I could not resist reblogging this post. This will give you an idea of what can be done to stage a home. Look at the detail in each picture. You might pick up some ideas to prepare your home for sale.
With Home Staging becoming more and more main stream I am noticing that what sets good Home Staging's apart from Fantastic Home Staging's is the attention paid to detail. Often times when working with a home we can get a bit complacent about how far the staging should go. Stager's may ask themselves, should this wall be painted, should this light fixture be changed, would a wrecking ball help, .. ok maybe not the last one, but if we choose to accept certain limitations of a space what is the point of staging it?!
Case in point... Celebrate Staging was called in to quote a beautiful Rancher in Ladner. The home had a little bit of remodeling and painting done but the Realtor felt very strongly about the home being shown staged, so much so that the seller had no choice in the matter. In fact we never met with the owner until after it was staged! In addition to our quote for staging we also made notes of a few things that had to be changed before we arrived on site. The Flooring in certain areas of the home had new hardwood but it didn't flow properly with the older hardwood, knowing that this couldn't be changed we opted to bring in quite a few area rugs to give interest and warmth, not that we could or would have hid the flooring issue but at least it wasn't the first thing a prospective buyers eye would have stopped at!
As far as the living room was concerned the paint was fresh and the fireplace was a lovely focal point, it was just a big empty room until we added the furniture....
The Dining room did not have a proper light fixture and it was not centered on the ceiling properly. As we do with many stagings we added into our quote the cost of a new light fixture and had our installer swag it slightly to ensure it would hang over a table in the right location. We could have just left the room as is and staged a table and sideboard but the end result would never have been the same and this is what I mean about the details...
The sunken family room had a large cabinet for a TV and storage that was more of an eye-sore than useful and because it was not fastened to the floor we had it removed to expand the space, again we never settle with working around an obstacle we do everything possible to remove anything that would give a buyer any hesitations, which is what staging is all about...
In the main bathroom we removed a few small shelf racks and brought color in with the towels and accents...
This rancher is a three bedroom so rather than staging all three bedrooms we staged the master and the smaller bedroom. By staging the smaller bedroom it allowed buyers to see for themselves that "yes" a queen bed would fit in the small bedroom...
The Master Bedroom had a very old fashioned ceiling fan that we had changed out and the wall mounted swing lamps were just plain ugly so we had them removed all together. And as always we brought in lots of curtains!
The final challenge was the en-suite. While removing the carpet (I still don't understand why carpet in bathrooms was ever popular) was not an option we had it professionally cleaned and focused on bringing in bold artwork and towels to help give interest and try and tone down the Peach tub and toilet!
At Celebrate Staging we are all about the details! And we never forget about the first impression a buyer sees, right down to the front door...
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