In the summer of 2007 my friend, Sam, and I had just become accredited home stagers. Through a friend of hers, we procured a "freebie" staging job and were ready to set the Atlanta home staging market on fire! We went in to the home, staged all the rooms we could in the 3 hours we had that morning, took a few photos, and left. Now we had our own pictures to start a staging portfolio!
Shortly after that, she was sitting down with another couple, anxious to flip through our portfolio to show them our beautiful work, when she turned to the first "after" picture and the husband asked, "Is that the before or after shot?" She is no longer staging with me. The last time I saw her she was selling boiled peanuts on the side of the road.
I was just blogging with a new friend from California when I was reminded of this story. It seems she just completed a staging job where they have BEAUTIFUL sculptured blue carpet in the family room. She posted the photo and asked, "Does this room look staged to you?" What a hoot!
What about the shot below? Is that the before or after picture?
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