A Little Staging Faux Pas, or When Agents Stage

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Real Estate Agent with RLAH Real Estate AB95346

You don't have to e a professional stager to know that it's really nice to have the dining room table nicely set for an imaginary yummy meal.  And one of the homes I showed yesterday had an attempt at just that.  

But "attempt" is the operative word.

No place mats?  Paper napkins?  I don't think so! 

 

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Rainmaker
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Janis Borgueta
Key Properties of the Hudson Valley - Newburgh, NY
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OMG Pat - looks rather pathetic.... sorry but true. Not everyone understands the logic behind staging.

Jul 07, 2013 12:32 PM #1
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Kathy Streib
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Pat- oh dear, this is so wrong.   It hurts to look at it.  My eyes.... ouch!

Jul 07, 2013 12:57 PM #2
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Steven Cook
No Longer Processing Mortgages. - Tacoma, WA

Pat -- even with appropriate placemats (because I can imagine somebody using a set of those plastic covered photo mats) and cloth napkins, this would probably have still not quite made it as proper staging.

Jul 07, 2013 01:07 PM #3
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH Real Estate - Washington, DC
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Oh, yes, and the centerpiece is so lame!  And I like to use pretty stemware, too. 

Jul 07, 2013 01:34 PM #4
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Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
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Very, very sad "staging" attempt, Pat!  So much about it is wrong ....

Jul 07, 2013 01:58 PM #5
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
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Pat,

Who would want to sit and have a meal at that table?  A

Jul 07, 2013 02:12 PM #6
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Julia Maher
Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT
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Makes the house look CHEAP!  They'd be better off with a simple centerpiece.  Period.

Jul 08, 2013 02:04 AM #7
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Carol Culkin, ReeceNichols
ReeceNichols Real Estate - Overland Park, KS
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Imaginary yummy meal? I'm imagining a mess without utensils, napkins or placemats. Looks almost medieval.

Jul 08, 2013 03:10 AM #8
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Linda Thompson
Selling By Design-Staging - Fresno, CA

I agree with Julia, a nice centerpiece is all that is needed. The napkins look like they were just thrown on.

Jul 08, 2013 05:31 AM #9
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Michelle Finnamore
Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON
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Oh dear, that really just looks like someone left in a hurry and didn't finish what they had started doing. I explain to my sellers and their agents that I don't do what they do all day for a living and I really don't want them trying to do what I do all day for a living.

Jul 09, 2013 10:52 PM #10
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Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
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yikes

Jul 11, 2013 09:18 AM #11
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