Home Staging Tips From A Showhouse - Part 1!
The RESA-CT group (and honored guest, Debbie Gartner) had a fun field trip to the Designer Showhouse of Westchester. This second annual event was located in Bedford Corners, NY, and benefits Cerebral Palsy of Westchester.
Designer Showhouses are generally known for over-the-top, fantasy rooms settings. Shocking! Unlivable! Purple! However, there are certain elements you can take away and use in your own home, whether you're Staging to Live or Staging to Sell!
Repeating elements, or motifs, is one way to subtly tie a room together. Carey Karlan of Last Detail (Darien & Stamford, CT) used circular forms to solve a problem and balance the square rear foyer, which has three entrances, including sliding French doors to the patio.
What could be a traffic nightmare for seating was solved with a small, round cocktail table and four curved chairs, all pulled into the center. Establishing good traffic flow is important if your home is for sale! Here the traffic flows around the seating arrangement, not through it. The circular motif is repeated in the lighting, fabrics, and even the art - but in a subtle way:
Great tip for smaller rooms: pull the furniture in to the center and let the traffic flow around it.
Circles were not just in the furniture. The diaphanous drapery fabric consisted of gauzy white fabric circles sewn to netting. Floppy and fab!
I love the wit! The vintage light fixture echoes the blurred headlights in the artwork on the wall. Absolutely amazing.
I know some of those mid century modern pieces are from my old friend, Irwin Feld, a great resource in Stamford, CT.
Great room design, perhaps some great ideas for your space!
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