Room Solutions Staging in Portland OR was selected to stage Home #1 ... it had been on the market for 5 months without a sale. We staged it using a colorful red sofa & matching chair, a fun brown wool rug, and some typical tables, etc. Home #1 SOLD in only 3 days, with 3 back up offers! Here are photos of the living room in House #1, Before & After:
When House #1 was about to be de-staged, another broker called me for a staging quote on a contemporary home he was about to list. With Home #2's white walls in the living room, I thought the red sofa, chair and fun brown rug would work in that home too ... and we staged it with some new accessories. Home #2 SOLD in only 5 days, for over asking price! Here's photos of House #2, vacant and then with the same furniture ...
Meanwhile, a broker who'd seen House #2 called me and said she loved the staging, could I come look at her listing that had been on the market since late last summer? It was another contemporary-style home with a terrific view. This broker asked, could I possibly stage it with the same red sofa and chair, fun brown wool rug, etc? I told her that Home #2 was about to be de-staged and we agreed the same furniture would work well in this home too. House #3 SOLD in 7 days! This broker said that she's finally, after 32 years as a realtor -- a believer in staging! Here's photos of the same furniture grouping, this time in House #3 ...
I'm not sure if it was the red colors, the fun accessories and artwork, or the lucky Irish book that I placed in each of these 3 homes, but they all sold in a week or less (in a "slow" market)!
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