Home > Blogs > Donna Schoby > My NWA Mortgage Lender

Before & Afters...Owners Transferred, We Had The Run Of The House!

By Donna Schoby

Mortgage and Lending with Liberty Bank of Arkansas

July 20, 2009 03:31 PM

These homeowners have already been transferred and the Realtor called in Ready, Set, Stage! to stage this home using what the homeowners left behind. Except for the dining room, Ready, Set, Stage! leased a five piece dining set back to the homeowners to update this area. We also recommended that the kitchen/family room be repainted. We used Sherwin Williams Macadamia (I love this color, I have it in my own home) that added so much warmeth to this huge area. The out of state homeowners and Realtor were thrilled with the end result.

Re-Blog

Comments(19)

Comment

Show All Comments

Sort:

Cathy Lee

CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA

ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Your input and staging made this home beautiful, just gorgeous Donna! I love the new dining set and the new wall color is a winner! It will not be on the market long! Great work once again!

Jul 20, 2009 04:32 PM

Michele Hess

Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL

Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Great changes Donna! I especially like the before/after of the dining room - love those chairs!

Jul 21, 2009 12:12 AM

Virginia Tatseos

Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

The perfect clients don't live in the house anymore. You can do what you want within the budget.

Great job.

Jul 21, 2009 12:28 AM

Tessa Skeens

Hampton ReDesign, Home Staging and Redesign - Grand Junction, CO

Staging For Realtors, Builders & Investors

Fabulous job Donna - and your after photos make such a HUGE difference to the way this house will be perceived by buyers online. I like Macadamia too. Great choice!

Jul 21, 2009 03:55 AM

Janice Ankrett

Burlington, ON

Staging Professional

The Macadamia colour makes a huge difference. The eating area of the kitchen looks amazing in the after. Good job Donna!

Jul 21, 2009 06:44 AM

Kathy Nielsen

http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

You should be extremely proud of this one, Donna.

Congratulations. Your post is being featured in the group Staging Before & After Pictures.

Kathy

Jul 21, 2009 07:43 AM

Donna Schoby

Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Cathy, Thanks, I put this in my newsletter yesterday and have already received 2 emails about it. Hope we will have a quick sell.

Michele, I love those chairs too...so much so that I purchased another set (except in brown) I have also used them as accent chairs.

Virgina, Thanks, It was fun have the run of this home. I didn't have to ask anyone if it was ok to use something. The homeowner had already told me to use and do whatever I wanted.

Shayla, Thanks, This was one of the first areas I went to work on!

Tessa, Thanks, the feedback from Realtors have been great!

Janice, Thank you, This color is one of my go to colors. It's worked great every time I've used it!

Kathy, Thank you, this job was really fun to do, and thanks for the feature!

Jul 21, 2009 08:01 AM

H H-S

Durham, NC

Donna, I agree! The staging is superb and LOVE the paint color. Thanks for sharing. One question: do you hire the painter and bill the client or let them sub out the work?

Jul 21, 2009 10:25 AM

Donna Schoby

Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Holly, Thank you! In this case the Realtor took care of hiring the paint contractor for the homeowners (since they are out of state). She had someone she works with, I recommended the paint color. I do have a painting contractor that I work with. When I use him I let him deal directly with the homeowners. Others may do this differently but I have found it works out ok for me.

Jul 21, 2009 10:47 AM

Cindy Bryant

Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX

"Houston Home Staging Pros"

Love this house. I've used Macadamia before, great color. I'm sure the homeowners will be thrilled.

Jul 21, 2009 04:04 PM

Tinker Hulsey

Century 21 Wright-Pace Real Estate - Jonesboro, AR

Century 21 Wright-Pace Real Estate

Donna

Love what you do....that changed the house so much....I bet the realtor was glad....now I bet the house sells soon....GOOD JOB!!!!

Tinker

Jul 21, 2009 05:21 PM

Emma Vargas

Simply Staging - Cameron Park, CA

Simply Staging

Wow! This house looks like a winner now. I love getting favorite staging colors from others, so I've noted Sherwin-Williams, Macadamia and will not hesitate to use it. It looks fantastic in the breakfast area, what a difference.

Jul 22, 2009 11:05 AM

Diana Young

Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA

Hi Donna, Another wonderful staging by you! Before this house looked very dated. Now it looks classically elegant. Don't you love it when you have free reign!

Jul 22, 2009 11:15 AM

Donna Schoby

Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Cindy, Thanks, I emailed the homeowner photos and she loved it. Said she couldn't wait to see it!

Tinker, Thank you, the Realtor has had some very good showings. Keeping our fingers crossed!

Emma, Thank you, SW Macadamia is a great staging color. It's worked great every time I've used it.

Diana, Thank you so much! It was a fun project having free reign.

Jul 22, 2009 11:54 AM

Liz Gallagher

LG Home Harmony - Home Stagers & Organizers - Montreal, QC

Montreal Quebec RESA member

Lovely Donna, great dining room after shot ... I love that mirror.

Jul 22, 2009 03:35 PM

Lori Donegan

Ready 2 Stage - Cleveland, TN

Great photos and changes made to this house. Good job Donna! Thanks for sharing.

Jul 24, 2009 10:37 AM

Donna Schoby

Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Liz, Thanks, the homeowner had this mirror in another room. I knew exactly where I needed it to go when I saw it.

Lori, Thank you!

Jul 24, 2009 03:02 PM

Chrissie Sutherland

Ready Set Stage - Greensboro, NC

Looks great. I love having the run of the house too!!!

Jul 28, 2009 03:16 AM

Tosha Tate-Dickson

Finair Management Group Inc. - South Holland, IL

Donna, you did a fabulous job! Congrats and I hope this sells quickly ~

Aug 03, 2009 04:43 PM

Older Post

Newer Post

Before & Afters...Owners Transferred, We Had The Run Of The House!

Comments(19)

Donna Schoby

Real Estate Resources

Recent Posts