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Wake up and Smell the Coffee! Why I Love the Breakfast Bar

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Home Stager with Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties

One of my favorite spaces to stage is the kitchen breakfast bar.  The kitchen is truly the "heart of the home" and these breakfast bars are a great place for socializing with the chef, doing homework, enjoying a cup of coffee while perusing the morning paper, or for serving breakfast to the kids before they head out the door for school. 

I have fond memories of sitting at my grandmother's breakfast bar with my sisters, visiting with "Granny" as we affectionately called her, as she fried up some chicken for dinner (with lard she saved in a tin can), made coffee in the old percolator, rolled out pie crust and told us about her growing up years as the eldest of 13 children.  

Staging the "heart of the home" is more that just adding a few items to the counter tops. It's creating a space that welcomes people to sit down, have a cup of coffee and stay awhile!

 

Laurel Estates Kitchen Viking Properties Breakfast Bar

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

Contact us for a complimentary staging quote.

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Kym Hough
www.Staged-to-Sell - Danville, CA
Staged to Sell East Bay - Danville, CA
I agree Diane, I stage the breakfast bar as well. It effectively shows that there are multiple areas for dining which is of value to a buyer. Nice photos. Kym
Feb 24, 2008 04:29 PM
David Soto - Illinois Home Loans & Mortgages
Illinois Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance - Chicago, IL

the breakfast bar experience is definately some we should all experience at home

 

Feb 24, 2008 04:44 PM
Ryan Vivo
Gateway Realty - Fairfield, CA
NRBA Realtor Solano County, Gateway Realty 707-384-5894
Nice photos Diana!
Feb 24, 2008 04:51 PM
Susan Peters
Dove Realty Inc. - Seattle, WA
The Better it Looks the Better it Sells

Dianne,

I think when you can get the buyer to stop and sit down you're halfway to getting your house sold. Now if we can just get grandma to come in a bake a pie...

Feb 24, 2008 06:45 PM
Tracy Moses~Redefining LUXE~Staging ~ Decorati
Redefining LUXE - Mount Pleasant, SC
beautiful photos and I agree with you!
Feb 24, 2008 10:31 PM
Susan Cunningham
NE Atlanta Home Staging - Suwanee, GA
R.E.VISION - Suwanee, GA

It's about those "emotional connection points" and in the heart of the home is a great place!

Going to go make a nice cup 'o jo right now.  : )

Thanks for the invite into your works - lovely photos.

 

Feb 24, 2008 11:31 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager
Appealing to buyers on an emotional level is what we do best!  There is something about the meal of breakfast that just makes you comfortable and feeling at home.  Maybe it is because there is so much comfort food in breakfast...all those carbs!  I love to use cereal and fruit and a newspaper.   Very nice photos!
Feb 25, 2008 03:40 AM
Elaine Manes Gage
Home Staging Online Services - Denver, CO
Staging done ONLINE!
Diana- Very pretty! I love this area to stage, also! It's fun to stage, and I think it says "this is a fun kitchen where you can just hang out!"
Feb 25, 2008 05:25 AM
Janice Sutton
1st Stage Property Transformations - Murrieta, CA
Home Stager - Temecula Murrieta

You can tell you love to stage kitchens.  Great job! 

I love staging the kitchen bars as well.  Staging this are helps the potential buyers to picture themselves or their children enjoying a meal or just time together!

Feb 29, 2008 03:45 AM
Sheri Davis
Transformations Home Staging and Redesign - Caldwell, ID
HSR, ASHSR
Great photos Diana - thanks for sharing - and I agree - staging the kitchen bar can bring back happy memories!   -Sheri
Feb 29, 2008 09:47 AM
Julianna Hind
eXp Realty - Tacoma, WA
REALTOR, 206-679-4768, Tacoma Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, WA
Nice work Diana...perfect to the Pacific Northwest where we "eat coffee like soup!"
Feb 29, 2008 12:31 PM
Alexandra Fletcher
Vancouver, BC

The Sit-up bar is one of my favorite spaces to stage as well. In fact nine times out of ten we set the bar and not the table. It is also a creative outlet for me to come up with something unique each time, I'm kinda known as "the queen of table top!"By setting the bar it leaves the tables for fantastic centerpieces.

Emily ~ Celebrate Staging, Vancouver,BC

 

Feb 29, 2008 01:07 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"
Kitchens are the center pointe of every home, no matter how big or small.  It's funny how people are always drawn into that room.
Mar 01, 2008 10:45 AM
Isabel Gomes
Gomes Design - London, ON
Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont
Beautiful photos.  The kitchen is the heart of the home as Cindy above says.
Mar 01, 2008 12:09 PM
Diana Young
Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to read this post and comment.  Along with providing a welcoming and inviting atmosphere for potential buyers, staging the breakfast bar with comfortable bar chairs also gives the agent a great place to sit while waiting for guests at open houses!

 

Mar 05, 2008 05:26 AM
Kathy Riggle
STAGING SMART N SOLD - Houston, TX
Houston Home Staging

Kitchens can really sell a home, and yours look wonderful, Diana!

Kathy

Mar 05, 2008 05:30 AM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Diana~ some great comments! Great stories and it is about creating a space that the buyer can visualize themselves hanging-out. Thanks.

Mar 28, 2011 01:11 PM
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