I recently staged a $3.1 million home across from the beach. The main living area was basically a large square room - with combo living room & dining room.
(See my other blog, http://activerain.com/blogsview/379139/They-have-to-see)
One of the homeowners, who is a licensed agent, but not the listing agent, lives near the home and hosted Open Houses almost every weekend for over a year. She would try to explain to potential buyers all the furniture layout possibilities - and once they decided where they wanted the "dining room" to be, they would hang the appropriate light fixture. Buyers did not believe there was enough room for a decent size living area and a good size dining room.
Here is the before photo:
And, here is the after photo:
Not only, can buyers now visualize how their furniture will fit - but that it will fit!
For this home, it took the homeowners (a group of investors) about 2.5 months to finally decide to stage this home. The budget was less than $3500 (the homeowner had done the kitchen and bathrooms). A small investment to make on this $3.1 million home... I'll keep you posted on the results!
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Bevin
Very nice job, the home looks great.
Good Luck