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Saturday Staging Feature: Staging Open Floor Concept Homes: Before/After Photos

Reblogger Donna Foerster
Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty Group

Saturday Staging Feature: Staging Open Floor Concept Homes: Before/After Photos

Open floor plans are very popular.  Buyers with families want to be able to watch their kids while preparing dinner.  Folks who like to entertain, want the conversation to be open to everyone.  Whatever the reason, more and more buyers are looking for homes with an open floor plan.  Sometimes, however, it's not clear how the space should be used when the rooms are not defined by walls.

Kristine Ginsberg, Elite Staging and Redesign, shares some before and after photos from a recent staging project.  She defined the "rooms" with furniture and some accessories.  Job weel done Kristine!

Compliments of The Foerster Team, Rocky Mountain Real Estate Advisors, (720) 530-5554



Original content by Kristine Ginsberg

 

Staging Open Floor Concept Homes: Before/After Photos

When selling an open concept home it’s very important to stage each space with a purpose that’s cohesive and flows from one space to the next.  My client had lived in this condo for 4 years and had never utilized one quarter of the space not knowing what it could be used for. She set the dining room up around the corner which didn’t make sense or look attractive.

Elite Staging and Redesign took the guess work out by changing the configuration of the room so that each area had a purpose, was cohesive and flowed.

Because my client’s flat screen TV was hooked up to the wall already, I kept the first space as the living room, added a rug, new coffee table, accessories and  plants…

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The space next to the living room was empty so I moved the dining room table down from around the corner, removed the top of the china cabinet to open up the space and added a fireplace ($139.00 Home Depot) and now the space was cohesive and made sense to buyers…

 

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We created an office in the space around corner where the dining room had been.

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Usually in staging we take away furniture, but in this case my client had very little. We came up with a budget that worked for her and everything we purchased she would be taking to her new home. Once I brought in my inventory of accessories, it all came together.

Take the guess work out of preparing your Morris, Essex, Union County home for sale and call Morris County's Elite Staging and Redesign for a consultation today at (201) 602-2562.

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Elite Staging and Redesign offers home staging services to North Jersey homeowners, real estate agents, banks, builders, and investors in preparing homes to stand out in today’s real estate market. For a consultation on vacant staging, lived in homes or interior redesign projects call Elite Staging and Redesign at 201-602-2562.

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HomeSmart Realty Group, LLC

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Marianne Grant, Realtor
Jack White Real Estate - Anchorage, AK
CRS 907-529-6602

Kristine is  inspirational and does such an excellent job! Thanks for reposting this one. I might have missed it otherwise.

May 05, 2012 02:02 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Very interesting...made me think about my own "open plan" home.   Good ideas, here.

May 05, 2012 03:29 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Hi Marianne~ The before and after photos truly demonstrate the difference staging can make!

Hello Li~ I have an open plan too!

May 05, 2012 05:15 AM
Tammy Emineth
Personal SEO - Website SEO and Real Estate Marketing - Frenchtown, MT
Content Marketer, SEO Teacher, Website Fixer

She does such a great job and I think I commented on the original already. She can literally make a great room - amazing!

May 05, 2012 07:28 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Tammy~ Home staging (with a professional) can make such a difference.  It's definitely worth the investment!

May 06, 2012 02:17 AM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Kristine has a good eye for seperating living spaces with just a few pieces or makes the most the 'less is more' technique. Nice re-blog Donna.

May 06, 2012 02:41 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Hi Wanda~ A trained professional can make all the difference!

May 06, 2012 10:32 AM