WHAT CREATIVE UPSTAGING CAN ACCOMPLISH - room 3 - a room that needs to make a strong impression

Home stagers know a kitchen in a house for sale is one of the rooms which must impress potential buyers.

When I walked into this kitchen, I knew it needed more than just staging to be the kitchen that buyers could imagine themselves cooking and eating in. 

kitchen counters: the dated orange laminate was not going to impress - an important counter space was only crotch height.  The homeowners told me it was that way when they bought and they just left it that way.  The height worked for the kids as a counter to eat at;however it broke the flow of counter space for food prep for anyone taller than 4'.

The staging of the kitchen needed to begin with the renovation of the counters; new reasonably priced counter tops and a new counter which would expand the available counter space.

We then needed to address the waste of important real estate - a guinea pig cage and an office set up where an eating area would increase the appeal of the large kitchen area.

                                                                                    BEFORE                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                     AFTER RENOVATIONS AND UPSTAGING - A FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE AND SPACIOUS KITCHEN  AREA