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Don't Forget to Stage the Office! Home Staging Minnetonka MN

By Shar Sitter

Home Stager with Rooms With Style

November 10, 2011 11:20 PM

Don't Forget to Stage the Office!

Home Offices are important square footage. Most buyers want a home office as many now telecommute or have their own businesses that are run from their homes.

If it is important to a buyer it should be important to you! Set the stage, show them how great the space can be!

This??

Or This??

Many new construction homes or homes built within the last decade have the office right inside the front door. Even MORE important for Home Staging.

Sometimes the office is self explanatory with built in desks and shelving but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be staged. Here is a perfect example of a high end rehabbed home we staged for an investor. If you walk in, take your shoes off and see this it may not leave much of an impression.

But this might:

When it comes to staging your home for sale don't forget the office. It is space wanted by the buyer and that means money to you!

Your Home is Your Biggest Asset. Make all it's square footage valuable by calling a Professional Certified Home Stager.

Originally Posted at: "Don't Forget to Stage the Office" Home Staging in Minnetonka MN

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Dr. Paula McDonald

Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX

Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Those are some great pictures. My office needs a bit of attention right now. You have inspired me.

Nov 10, 2011 11:29 PM

Laura S. Baker

First Weber Inc - Lake Mills, WI

Realtor (920) 728-4118, First Weber Inc

Just an astounding difference the before and afters Shar! And I love the site on that computer! Now about my office,...

Nov 10, 2011 11:33 PM

Barbara Heil-Sonneck

Design2Sell - Atlanta, GA

Home Staging Atlanta

Great showcasing of before and afters, what a difference and yes Home Sellers please, do not neglect the office, it's like walking through a a beautiful garden and ending at a ditch...

Nov 10, 2011 11:49 PM

Susan Emo

Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON

Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

Shar - what a wonderful showcase of what you can do! My office at the office is kept pretty nice but my home office is a shambles! Strangely, I spend far more time in the shambles!! My New Year's resolution is to either switch them around or make both beautiful :) Thanks for the reminder.

Nov 11, 2011 12:24 AM

Roger D. Mucci

Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH

Lets shake things up at your home today!

Once again, a magnificent staging job by the lovely and talented Shar Sitter, soon to have her own show on HGTV with me as her Guest Host! Fabulous!

Nov 11, 2011 12:25 AM

Shar Sitter

Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN

Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Glad I could inspire Paul! Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Laura. Isn't my faux laptop cute! I just got them.

That's a great analogy Barbara. And in many cases the ditch starts by the front door. :)

My office isn't the best Susan but remember....we aren't selling. That's when it is really important as that office is valuable to the buyer. Thanks so much.

I can't wait for you to do a Guest Host spot on my show Roger! Now.....we just need to talk to HGTV.

Nov 11, 2011 12:30 AM

Michael S. Bolton

Michael S. Bolton,Inc. - Zimmerman, MN

MN Appraiser

Shar-I'm sorry to say that first picture looks exactly like my office, it's a good thing I'm not selling. You do an awesome job!

Nov 11, 2011 01:04 AM

Valerie Sagheddu

Apostle Art Home Staging & Design - Stroudsburg, PA

~Home Staging Professional, Poconos, PA

Shar...those are amazing transformations...really show the HUGE difference staging made to these spaces. I love your laptop with your business logo...a prop I am assuming? I need to get one of those. i have TV's but no computers yet...very cool.

Nov 11, 2011 02:06 AM

Valerie Sagheddu

Apostle Art Home Staging & Design - Stroudsburg, PA

~Home Staging Professional, Poconos, PA

PS...I love the old phone too and the tea cup...superb!

Nov 11, 2011 02:07 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I agree with the others...awesome examples of the "before and after magic" you do so well!

Nov 11, 2011 02:37 AM

Janice Ankrett

Burlington, ON

Staging Professional

Shar, I just love the shot of the old style phone and the computer! You do such awesome work! I agree that sellers should create an office that appeals to buyers instead of showing them chaos.

Nov 11, 2011 06:43 AM

Sally Weatherley

EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Shar - Oh, just a minute... I have a visual of David in his jammies. Phew! Ok, I'm better now... Seriously, love the office transformations. I've been turning a lot of "flex spaces" in condos into little offices. It's not on your grand scale, but the idea is the same. Buyers want home offices, and they want nice ones, to boot! Your examples are fabulous!

Nov 11, 2011 09:33 AM

Shar Sitter

Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN

Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you Michael....now you know what you have to look forward to if you decide to sell. :)

Valerie, yes that is a prop computer. They are sooooo cute. The phone is actually a working phone from Pottery Barn that I used in my office when I used to have a land line. Now it is a prop too. LOL

Thank you Sharon, much appreciated.

I love old and new together Janice, and thank you.

Why get out of them David? I walk down the hall to my office so I stay in my jammies too. Then I switch to sweats if I am going to the warhouse to work. Just those client days that I need to look like a designer, ha.

Stop thinking about David and his jammies Sally.....I have seen some of your cute office nooks and I love them! You are so correct that everyone wants office space somewhere.

Nov 11, 2011 10:07 AM

Janet Jones

Just Your Style Interiors, LLC - Kihei, HI

Home Staging, Interior Redesign Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Hi Shar--it would be hard for a buyer to get excited about either of those "before" pictures. However, your great staging has made both spaces very inviting.

Nov 11, 2011 06:20 PM

Lisa Von Domek

Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX

....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Hello Shar,

A picture is worth a thousand words...great before and after photos - the "power" of staging!

Nov 12, 2011 05:50 AM

Kathy Burke

Sensational Home Staging~~Danville, CA - Danville, CA

S.F. East Bay Home Staging

Shar.....love the transformations!! That first Before & After are dramatic with such a GREAT window the AFTER shows it off to the MAX!!

Nov 13, 2011 12:33 PM

Wendy Tomm

Beyond the Walls - East St Paul, MB

CCSP, RESA-PRO, BBB - Wpg Realtors

Shar,nicely done and an important room to stage as most people want an office.

Nov 13, 2011 12:45 PM

Shar Sitter

Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN

Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you so much Janet!

Absolutely Lisa...pictures say it all!

Isn't that window pretty Kathy?

They do Wendy, offices are valuable.

Thanks for stopping back David.....Sally was a hoot as usual. ;)

Nov 14, 2011 11:56 AM

Cindy Edwards

RE/MAX Checkmate - Johnson City, TN

CRS, GRI, PMN - Northeast Tennessee 423-677-6677

I need help in my home office!! I just cannot figure out where to put all my "stuff" I'm going to have to pay more attention to your posts, you are good!

Nov 16, 2011 12:20 AM