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Fun With Listing Photos: Staging AFTER the Fact?
Way back in my early days in the 'Rain, I wrote a post called "Faux Staging."  It was partly inspired by my love for playing with images, and partly because of my fixation with the HGTV show Hidden Potential.  It turned out to be one of my first ever featured posts!  I was so excited - I felt like Sally Field at the Oscars.
ANYWAY, the other day I was taking pictures of the master bedroom for the new listing I share with my colleague Libby Petch.  Usually I spend the afternoon making sure everything is perfect before hand.  This day, however, was fraught with deadlines, appointments, and errands, and I had to take a lot less time in getting the pictures.
This was the result.

In my initial haste, I did not notice the cap on the bedpost, nor did I notice one of the slats on the headboard was missing.
No problem!  Spending about 10 minutes with the image in Paint Shop Pro (v. 9) gave me this result:

Now, I could have goen a step further and made the bed look neater - but my skill level isn't quite there yet.  But wouldn't you agree this ... more

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