Virtually Staged: The Kitchen at 909 Kapiolani, Honolulu HI 96813

Kimo,

Great looking property, wish you best of luck!

-David

Hmmm.  I've never even heard of virtual staging.  I think it would be a great benefit in certain properties. 

Kimo,

Interesting stuff, small change yet a big impact.

Very cool!  I like it!

You know me, I love everything you do ;D Mahalo

Excellent idea Kimo.  It looks great and adds more character to the space. 

aloha Kimo, beautiful work as usual as it comes from your mind to paper. I always say to clients, I wish you could see in my head right now as I can see your home in its final staged appearance. So virtual staging seems to answer that wish.

Do you create these virtual staged images yourself or do you have someone do this for you? Do you provide it at the time of consultation or send along to the client later?   I would think that it would take more than a few hours to learn this program. I still have difficulty with my bluetooth device for my phone!

Sending good thoughts your way, Michelle

Aloha, Kimo.  I agree with you that virtual is better than none.  I like your virtual kitchen.  Why 4 barstools instead of just 2?  In real life the kitchen is the easiest to stage.  Just three things for a counter vignette and voila, you're done.  I agree that bar stools need to be at a counter.  Just this week, I persuaded a Realtor friend to paint 2 of her white bar stools brown and went from "country" to "contemporary" just with a coat of paint.   What I love about staging is all the little surprises.

Very chic and yes, it looks better than vacant!

Another super job Kimo.  I think it's a great service to offer when done right and that you do!

Wow! Love the concept. Tell us more about the process please.

Would not expect anything less from you Kimo! Beautiful as always!

I like what you've done there since you've only worked with non-permanent stuff. I have seen people take a kitchen with a crappy countertop and put in virtual granite. That I don't agree with.

I like the photoshop option better than vacant however, since I can make chairs in photoshop appear smaller, could some mislead clients into thinking four chairs will comfortably fit when truly there is only room for three? My only concern with virtual staging is I can photoshop all the furnishings into a space I want however, I can't guarantee if that sofa will actually take up the floor space I graphically presented. Disclaimers?

I regularly "paint" photos to show clients how big a difference something like updated exterior colors can transform their home. Great tool.

Kimo, great work could you tell me what version of Photoshop you use, also where do you get pics of furniture

That's really cool!  If you hadn't pointed out that it was virtual, I would not have guessed it.  Good luck with that part of your business.

Great photo's.  What is the going rate for this sort of thing?