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How To Add Value - Ask A Connecticut Home Stager

By Julia Maher

Home Stager with Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes

August 25, 2014 02:04 AM

How To Add Value - Ask A Connecticut Home Stager

For a recent renovation, we decided to revamp this nondescript fireplace to make it a stunning focal point. This is a small Living Room, open to the Dining Area. Having a more important fireplace would really help sell the house.

Before: Measly molding surrounds glossy granite tiles.

We took inspiration from the exterior. The entry is surrounded by glistening shaped granite.

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After: We took similar facing stone from the floor to the ceiling, and beefed up the mantel.

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Here is the Living Room Staged by Nestings Home Staging.

Quite a transformation, right? SOLD in under a week! Consult with a professional Home Stager if you are considering putting your house on the market. A Stager's recommendations can add value and help sell your property quickly.

How To Add Value - Ask A Connecticut Home Stager

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John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Good morning Julia. Thanks for sharing the fact that Home Staging is a great way to get ones home sold quickly! I have some sellers that I may just share your post with!

Aug 25, 2014 02:10 AM

Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL

Real Estate Broker Retired

Great idea & your project stunning with the staging.

Aug 25, 2014 02:11 AM

Julia Maher

Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT

Connecticut Home Stager

Thank you, John! Stagers can often provide high-impact, low-cost ideas.

Lyn - I'm still eyeing that great infographic you shared...

Aug 25, 2014 02:39 AM

Suzanne Otto

Six Twenty Designs - Lansdale, PA

Your Montgomery County PA home stager

It makes such a difference and it matches with the exterior of the house. Great job Julia!

Aug 25, 2014 06:47 AM

Thanks, Suzanne - it was a way to reinforce the memory of the house for potential buyers.

Aug 25, 2014 07:14 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Now that is one major transformation! What a difference. A great addition to your portfolio! I love that you tied in with the exterior of the home!

Aug 25, 2014 08:29 AM

Thanks, Sharon! It really added dimension to the room with Classic finishes.

Aug 26, 2014 02:41 AM

Sharon Tara

Portsmouth, NH

Les & Sarah Oswald

Realty One Group - Eastvale, CA

Broker, Realtor and Investor

Julia,

It doesn't even look like the same room. Great job!!! I like how you brought the exterior theme into the interior of the house.

Aug 26, 2014 06:28 AM

Julia Maher

Fairfield, CT

Marie Graham

Owner, The Refreshed Home White Plains NY - White Plains, NY

Westchester County Interior Decorator, Home Stager

Its quite beautiful>great diagnosis and treatment Dr. Julia

Aug 28, 2014 03:58 AM

Why, thank you, Dr. Marie!

Sep 04, 2014 05:55 AM

Jim Crawford

Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA

Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA

Home staging works!

This is great advice for home sellers.

Thanks for taking the time to share.

Best wishes for a productive week!

Sep 09, 2014 12:15 PM

Jim Crawford

Fredericksburg, VA

Carol Williams

Although I'm retired, I enjoy sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA

Author, Golfer, Traveler, Retired, Wenatchee, WA

Hi Julia Maher . I'm curious... do find greater success staging a vacant home as compared to a home with the owner's primary furnishings?

Sep 18, 2015 05:51 AM

What an excellent question, Carol! The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) collects annual sales data, but does not differentiate betyween vacant and occupied properties. That said, most of the occupied staging I've done has sold as quickly as staged vacants. These sellers have enthusiastically implemented every one of my recommendations. The occupied homes that don't sell as quickly usually have (relatively) uncooperative sellers: won't set a realistic price; won't remove the "expensive" window treatments or re-paint the purple kitchen; won't make certain repairs and/or updates... Hope this helps!

Sep 18, 2015 07:28 AM

Charles Ross - eXp Realty (Salina Group) | Broker

Salina Group - Salina, KS

Love To Help People

Excellent Information. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend.

Mar 04, 2023 02:27 AM

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