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Altadena Home Staging - Pasadena Home Stager Scores a Home Run

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Home Stager with Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA

We staged this beautiful occupied Altadena home on Tuesday of last week. When I met with the Realtor and homeowner on Thursday afternoon, I was told that they already had an offer coming in after the first open house!

The homeowner was using the livingroom as the master bedroom. I won't show before photos of that room because it was heaped with everything they were pre-packing. Here's an after photo of the livingroom after staging:

Altadena living room after home staging

Altadena living room after home staging

Here's a pretty detail shot:

Altadena living room after home staging

To see more photos and a couple of slide shows of this beautiful Altadena home read Altadena Home Staging An Occupied Home

MLS# 22134856

For more information, contact the listing agent Bettina Rosenfeld, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, (626)827-6114.

 

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Michelle has staged thousands of Los Angeles homes, many of which have sold with multiple offers, above listing price.

She works with home sellers, listing agent, builders, flippers and asset managers to prepare homes for sale throughout Los Angeles and North Orange County.

Moving Mountains Design provides vacant home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations,  and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs, foreclosures and auction properties for real estate investors and asset managers. Builders hire us to stage their models or to help move inventory when sales slow down.

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Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Not surprised the home already received an offer Michelle! Great job!

I appreciate & respect that you did not show the 'before" here due to the nature of the pre-packing & privacy of that.  I have given the "before" photos a different thought of late as I have been asked by a seller or two not to post before photos of their properties while selling.  While it's great for seeing the results of what staging can do for a space, ultimately it's our duty to respect our client's wishes for privacy. The after photos here are superb!

Feb 21, 2010 08:38 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Thank you Cathy Lee. I'm glad you lovely-love it!

Karen: Since the bedroom/livingroom had already been torn apart by the homeowner in preparing to move, it really wasn't a good representative "before" picture. I've never had a seller ask me not to post a before photo, but I won't anyway, if I think it will make anyone uncomfortable.

Feb 21, 2010 08:45 AM
Kathy Burke
Sensational Home Staging~~Danville, CA - Danville, CA
S.F. East Bay Home Staging

Michelle....that is a BEAUTIFUL home!!  And with your staging it looks like a million bucks!!  Congrats on the quick sale...no surprise to me!!! 

Feb 21, 2010 11:12 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Michelle, You did a gorgeous job with placement and COLORS.  Piano placement can be tricky and you did it beautifully in this space!

Feb 21, 2010 11:30 AM
Donna Schoby
Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Fabulous Michelle!!!

Feb 21, 2010 11:33 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Thank you Kathy Burke. It was actually under a Million bucks, which in Los Angeles, for a house with all these features, is no mean feat.

Thank you, Carole. Everything seemed to fall into place.

Thanks, Donna!

Feb 21, 2010 12:12 PM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Michelle, home staging is so important in this challenging market.

Feb 21, 2010 12:17 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I love the use of the orange accessories.  They really make the room shine!  What an improvement over having the room shown as a bedroom! 

Feb 21, 2010 11:51 PM
Julia Maher
Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT
Connecticut Home Stager

That color palette is just delicious - love the rug!  How important to show each room as it was originally intended!  Julie

Feb 22, 2010 12:21 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

I fully agree, Tammie.

Sharon: Orange is one of my favorite colors. In Feng Shui, it is considered very energetic, causing movement and change. Also, it photographs well and makes rooms pop. Rooms with reds and oranges really stand out on the MLS.

Julie: The rug is beautiful. It actually appears more olive to the eye. And it really went well with the olive drapes already hanging in the room. I have no doubt that the home wouldn't sell quickly if they kept that room as the master bedroom and showed the house without a living room.

Feb 22, 2010 12:28 AM
Nancy Maurer
Whitehall Interiors & Home Staging LLC - Sparta, NJ
Home Stager - Serving No. NJ

You have a signature style, Michelle -- it's absolutely lovely!

Feb 22, 2010 01:34 AM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Yes, you hit this one right out of the park.  I love the orange accents.

Feb 22, 2010 02:01 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Thank you very much Nancy.

Sally:  Thank you. Orange is a great accent color.

Feb 22, 2010 03:51 AM
Debra Valentine
Designing Details ~ Staging & Design, LLC - Bountiful, UT
Utah Home Staging for, Bountiful, Salt Lake & Surrounding Areas

I too love the colors you chose here Michelle! It's no wonder it sold quickly once you convinced the seller to redefine the room to a more appropriate space.

Feb 22, 2010 07:13 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Hi Debra: Thanks!

Feb 22, 2010 07:59 AM
Laura Coffey
Laura Coffey & Associates - Valencia, CA
Broker Associate

I love the touches of orange....

Feb 22, 2010 08:32 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Thank you Laura. If you ever need a home stager, I work in Santa Clarita :o))

Feb 23, 2010 03:50 AM
Anne Vigneri
CASA VERO Staging & Redesign - Albuquerque, CA
Serving the Mariposa California

LUSCIOUS MICHELLE !.. A bowl of oranges on a table is one of my fave accessories. ..

Feb 23, 2010 06:47 AM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Hi Michelle!  You are incredibly talented!  I'll bet that the sellers are ready to stay after such a major conversion!  Love the colors and the mood--very inviting and I'm sure will lure a quick buyer for your sellers.

Are you SURE you won't be moving to Charlotte soon??!!

Feb 24, 2010 01:06 PM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Anne: I'm a tangerine girl, myself. Thank you.

Thank you Debe! The sellers were really excited when they saw the house when we finished. They're staying in the area but needed a bigger house with more bedrooms. I'm hoping they'll hire me to work on their new home.

Feb 24, 2010 01:21 PM
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