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Home Staging a Whole House - Part 3 - The Dining Room

Reblogger Donna Foerster
Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty Group

Home Staging a Whole House - Part 3 - The Dining Room

We are continuing our 5 part series with Shar Sitter.  Today's featured room is the Dining Room.  When selling your home, you want it to looks its best!  It's clear in the photos below that the sellers were not actively using their dining room.  Shar's job for this room was to ready it for buyers complete with new paint and modern furnishings and artwork.

 

Original content by Shar Sitter

Home Staging Is Much More Than De-Cluttering and Moving Furniture - Part 3

Home Stager Minneapolis, MN

In this series I have been showing rooms in one home and explaining the suggestions I made in each room.

Part 1 was the Family Room, Part 2 was the Living Room, and Part 3 now looks at the Dining Room.

The suggestions for this room were simple. Simplify and Paint!

The room had too much going on with the table and chairs, chairs in the corners, a huge hutch, a busy rug, and art work that was too small for the walls and not really "dining roomish".

The furniture was all antique (table needed some repair) which can be beautiful but it sets a tone that isn't modern or one that a younger buyer can relate to.

The original paint color was not doing much for the room as with the other rooms in the series as well. I suggested something warmer and with more punch.

 

Dining Room Before

 

Throughout this series you have noticed a lot done with paint. I chose one main color throughout the home but added something slightly darker for the formal dining room and something darker yet for the family room.

Although the paint colors were different they are within the same tones so the home still flowed from room to room. Your eye didn't jump from one extreme color to the next.

 Paint color selection is key!!!

Paint is a simple fix for your home whether staying or selling.

 

Dining Room After

 

Suggestions do not always need to be huge to make a huge difference.

 

 

Dining Room Collage

 

Rooms With Style will make the suggestions to best fit your budget as well as reach your potential buyer.

Check out the tips from the first two parts of this series:

Part 1: The Family Room

Part 2: The Living Room

 Coming Soon to a Blog near you......Part 4: The Porch!

 

 

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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Donna, The before and after photos speak volumes. What a transformation! Such a different look and feeling.

Jul 20, 2011 03:06 PM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Photos really tell the story Kathleen!

Jul 20, 2011 04:19 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Hey....I would recognize that DR anywhere! LOL. Thanks much for the re-blog Donna.

Jul 20, 2011 04:28 PM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

It's a good looking room, Shar!

Jul 20, 2011 04:40 PM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

That is a great reblog, Donna. What a difference and don't we all have the first one :)

How was your mini-vacation?

Jul 21, 2011 06:56 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Hello Toni~ It's so important to help the potential new homeowners "see" the potential of their future home!  LOL!

It was nice to getaway and spend some quality time with my hubby.  Even though we see each other ALL the time (since we work together) it's not quality time!

Jul 21, 2011 07:05 AM
Kristine Ginsberg
Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ
NJ Home Stager

Donna - great reblog and Shar is one very talented professional home stager - the proof is in the before and afters!

Jul 21, 2011 01:08 PM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Hello Kristine~ It's important that home owners and especially home sellers understand the benefits of home staging.  The before and after photos truly drive home the difference!

Jul 22, 2011 05:40 AM