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Vacant Home Staging-Boca Raton: Staging Answers the Question: What is this Room?

Reblogger Kathy Streib
Home Stager

Vacant homes can present a challenge.  Yes, Buyers can see that the room with the oven in it is the kitchen, but what about those rooms that leave a big question mark in the buyers mind?  By staging them, this allows the buyer to see the possibilities of the room and not wander around the house still focusing on what the room's purpose is. 

One of my favorite Home Stagers, Diane Young, of Staging Seattle, shows how staging a "bonus" room helps to let the Buyers see how it could be used.  At least the Buyer can now move on to see the rest of the house.  

What would you have used the room for?

Original content by Diana Young

We staged this tiny beachside cottage last week in Edmonds.  This house definatley has some funky spaces!  I think the footprint has been creatively "modified" over the years.  It was originally built in the 1940's.

Here is the space adjacent to the living room.  The next photo shows the room beyond those sliding glass doors.  Prior to staging, this is what a potential home buyer would see.

 

After Staging:  We created a  home office in this space and angled the arrangement to take advantage of the view.

View from the office:

After staging:  The color palette in the adjoining office space is repeated in this cozy bedroom.

Staging by SISTERS Interior Redesign, Edmonds, WA, 425.776.7890, sisters@sistersredesign.com

Photography by Rick Landreth, Windermere Real Estate, Edmonds, WA, 206-914-0184

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Comments(10)

Edward & Celia Maddox
The Celtic Connection Realty - Queen Creek, AZ
EXPERIENCE & INTEGRITY - WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

Staging does make a huge difference in whether the homes shows well or not.

Apr 04, 2012 01:04 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Great use of color and space................and fabulous how she took advantage of the view.

Apr 04, 2012 01:20 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Edward- doesn't it.  And wouldn't it be fun working at that desk with such a view.

BARFF- absolutely.  Diane does some really pretty staging. 

Apr 04, 2012 01:59 AM
Marianne Infusino
RE/MAX HomeTowne Realty - Franklin Lakes, NJ
RE/MAX - FLOW Area - 201

Kathy,  Staging is imperative - along with getting rid of clutter.  Since the new home market is a bit slower here, I havent had tooo many new homes to sell - but when I did, I used Churchill to rent furniture (and they provided the STAGER .. so the rooms - took on a meaning!  You did a great job, there!

Apr 04, 2012 08:27 AM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Very simple design but very effective, especially the way she put the desk at an angle. Great blog to repost Kathy!

Apr 04, 2012 08:49 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Kathy

That's a very creative staging job for a vacant home, it put some life in the home and made it sale-able.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Apr 04, 2012 09:30 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Marianne- New Home builders have known the value of staging their vacant homes for years. I don't think we have Churchill here.

Wanda- I love how she highlighted this area.  Who wouldn't want to work from there!

Apr 04, 2012 09:31 AM
Christine Pappas - REALTOR®
eXp Realty - Willoughby, OH
When You’re Ready To Move, I’m Ready To Help

Shows beautifully once its done!  pictures worth a thousand words.  It sure is a great way to help a buyer see how to use a space.

Apr 04, 2012 12:25 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

The first impressions are vital, as you know. Great use of color and the photos are great.

Thank you for sharing the post with all of us.

Apr 04, 2012 07:05 PM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Good re-blog Kathy. Sellers really should show the purpose of a space to their buyers.

Apr 05, 2012 02:22 AM