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Do your rooms have an "identity crisis?"

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Home Stager with Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties

Have you ever been in a house and thought, "What is this room supposed to be?" 

Buyers are willing to pay for square footage as long as they view it as valuable and useable space.  If the purpose for a room isn't clear, buyers will be confused.  You've got to show them how to use the space and present a comfortable, cohesive and relaxing lifestyle throughout the house. 

This recently listed home is a great example of how professional staging can banish the "identity crisis" in various rooms:

 

Before staging, the homeowners were using the living room as a dining room:

 

After staging, the living room is now a great place to entertain friends or just relax by the fire:

 

 

Staging this room off the kitchen as the dining room made sense:

 

Prior to staging, the dining room was being used as a family room:

 

Wow, this is a huge room, but what is it?

 

Using the homeowner's furnishings and a few items from our inventory, now it's a spacious and comfortable multi-purpose family room:

 

This is another huge room upstairs...hmmm...another bonus room?

After staging, it's a spacious master suite:

If you want buyers to "show you the money" you've got to show them how they can use and enjoy every square inch of the house you are selling.

Staging by SISTERS Interior Redesign, Edmonds, WA, www.sistersredesign.com

We specialize in staging vacant and occupied homes. 

Contact us today for a complimentary staging quote.  425.776.7890

 

Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

"If you want buyers to "show you the money" you've got to show them how they can use and enjoy every square inch of the house you are selling. "  There Diana  you have just been quoted

Mar 19, 2009 05:12 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

WOW!!  Great examples and great post!!  Your work is just beautful Diana!

Mar 19, 2009 05:22 PM
Patsy Overton
Patsy Overton Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia - Duluth, GA

Wonderful job!  You really brought the home to life and gave each room an identity.

Mar 20, 2009 01:23 AM
Kathy Passarette
Creative Home Expressions - Mount Sinai, NY
L.I. Staging/Decorating

Diana ~ Beautiful rooms! I can see why you used the term "identity crisis" - how confusing in the "befores".

Mar 20, 2009 02:42 AM
SHARON CHARBONEAU
UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES - Sechelt, BC

photoExcellent work Diana!  Your staging really made the home come to life.

Mar 20, 2009 06:43 AM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Really fantastic job in all the photos!  What a difference you made.  I'm sure the homes will sell much more quickly now...

Mar 20, 2009 03:15 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

You did a great job in defining the space especially with the leather, interesting they had that many pieces.

Mar 20, 2009 04:50 PM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

Wonderful job.    It shows that buyers can get confused with rooms that are not staged correctly.

Great job

Mar 20, 2009 08:21 PM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Diana ~ your staging made this house a home ... great job with the transformation of all these rooms.

Mar 21, 2009 04:50 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Great job Diana and I love the photo transformations which show where you put the furniture from other areas of the house to be repurposed in another.  I bet the current owners were thrilled with the result!

Mar 21, 2009 09:55 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Diana - you turned this into a showcase of a home!  You are most definitely a pro!

Congratulations.  Your post is being featured in the group Staging Before & After Pictures.

Kathy

Mar 21, 2009 02:29 PM
Michele Hess
Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL
Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Great example of a home with undefined rooms and how staging can have a powerful impact.  Very nicely done Diana - great photos too!

Mar 22, 2009 01:04 AM
Kathy Riggle
STAGING SMART N SOLD - Houston, TX
Houston Home Staging

Your staging really added value to what this house has to offer!

Mar 23, 2009 09:52 AM
Jacqueline Forde
Alluring Interiors - Ajax, ON

Fabulous job, Diana! The transformations look wonderful.

Mar 24, 2009 08:59 PM