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North Seattle Living Room is Staged to Sell

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Home Stager with Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties

This week we staged a spacious North Seattle home. The real estate agent was getting tons of showings for this listing, but potential buyers were not getting very excited about this house.

The home is vacant, but the previous owners left some furniture in the living room.  We suggested that they remove all of these items prior to staging.  To our surprise, when we arrived on staging day there was an upright piano in the dining room, which we moved to the living room and made is part of the design plan.

Here is the living room before staging:

 

Living Room after staging:

Staging by SISTERS Interior Redesign, Edmonds, WA, 425.776.7890, www.sistersredesign.com

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Comments (14)

Lori Donegan
Ready 2 Stage - Cleveland, TN

Much better furniture choices.  The florals seem to send you back in time--in a NOT SO GOOD way!   Thanks for sharing your pretty photos.

Feb 26, 2010 11:41 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Diane- you made the room move into 2010!  Good choice for the leather chairs.  BTW, Your "After" photo is so sharp and clear.  Shows up well.

Feb 26, 2010 12:30 PM
Wanda Richards
Shows Great Home Staging and Web Solutions - Roanoke, VA
Shows Great Home Staging

It looks great and I agree...love the photography too.

Feb 26, 2010 12:49 PM
Kathy Burke
Sensational Home Staging~~Danville, CA - Danville, CA
S.F. East Bay Home Staging

100% improvement!  Also love the photo!

Feb 26, 2010 03:03 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

A piano can sometimes be an "elephant in the room" but you made it work!! Looks simply beautiful, as always!!

Feb 26, 2010 05:54 PM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Another great example of the impact home staging has on a home.

Congratulations. Your home staging is being featured in the group Staging Before and After Pictures.

Kathy

Feb 26, 2010 11:09 PM
Liz Gallagher
LG Home Harmony - Home Stagers & Organizers - Montreal, QC
Montreal Quebec RESA member

Lovely, warm and very inviting. What a great family space to gather in..

Feb 27, 2010 12:50 AM
Diana Young
Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA

Thanks, everyone, for stopping by to take a look and comment! 

Yes, the piano was the "elephant in the room" especially when it was in the dining room.   Other subtle changes to this living room - the mirror above the fireplace was reflecting nothing but the ceiling, so we replaced it with some colorful artwork. 

The "before" photo shows a huge room with poor furniture placement.  You would have to yell to have a comfortable conversation in this room.  We grouped the furniture around the area rug to create an intimate conversation grouping. 

As always, color plays a huge role in our staging.  And, of course, great photos on-line to get those buyers to schedule a tour of the home.

Feb 27, 2010 01:58 AM
SHARON CHARBONEAU
UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES - Sechelt, BC

Diana,

Your staging makes the room look so much more spacious and inviting.

Great job as usual!

Feb 27, 2010 02:51 AM
Patsy Overton
Patsy Overton Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia - Duluth, GA

Diana, nice work!  I just had a job last week with a grand piano in the living room, which was small to begin with.  Fortunately, the homeowners were willing to move it off-property.

Feb 27, 2010 11:47 AM
Donna Schoby
Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Fab-U-lous job Diana!

Feb 27, 2010 03:38 PM
Leesa Finley
RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC
RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate

Very nice staging job!  Much cleaner and simpler with the furniture that you chose for the living room! 

 

Wake Forest NC House Chick

Feb 28, 2010 01:20 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Diana ~ Before, that was just a "space" and your staging made it into a comfortable and inviting living room.  Great idea to replace that mirror with colorful art, and to make a conversation area anchored by the area rug.  Lovely photography as usual!

Mar 02, 2010 12:52 AM
Rita Minion
O'Brien Realty - Solomons, MD

Hi Diana,

Fabulous job!  The livingroom looks great!  I really like the artwork replacement over the fireplace & the changing of the furniture. The room looks 100% better!

Rita

 

Mar 02, 2010 11:27 PM