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It's NOW a Warm and Inviting Family Room in stead of...

I tell my clients, friends and acquaintance "I Love My Job" for many reasons. It is such an honor to be trusted with my client's possessions and properties. They meet me once or twice and the next thing you know they are gone for the day and my crew and I have taken over their property and are in their homes with our hands on EVERYTHING! What an honor to be trusted with their most valued possessions.

One of the many delicate situations we run into is how to tell our clients that certain items are best taken down to market their property correctly. One of my favorite tips is "No Dead, no naked, no guns. Of course, that means no deer heads, no nude paintings and no guns or knives or swords etc. Surprisingly not everyone understands why they are not a desirable item on a wall while selling a property.

The other sensitive item is religious artifacts. A very sensitive issue here. We educate the seller that we respect their beliefs but we need to keep the door open to buyers from all walks of lives, backgrounds and beliefs. Here is an example of that at a house we staged on Friday of last week.

BEFORE STAGED TO SELL

AFTER STAGED TO SELL - we only changed the furnishings

That is what the true value of bringing a Professional Home Stager. We delicately work with the seller to present the property in the best light so that the Realtor can do their job which is selling the property!

Kym Hough's Staged to Sell services Danville, San Ramon, Walnut Creek and Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. For more information visit us at www.staged-to-sell.com

Posted by Kym Hough, Stager, Staged to Sell, SF Bay Area, CSP on 04/27/2008 10:59 AM

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12 Comments on It's NOW a Warm and Inviting Family Room in stead of...

Lookin' good, as always my friend! It looks so much more inviting now. "No dead, no naked, and no guns!".. that is priceless ;) Off to a double de-staging day....

04/27/2008 11:22 AM

by Lori Kim Polk, Sacramento Area Home Staging (Artful Journey Designs and Staging)

Double destaging on a Sunday. No rest for the successful! Kym

04/27/2008 11:53 AM

by Kym Hough, Stager, Staged to Sell, SF Bay Area, CSP (Staged to Sell & StagersLIST.com)

Kym- Great rule of thumb!!! I have had to deal with them all! Very nice end result! LOVE the orange accents...orange is definitely my accent color du jour!!!

04/27/2008 01:37 PM

by Elaine Manes IRIS ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC)

Looks great--really like how the orange accents actually tone down the peachy walls. good choice!!

04/27/2008 01:47 PM

by Julie Davis, Amy Blank - Rediscovered Interiors, LLC (Rediscovered Interiors, LLC)

The fireplace looked like some kind of an alter/shrine in the before photo! It most definitely would have offended some potential buyers. You really brought out the full potential of this room.

04/27/2008 04:24 PM

by Linda Sticklin (Home Staging & Organizing)

Your simple changes made a very dramatic improvement ~ good luck with a fast sale!

04/27/2008 04:51 PM

by Maureen Bray ~ Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR (Room Solutions ~ Staging that Sells Homes!)

Yes, would have love to paint those peach colored walls, but they were in every room in a large house and they had painted a few months back so no luck! But this color really offset it and made it almost beige looking. Kym

04/27/2008 05:59 PM

by Kym Hough, Stager, Staged to Sell, SF Bay Area, CSP (Staged to Sell & StagersLIST.com)

The before picture looked very "grandmaesque" but looks really up to date after your staging. I have the same picture you have hanging over the fireplace - like it!

04/27/2008 08:17 PM

by Sandra Hughes-Redesigned Spaces-Virginia Redesigned Spaces - Fairfax County, VA (Redesigned Spaces - Northern Virginia)

This staging is sweet, I love the orange pillows... I have to confess, I have made at least 3 comments this evening about pillows, but I mean every bit of it!!!!

04/29/2008 12:29 AM

by Staging & Interior Redesign ~Seattle to Tacoma~ Julianna Hind, IRIS, RESA, DCI (ROOMSPINNERS Redesign ~ Seattle, Kent, North Bend, Puyallup )

Kym,

I have to ditto Julianna. I'm loving the orange.

04/29/2008 01:19 AM

by Susan Peters - Seattle Realtor/Staging Specialist (Re/Max Mutual Realty)

Kym, amazing how you took the peach walls and downplayed them to the point of being neutral again. GREAT eye...

04/29/2008 01:49 AM

by Terrylynn Fisher 2007 RESA Staging Realtor of the YEAR (Diablo Realty)

What a transformation Kym. It's hard to believe it's the same room. I love the orange too!

04/30/2008 03:12 PM

by Charlene Storozuk - Burlington Ontario Home Stager (Dezigner Digz)

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