[Disclaimer - "House for Sell" is being used as an experiment. According to keyword research, that phrase get 3x the traffic that House for Sale does. No idea why, but thought I'd try it for this challenge.]

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This post is the 4th in my 7 part series illustrating Home Staging in NJ with Before and After Staging photos.  Today's topic is ~

Here, in New Jersey, as anywhere, kitchens serve 2 important roles deliberately and 1 important role by happenstance.

Before we get to the photos to NJ Luxury Real Estate's kitchens, let’s recall some key elements:-

• Food Prep, by homeowner and caterer for entertaining.  i.e. lots of counterspace
  

• Food Consumption - a nice, comfortable, inviting place to eat or your kids won't eat your vegetables!

• Hub - since people will congregate in the kitchen of any house, no matter what, you need seating and places for them to "hang" without getting in the way

Owner Occupied Home ~ Using What They've Got Already

BEFORE	AFTER
Bit blah, no?	Stylish yet casual, I thought.  So did buyers: multiple offers.
	Amazing what a coat of paint can do, huh?

Owner Occupied Home ~ Using Rental Furniture

BEFORE	AFTER
The table they had they removed.  I never saw it.  One can only imagine!	They just needed a table and 4 chairs, so enter this glass thing, which I use a lot and love.  Elegant, leggy and see-through so a space always looks bigger.

Vacant House ~ Using Rental Furniture

BEFORE	AFTER
Massive, beautifully finished and... I'm not sure this kitchen needed to be staged, frankly.  Yes, we warmed it up.  Yes, we have shown buyers how things can fit into the space.  Sure, we added a glass table in a town where all the high end homes have glass tables in the kitchen - no idea why, just is. And we warmed it up, I suppose.	Oh heavens, I just realized it's the same table!  It's not like I use it that often!! This kitchen is actually from the June Bloom 2009 RESA Show House.  The builder extended the contract and this room was an accumulation of the talents of Bernadette Flaim and Susan Corbo of Attention 2 Detail, Ingrid Heil of Ingridable Design and Juliet Johnson Staging.

Here are some other New Jersey dining rooms that I'm real proud of but don't have "befores" of ~

Then there's my own kitchen, that I sold in January of this year (2009) ~ 28 days on market ~

BEFORE	AFTER

Other posts in this series:-

1. Living Rooms
2. Foyers
3. Dining Rooms
   

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~ Juliet Johnson ~ has been home staging NJ in the luxury real estate niche (with the predominant home value of $1 - 3 million) for the last 7 years. Juliet is taking the month of August to brush up her internet marketing skills by participating in Ed Dale's 30 Day Challenge with a blog on Property Marketing.