Without question one of my favorite rooms to Stage and design is the bedroom. I love the creative potential of working with fabrics, textures and colors to evoke a specific mood. While Real Estate Staging is often characterized by "neutralizing" a space to appeal to a mass audience, I believe that warmth and a bit of personality are still welcome in this intimate space. With an eye for detail and a bit of good luck, a Professional Stager can magically transform this room into a warm and appealing space for potential homebuyers, striking a positive emotional chord.
The truth behind the illusion of Real Estate Staging is that often Stagers use air mattresses to furnish many of our vacant Staging projects. Seldom do I use "real" furniture and headboards in Staging a vacant house -- which helps reduce potential costs to the client. But without a headbord to visually anchor the bed, I have to work with other solutions to make the room visually pleasing. My goal is to avoid tried and true (in other words, predictable) "home stager" tricks that I see in so many MLS listings. In other words, no bed-in-a-bag setups, no cute themes, and no wrought iron wall hangings!
Shown below are some examples of several recent bedroom Real Estate Staging projects from Leslie Olson Interiors (which, by the way, differ in a number of ways from bedrooms I design for Interior Design projects).
A mixture of silk, velvet and cashmere are crowned by a framed mirror in this upscale master bedroom.
This Tween girl's bedroom, featured in an earlier blog post, was accented by her whimsical photos over the bed. (Marin Staging Success - Downplaying tween's green wall paint)
The homeowners' original art above the bed set the color pallette for this master bedroom.
Symmetry in this spacious master bedroom called for a warm and harmonious mix.
By happy accident the stripes in the framed Picasso image echo those in the bedding.
This small bedroom called for a daybed setup, with an organic mix of fabrics and textures.
Leslie Olson Interiors serves Marin County and areas north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Services include Interior Design, Real Estate Staging, and Special Event Staging.
Thank you for your interest!
Leslie Olson, ASID, RESA
Leslie Olson Interiors Marin County, CA www.leslieiolsoninteriors.com leslie@leslieolsoninteriors.com 415.233.2633
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Thanks for sharing--great ideas! We also love using Euro pillows in place of a headboard--2 for a full, 3 for a queen. We always sew custom cases for those, so the material is something that coordinates everything, and makes each bed set individual. Luckily, my business partner is an excellent seamstress, so the sewing is actually quite easily done. I do have to add though, we never use air beds, just mattresses. It helps to add to the straight clean lines we like on the beds.