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High End Decor - A Home Stagers Nightmare!

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Home Stager with California Moods Inc

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High end sophistication is an acquired taste but once you have it, you just cannot deny the opulence and the complexity of the style...this room alone would run upwards of $30,000 or more to put together. Don't try this at home kids! Who could sleep in this room...is there a feng shui consultant in the house?

I found this photo on the cover of the latest issue of Window Fashions magazine and it takes me back to a time when everyone wanted coordinating (matchipooh as we say in the biz) fabrics and papers!  It is obvious that the window fashion industry is trying to sell the decorators on the look which in turn sells it to the consumer who wants to have what is hot, new, in style. UGH! Home stagers are still stripping off the last wave of paper and fabric from the 70's and 80's. It s a nightmare.

Of course after all these years of texturing and faux painting every surface imaginable, patterns are due to reemerge bolder than ever but for me, this is taking it to the extreme.

The good news is; only the well to do can afford a room like this so they can well afford to have it stripped.

In the famous words of Popeye, "Shiver me timbers"

 

 

 

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Comments (16)

Sylvia Barry
Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA
Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

You are quite right, Sheron.  There is a style for everybody, but just not everybody likes the style.  I also like this 'the well to do can afford a room like this and they can afford to have it stripped' - as Realtors, we just hope their ego is not hurt when asking them to do just that.  But I guess that's when we run to our reputable stagers :-) 

Sylvia Barry, Marin Realtor 

Apr 14, 2008 04:36 AM
Debi Ernst
St. Charles County, Missouri - Prudential Alliance Realtors - O'Fallon, MO
GRI, e-PRO, Broker/Sales Associate
It looks way too "busy" for my taste.  Of course, I don't make enough money to afford it.  Maybe that's a good thing...  :)
Apr 14, 2008 04:39 AM
Kim Sellers
Lake Arrowhead, CA Coldwell Banker - Lake Arrowhead, CA
Lake Arrowhead Realtor - BRE#01412099 - Lake Arrow
Yikes,... this would turn off some people.  I am all for cool things in my personal home, but appealing to the masses verses the few is better to get the home sold.  Good post.
Apr 14, 2008 04:40 AM
Pam Joffe
Solaris Realty - Tampa, FL
Good morning Sheron - You are so right about this room, it would make it very hard to sell this home. Have a great day.
Apr 14, 2008 04:49 AM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate
Hey Sheron, You are so right, a little extreme with  the pattern. I hope that you have a great week, Jim
Apr 14, 2008 04:52 AM
Charlene Storozuk
Dezigner Digz - Burlington, ON
Home Stager - Burlington Ontario
Hi Sheron!  Talk about visual stimulation overload.  I hope it doesn't come with matching pyjamas (lol).
Apr 14, 2008 05:26 AM
Betty Knowles
Southwest Missouri Realty - Springfield, MO
Ready to sell? Call Betty!
Wow, that's pretty scary. Reminds me of the last time I removed wallpaper. We had to steam it off. What a mess.
Apr 14, 2008 05:34 AM
Kathy Passarette
Creative Home Expressions - Mount Sinai, NY
L.I. Staging/Decorating
Sheron ~ It does remind me of a 70's room.  I don't know if it's the black and white, but I find it bothers my eyes if I look at it too long.  I can't imagine what would happen if it was actually a room in my home! 
Apr 14, 2008 06:12 AM
Fernando Rosado
West Palm Beach, FL
561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950
Sheron If they remove the wallpaper and paint it white and leave the rest it would actually look really nice
Apr 14, 2008 07:01 AM
Gabriele Campbell
D F Campbell Ventures Group Inc. - Saint Albert, AB
ASP, CID
I have to agree - matching is out, coordinating is in. Opulence is definitely a little OTT (over the top) for me and I cannot work with people who have this style in mind. For staging, I think it's a bit too personal anyway.
Apr 14, 2008 07:05 AM
Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495
Stage it Right! - Melbourne, FL
One word Sheron, BARF!  That picture will send me straight to the fridge for a beer!
Apr 14, 2008 08:34 AM
Sheron Cardin
California Moods Inc - Selma, CA
ARTIST - A Home Stager/Sellers Best Friend!

LOL Terry!

Gabriel - you are being very very tactful.

Fernando - shhhhh! I can see it in a formal living room as a sofa and side panels with lime accents on my!

Kathy - just add a little foil and some go-go dancers ;)

Betty - for some reason wallpaper will peel off at the corners when you don't want it to and stick like crazy when you want to remove it!

Charlene - now pajamas...I would like those...with red slippers.

Jim - I am having a great week. It was 94 degrees here yesterday and it is only April...makes we want to go out and rent 10 movies and hunker down till it cools a bit.

Pam - the average person would not like it at all!

Kim - it just occurred to me...I may have just closed a few high-end doors on myself.

Debi - LOL...me too!

Sylvia - if the sellers want to sell, they will let go of their attachments. 

Apr 14, 2008 09:22 AM
Home Staging
Showhomes - Nashville, TN

Wow - that's a room to behold! We've run into this problem a bunch when doing celebrity homes. Too much money almost always equals bad taste and design that is rough to sell to new buyers.

May 14, 2008 03:55 AM
Sheron Cardin
California Moods Inc - Selma, CA
ARTIST - A Home Stager/Sellers Best Friend!

Hi Thomas - I will bet you get some doozies where you are ;-)

Any pictures? When planning a high end style, resale is always taken into consideration unless...money will NEVER be a problem. Hense: poor taste.

May 14, 2008 06:39 AM
Connie Tebyani
Platinum Home Staging, Inc. : RESA-Pro - Calabasas, CA
Platinum Home Staging, Los Angeles and Ventura County

This was on the cover of a drapery maazine ?!?!?!?  You have to look hard to find the drapes !  What POOR advertising for that company.

May 14, 2008 06:42 AM
Sheron Cardin
California Moods Inc - Selma, CA
ARTIST - A Home Stager/Sellers Best Friend!

Hi Connie - so true.

May 15, 2008 01:42 AM