put. A room might be used a guest room, but the old bedding and again, the mismatched or outdated furniture gives a bland unappealing vibe.
The main living areas may have been painted recently, but alas these poor "step-rooms" still sport the original builder grade paint. These unstaged rooms can kill the good feelings that the potential buyers had when they first entered the staged part of the home.
An uncluttered, warm, neutral, yet beautiful atmosphere is a must in every room of a home that is on the market. Owners, ignore valuable real estate, by overlooking some rooms thinking no one will notice. They will. At least seek the advice of a home staging professional about how to make every room in your home be enticing to potential buyers.
A staging consultation could save you money, make you money and save you a lot of anguish from having your home sits on the market while its staged competition with their great mls photos sell.
Leave no room behind or unstaged.
Not Uncommon In Many Homes-The Let's Put It Here For Now Room
Same Room Staged As An Office
Linda Thompson
Fresno, CA- home staging and redesign services
Selling By Design-Staging
Selling By Design-Staging specializes in giving homes an edge on the competition by creating atmospheres that are appealing, inviting and that say to potential buyers "Welcome home." For more information we invite you to visit our web site at http://www.sellingbydesign-staging.net
linda@sellingbydesign-staging.com
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Hi Linda, Hard to believe that is the same room! Love the way you have hung the curtain panels to make the window appear larger. In the "before" photo, buyers would assume the garage and storage areas were not big enough to house all this "stuff". I mean, really, bicycles belong in the garage :).
Big improvement in that "office" Linda. Nice job. I had to smile at the speaker under the globe. I finally convinced the hubby to part with a pair that have been sitting around (unused but taking up space) through 3 moves.
Linda ~ This room had many "leftovers" that the sellers didn't know what to do with. The "after" shows buyers a functioning office space that anyone would find handy. "Leave no room behind!"
Hi Linda--what an amazing transformation. This room looks so much bigger and it's hard to believe it is even the same room. What a really great example of why sellers should stage.
It's hard to believe it's the same room! It went from a drop anything and everything room to sophisticated and warm! Love how you broke up the bookcases and great curtains!