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I Love It When Clients...

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Local Homes and Land, Inc 85117

I love it when clients have beautiful treasures hidden beneath clutter. I recently staged a home that had a wonderful selection of pottery barn treasures, right down to the Benjamin Moore, Pottery Barn Collection paint. You know, the new green. The room was rather bright for the most part and as professional home stager my job was to neutralize the color palette and soften the appearance so that buyers would fall in love.

 The space was large enough to accomodate a king size bed, two nightstands, a dresser and an armoire.  My mind was screaming...Stage It Now!  My clients could only see clutter, but beneath the pile I saw potential.  As you can see,  the bedroom furniture was gorgeous and the room had just the right elements to make this room... one to love. 

 What a wonderful retreat!  

As you can tell, I am a professional home stager and not a professional photographer (at least not yet, ha!).  In person, the room was much softer.  When the agent came to view the property, she stopped at the Master Bedroom and said " This makes me feel so joyous right now, I hope everyone that sees this room feels the same way". 

As a home stager we are trained to look beyond the clutter, and to imagine the possibilities.  It sure makes our job easier when the client has updated elements to work with.

With that being said, look at the Master bathroom before photo:

 It appears that the Pottery Barn Collection paint palette stoped here.  The bathroom came complete with dark army green/brown paint. Not even in the same hue as the bedroom.  Note the large (contractor grade) mirror.  After discussing paint color, the client asked if changing the  mirror with framed mirrors would be okay?  I immediately said yes and to keep in mind the cherry cabinets when choosing them.  I love movtivated sellers!!!

  My clients painted and hung the mirrors.  I removed all clutter, and everyting you see...well it is theirs.

I Love It When Clients have hidden treasures!

 

 

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Patty Hill - Hill & Associates, LLC Real Estate Team - Prudential Southern Coast Real Estate

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Gayle Fujita Ramsey Mike Fujita
Green Realty Group (808) 388-1485 - Honolulu, HI
(S) RA SFR ePro MRP

Thank you Patty for the great post and photos!  A picture is worth a thousand words!

Cheers-

Mike

Mar 10, 2008 02:10 PM
Patty Hill, Broker Associate
Local Homes and Land, Inc - Summerville, SC
Local Homes and Land, Inc

Mike,

You are so true.. at least a thousand words!!!

Thanks

 

Mar 10, 2008 02:15 PM
Diana Young
Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA
Patty - Love the way you made that bed.  Beautiful staging work in the bedroom and bathroom, too.  Don't you love it when sellers will make the necessary changes, then we can come and put the frosting on top of the well baked cake?
Mar 10, 2008 02:24 PM
Wayne B. Pruner
Oregon First - Tigard, OR
Tigard Oregon Homes for Sale, Realtor, GRI
Nice job Patty! Photos really help tell the story. I still like Ben Franklin green!
Mar 10, 2008 02:28 PM
Kristina Leone
Lionheart Home Staging, LLC - Minneapolis, MN
I love it when homeowners are willing to do the work recommended.  Great photos!
Mar 10, 2008 02:38 PM
Deborah Burns ~ Seattle Real Estate Agent
Realty Executives -BRIO - Seattle, WA
Nicely shown here on your post.  The master bedroom is sooo improved by the changes you made, and the bath (wow!) so much fresher to look at with the new paint color, mirrors and everything!
Mar 10, 2008 03:06 PM
Amber Kincaid, Michigan Home Stager
A.R.K. Staging and Design - West Bloomfield, MI

Great job Patty! The bathroom looks so much larger with the lighter walls and double mirrors. You didn't even notice the double sinks in the before picture but, your updates brought your attention right to that great selling feature. Way to go!

Amber

Mar 11, 2008 02:35 AM
Leslie Hoyt
Hello Home! - Greenville, SC
Hello Home!

Not only is it now gorgeous, they can enjoy one last fling in this house with their tastes and treasures, awesome!

~Leslie 

Mar 11, 2008 10:09 AM
Julie Davis, Amy Blank - Rediscovered Interiors, LLC
Rediscovered Interiors, LLC - Andover, MN

Great job!  It helps to have motivated sellers that want to make those changes.  But, it sure didn't take much, and look at the results!!  I love how you show just simply using the "white" to tone down the bedroom.  Were the lights in the bathroom already split in two prior to taking the mirror down?  Just curious.

 Thanks for sharing!

Mar 11, 2008 10:17 AM
Patty Hill, Broker Associate
Local Homes and Land, Inc - Summerville, SC
Local Homes and Land, Inc

Thanks Julie.  The clients did not change the light fixture, they only changed the mirror.

Patty

 

Mar 11, 2008 02:19 PM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes
Nice work and transformation Patty. I love it when you've got great stuff to work with and it's the client's own possessions! The new mirrors are great too.
Mar 16, 2008 10:44 AM
Kathy Riggle
STAGING SMART N SOLD - Houston, TX
Houston Home Staging

Love that bathroom update with the mirrors, Patty! Once I remade a client's bed similar to your photo, and she wanted to sleep in the guest bedroom because she did not think she could achieve the same look. :-)

I told her she would have my photos to remind her.  It really makes a difference! Congrats to you.

Kathy

Mar 16, 2008 11:18 AM
Barbara Cluck-Miksits
BCM Home Staging LLC - Ridgewood, NJ
Home Staging - New Jersey

Patty,

You did a nice job on this home. Big change in the bathroom, its looks very calm and relaxing AND CLEAN!

Thanks for sharing.

Mar 17, 2008 01:05 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"
It's so much more fun to use other peoples hidden treasures...nice job!
Mar 17, 2008 04:46 PM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI
The change in the bedroom is absolutely unbelievable. Great job.
Mar 23, 2008 04:56 AM
Patty Hill, Broker Associate
Local Homes and Land, Inc - Summerville, SC
Local Homes and Land, Inc

Thanks Karen, Kathy, Barbara and Virginia!

Cindy, I find myself looking for treasures during the consultations.  It sure makes for an interesting stage that is for sure.

Thanks

Mar 25, 2008 01:24 AM