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Don't Forget to Stage the Patio ~ We Staged this one for HGTV!

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Home Stager with Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR

Sellers, remember that when your home is on the market, all outdoor spaces have the potential to expand your "living space" ~ and you need to "show" buyers how the outdoor spaces can be used.

Our company was selected to provide patio furnishings for a young first-time homebuying couple in Portland Oregon for an episode of HGTV's hit show "My First Place" that was aired today (it will be aired again on April 12th -- check your local listings for air time).

Our goal was to provide this cute young couple with fun, colorful patio furniture that they wanted, to expand the actual living space of their small bungalow.  During our interview before filming, we determined that they wanted a table & chairs, two loungers for sunning, and a barbeque and refrigerator for entertaining their friends.  Here are some Before & After photos of our project ...

Here is the space we were given to work with ... a small concrete patio off the kitchen.  (The budget was for furnishings only, no repairs or updates.)

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Our goal was to add color, flowers, and a dining set along with a barbeque (this one had a built-in refrigerator for keeping drinks cold) and a pair of lounge chairs ~ to add "life" to this small patio area.

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Here's a photo of Jeff and Jocelyn, the young couple in front of their first place ~ they seemed pretty happy with their housewarming gift from HGTV!

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Room Solutions Staging offers expert home staging services in Portland, Oregon to homeowners, real estate agents, and builders. Our proven home staging techniques will help reduce your property's market time and maximize your equity. We'll prepare your property or listing to look appealing to your target buyer for the online photos as well as for in-person viewings. Our owner and principal stager Maureen Bray is a nationally-recognized home staging expert who enjoys sharing her passion for staging with others.  To schedule a Verbal Staging Consultation filled with our staging tips and advice, contact us @ 503-246-1800.

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Comments(31)

Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Thanks everyone for your comments ... the show's producers required that we use "a lot of color" so that it would show up well on TV, and we also had to please the homeowners and stay on budget (and do the job under cover of secrecy until closing).  It was really fun to find the items they'd requested and to put it all together.  (While we were working on putting the patio together, the mother of one of the homeowners was painting the inside to make that look great for them -- that wasn't shown in the episode but I'm sure it made for an even happier outcome for them.)

Mar 19, 2010 05:27 AM
Anthea Click
Fresh Perspectives - www.InsideNashvilleHomes.com - Franklin, TN
Nashville Home Stager - Selling Nashville, TN homes quickly!

Maureen,

How adorable. I love the pop of colors you used. Bravo!

Mar 19, 2010 05:59 AM
Wanda Richards
Shows Great Home Staging and Web Solutions - Roanoke, VA
Shows Great Home Staging

Beautiful!  What a wonderful space you have created and I love the colors!

Mar 19, 2010 06:55 AM
Cari Anderson
Danville, CA

Awwwww - I love it! The colors were just the right combo to jazz it up and make it look vibrant. Fantastic job!

Mar 19, 2010 08:03 AM
Ginger Foust
Certified Staging Professional - Oakhurst, CA
Home Stager Oakhurst CA, Dream Interior Redesign & Staging

Maureen, I could definitely see myself in that space and I bet this couple loves it too.  Perfect COOL colors plus all of the details.  Which episode? 

Mar 19, 2010 08:11 AM
Kate Talarico
Kates Home Staging and Interior Design - Goshen, NY
RESA, Top Orange County Home Decorator & Stager

Great colors on the patio furniture and the flowers tie it all together.  Great job!

Mar 19, 2010 09:40 AM
Chrissie Sutherland
Ready Set Stage - Greensboro, NC

Wow, what an honor to do something like that.  Great job.  I love the fun colors.  Thanks for sharing.

Mar 19, 2010 11:45 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Pretty big difference between those two pictures.  Great job, as usual.   I love the colors used.  That looks like an impressive grill too!

Mar 19, 2010 11:50 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Ginger ~ This episode is titled "Rookie Buyers Attempt to Broker Their Own Deal" and will be repeated on April 12th.

Mar 19, 2010 12:32 PM
Jamie Dumaine-Russell
RE/MAX Alliance - Branford, CT

Maureen - What a wonderful staging job you did with that patio.  Love the colors!  I'm going to make sure I catch the HGTV episode on April 12th.

Mar 19, 2010 12:57 PM
Valerie Sagheddu
Apostle Art Home Staging & Design - Stroudsburg, PA
~Home Staging Professional, Poconos, PA

Congratulations Maureen! Looks like you gave them exactly what they wanted...you go girl!

Mar 19, 2010 02:45 PM
Judy Colburn
ProStaged Homes - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Glendora, San Dimas Covina, Home Staging

Wow. How cool. I love what you did. On a side note - I lalways thought HGTV had staff do all the set-ups for their house warming gifts. Congrats.

Mar 19, 2010 04:22 PM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Judy ~ LOL -- a "staff" to do the setting up?  Not really ... just the local designer/stager.  No carpenters, painters, handymen, cleaners, or anyone else to help ...

Glad that you like how it came out!

Mar 19, 2010 05:33 PM
Karen Hubert
Center Stage Design-real estate staging, Ancaster/Hamilton - Ancaster, ON
Home Stager

Congratulations Maureen.  The patio looks fantastic!!!

Mar 20, 2010 01:24 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Maureen- It's always hard to try to please someone else when staging or redesigning a home.  Add to that a budget and television constraints, and wow, what a beautiful job you did.  The color helps to make it a very inviting patio area. Bring on the lemonade!

Mar 20, 2010 06:03 AM
Julea Joseph
Reinventing Space - Chicago, IL
Julea Joseph House Stager - Reinventing Space

Maureen, Just back from Florida - Makes me miss it, Love it Love it Love it!!

Mar 21, 2010 05:21 AM
SHARON CHARBONEAU
UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES - Sechelt, BC

Great job Maureen.  What a fun thing to be a part of!!

Mar 21, 2010 07:17 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Maureen, Very nice. It looks so much better, showing how it can be used and those are nice pieces. 

Mar 21, 2010 11:18 AM
Tina Gleisner
Home Tips for Women - Portsmouth, NH
Home Tips for Women

I liked how you used flowers along with the furniture as that's what gets the attention, so you don't notice the underlying patio.

Mar 27, 2010 12:14 PM
David Peterson
Synergy Staging ~ specializing in vacant home staging - Portland, OR
Home Stager Portland OR-Synergy Staging-Portland Oregon

This turned out really nice Maureen.  The colors are very fun.  I've still got the episode on my TIVO.  Hope to see it soon!

Mar 28, 2010 05:34 AM