One Bedroom - Two Home Staging Tips. Home Staging Minneapolis MN

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Home Stager with Rooms With Style

One Bedroom - Two Home Staging Tips. Home Staging Minneapolis, MN

Yes, I am going to give you two home staging tips from this one bedroom.

I purposely took a very average bedroom found in many homes. It isn't pretty...it isn't a beautiful model home. It was what many seller have when the kids have moved out leaving an abandoned bedroom. 

Take a look at this picture and tell me what you would do. BUT, you cannot paint. 

Okay go ahead....what would you do to make this bedroom look better for selling purposes? 

 

 Bedroom Before

 

 

Bedroom Before Home Staging

 

Da, da, da, da de da, da da.....(Jeopardy music if you are wondering what that is). 

 

Okay, let's see if you are correct....

 

Home Staging Tip #1:

This is an average owner occupied home. In this picture you see what we in the staging industry call 'taste specific' paint color. Yes it would be best if it was painted but the owner wasn't going to do that so now what?

Answer: Down play the color by bringing in another color. 

This bedding 'matches' the paint color so if someone doesn't like this green, they are really not going to like it with the same color on the bed as well. So anytime you have a dated or taste specific color bring in another color or colors to offset it.

 

Home Staging Tip #2:

Don't jam the bed up against the wall. You wouldn't believe how many times I see this. 

Bring it away from the wall so you can walk around the bed. Yes, it really will make your room look larger.

Put a nightstand in the corner and add a lamp. Okay...that is Home Staging Tip #3 for a bonus. 

 

Let's see if these tips made any difference........

 

Bedroom After Home Staging  

 

 

Bedroom After Home Staging

 

Below is a picture of another bedroom with the bed pushed into the corner just to make my point. 

 

Bed in the Corner....

 

Bedroom Before Home Staging 

 

 

Not in the corner.......

 

 

Bedroom After Home Staging

 

Adding some artwork and a couple things on the dresser helps too. That is Home Staging Bonus Tip #4 so look how much you learned from just this one room!! 

Nothing extra special was done to this room, no brand new rented furniture, just a few basic things. What this really shows is that very small changes make a HUGE difference.

If Home Staging can change one guest bedroom just think what it can do with the rest of the house. 

There are so many things that a Professional Home Stager can help you with to get your home sold that won't cost you a lot of money or time and it really, really will make a difference. 

 

So do what all savvy home sellers do:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments (8)

Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Shar, the bed against the wall does make the room look odd, and bringing in the other colors really does down play the green walls.  GREAT job!

Oct 20, 2013 11:34 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Keep calm and hire Shar Sitter!

Oct 20, 2013 11:51 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thanks Joan. It wouldn't believe how many times I see beds pushed against the wall. Many times a week.

There you go Roger. Great advice! ;) 

Oct 21, 2013 03:58 AM
Janice Ankrett
Janice Ankrett Home Staging - Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Oh Shar! Been there done that LOL! I'd say the first one belongs to a single person LOL

Oct 23, 2013 06:57 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Yup Janice, both of them. Bachelor. 

Oct 25, 2013 08:56 AM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Shar - Don't put Baby in the corner... uh, I mean the bed in the corner!  Love your examples.  I also like the way you added dark, medium and light tones to the room rather than all one tone.  That creates visual excitement too... oh... would that be tip #5?!!

Nov 15, 2013 05:09 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

You have a wonderful memory Sally! Why do people jam everything in the corner? Where have you been? I should talk...I haven't been around much either. 

Nov 15, 2013 01:14 PM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Getting stretched thin with all the social media choices, although Active Rain has my heart.  Also, crazy busy with work - but I'm soooo not complaining!  I've missed you, too!

Nov 17, 2013 06:55 AM

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