I am exhausted! Yesterday our team had the task of completely transforming a grand estate in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. Since the home will not be on the market for another 2 weeks I will not post exterior shots but I promise to share some of the AMAZING architecture this home has to offer at a later date.

I think this is a great project to share because it really shows home sellers how home staging can give a property a new look using only what the client already has. I originally met with this home seller who is a real estate investor 2 months ago. I gave him a thorough evaluation of the property and gave him a report of what needed to be done to prepare the home for sale. Since it is an older home I recommended the usual menu of repainting, yard clean up, and other minor maintenance issues. I also gave him recommendations of what items to remove and store before the staging could take place.

I have to admit that this home was lovely to begin with and the home seller had gorgeous antiques and artwork. The photos below will show however that this home needed staging to show a better purpose for each space that they were selling:

• The dining room that was being used as a sitting room needed to be shown as a dining room.
• The formal living room was too crowded with lovely things- we are selling the home not the furniture
• The library did not suit the needs of a family living in this home and needed to be transformed into a more typical cozy family room.
• The kitchen had been partially updated but needed some warmth and excitement to make it more memorable

The best part was what we got to do with the items we removed. Adjoining the home was an empty in law apartment that we staged using only the items we took out of the main home- astonishingly it worked and is my favorite part of the home.

Once the home goes active I will share more photos and the special story behind this home. Until then I hope home sellers see this staging as an example of how each space in your home has to have a specific purpose and that you really can use the items you already have, just in a different way!