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Replacing Family Photographs With a Gift to the Buyer

A recent staging job has resulted in a creative way to replace personal photos. This home had a beautiful arrangement of photos on a wall. The family photos had to go, but the arrangement really worked well there.

Wall Photographs

Here is a photo of what the wall arrangement

looked liked. The wall would have been so empty,

not to mention having to fill all the nail holes, if we

removed all the pictures. Wall art to fill this space would

have been expensive.

I took some photos around the property and emailed them to the seller. She printed them and put them in the frames in place of the family photos. They look beautiful!

As a personal touch and bonus, the whole arrangement could be left with the house for the new owners.

Here are the photos we used:

Gate stream Address sign

Moss covered stones stone steps

I used a personal touch to de-personalize the wall arrangement!

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Posted by Sharon Tara New Hampshire Home Stager on 05/05/2008 07:43 PM

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50 Comments on Replacing Family Photographs With a Gift to the Buyer

MAY

2008

Interesting -- I have always thought that was a great idea when I have seen it done on television shows. I think it's a great way to draw attention to additional selling features on the property.

Great idea, personal photos are often a distraction to buyer, good job

Nice idea- always looking for something to do with the space when the family photos are gone. Thanks!!!

Tori Exactly...highlighting the positive features of the property using close up shots of the outside details. The pictures give a feeling of history and charm to the house.

Michael and Rob Thank you! Anything we can do to make the house more appealing to the potential buyers!

Sharon - those are great photos of the property! This is a terrific suggestion as it also conveys a sense of pride about the home. Thanks for the tip.

Jackie

Good idea and a nice job with the photo taking as well.

Imprints the home on the buyers!

You are just too clever, I use photos from great books, or luxury travel magazines. No one ever knows.

MAY

2008

It's a great solution! Very creative! Thanks for sharing.

Kathy

Brilliant!

Jackie You are right! Pride in the property is a very good thing!

Kathleen Thank you! That's what it is all about today, being remembered and standing out from the competition.

Cindy I appreciate the compliment. I also use magazine and calendar photos.

Kathy and Julia Thank you for the comments and compliments!

What a cool idea! I love the photos. That would really inspire a buyer to be part of that home. Well done!

Sharon~What a very creative idea! Love it!

Fabulous idea just love it.

Sharon- I think you are completely brilliant! In the case of my bachelors, I could have taken photos of someone else's house!

Sharon - What a simple but sreative idea - Who wouldn't love having pictures of their new home already hung in frames on the wall when they move in and what a great way to show the property in other seasons to potential buyers. Win - win - I can't wait to hear your presentation at our sellers seminar on Thursday.

Gabriele and Gina and Kym: So happy you love it! Start looking around your clients' properties now for photo opportunities!

Elaine Come on now, I'm sure there was some plant or rock or tree or something you could have taken a close up of...get those creative juices flowing! That "someone elses house" could be an interesting idea, too. Having photos of your client's homes inside other client's homes...having all your staging jobs connected and intermingled...a little incestuous! I'm way off topic, now...thanks for the "brilliant" compliment.

Judy Other seasons is a wonderful idea. I usually suggest to sellers that they put out a small photo album with photos of the property in all different seasons, but using the photos to replace family photos would be awesome.

I'm looking forward to the seminar and meeting you in person!

Simple yet effective! Great post and idea for sellers! I am sure the buyers will appreciate as well.

Great idea! Inexpensive and perfect solution! Bravo!

Very creative solution to a common problem, good job Sharon.

sounds like a win win situation !! cost effective and smart, I will remember this one !!

Shobha

Naoma Let's hope the buyers show their appreciation with offers!

Janice Inexpensive is always a plus!

Bob Thank you!

Shobha Give it a try next time you get the opportunity!

MAY

2008

I love this idea! Not only is it an affordable solution to providing artwork, but it also provides a personal memory of the property to the sellers once they move. Nice.

Nancy Glad you love it! It also provides a keepsake for the new owners! Thanks for commenting.

Wow Sharon! That's a great and creative idea! You had a great property to do that with. Awesome! I love how it can be kept by the new home owner!

Very clever. I was doing a model home open house this weekend and they used candid pictures of actors with their family members. It almost made it look like this was the celebrities home.

Karla Thank you, I appreciate the comment. It is a beautiful property, the stream runs along beside it, such a soothing sound!

Terri Candid pictures of actors must have been fun, that's a cool idea, but I would think that would be a distraction to some extent. Were people spending much time looking at the photos or just kind of noticing and moving on? Do you think it was a successful idea that you might try?

Very nice. I bet they loved it. Good way to think out of the box.

Chrissie Thank you! I love thinking out of the box!

Sharon - great idea! I love nature shots, they make great art work. I took some nature shots when i was on vacation to make artwork out of them. Thanks for for reminding me.

MAY

2008

I will have to remember that idea. It may come in handy sometime.

Tanya You are so welcome, glad I could be helpful!

Julie I hope you give it a try, it is nice to have your own photography as artwork!

I haven't used my photography as art yet, but I am thinking about it. I am not sure what needs to be done technically to be able to enlarge the picture to a wall hanging size.

MAY

2008

Julie I opened my photos in Adobe and cropped them, using 8x10 as the crop size. That's all I did and they printed fine. If you have any trouble check out the photography group here on AR. I'm sure there are plenty of people to help you there. Good luck.

MAY

2008

I think this is a wonderful idea!

Sharon Great Idea! Love Love LOVE nature shots.

A much better idea that simply leaving the empty frames, which I saw on another post. Very creative.

Stephanie and Amber Thank you very much! Glad you like the idea, give it a try!

Chris Thank you! I actually have used empty frames. There is a photo on my profile page showing some empty frames lined up on a shelf. I do prefer the photos, much warmer!

MAY

2008

Sharon,

This was a real creative solution for de-personalizing the wall of family photos! The mossy rocks and natural creek really make for great nature pic's, lucky for you they happened to be in the clients own yard! Great idea!

What a creative idea!

Michelle and Michelle Thanks! I appreciate the support! The nature shots were really appreciated by the sellers and made me feel good to surprise them with them.

MAY

2008

Brilliant idea, what a great to hi-lite property features that otherwise might go un-noticed

Sharon, You have some of the best tips ever, I'm glad I subscribe to you blog!

Ronelle The possibilities are endless...go out there and be creative with your camera! You can highlite whatever features you want, inside or out.

Cynthia I couldn't ask for a better compliment. Thank you so much!