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Update and Find a Purpose!

By Alyse Bromberg

Home Stager with Dressed for Success

March 09, 2007 04:34 AM

From drab, dreary, cluttered and out of date! - This room lacked a purpose. It was cluttered and didn't show off the size of the room at all. This wallpaper mural was out of date and certainly didn't appeal to a wide range of buyers.

To a cheerful little girls room! A fresh coat of paint, a neutral palette. Girly, but not themed. - and a welcoming chair that any little girl would love to crawl into with mom or dad and read a book.

Inexpensive tab curtains were purchased and paper flowers were hot glued to the top to give them a designer touch. The pink chair was brought in from another room. The Picture Frame and Shelf were picked up at a discount store and were painted a matching green colour.

A buyer can now visualize what this room is intended for, and could update with different accessories for a boy or a girl!

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Margaret Ann Innis

Decorate To Sell - Merrimack Valley Real Estate Staging - Andover, MA

Real Estate Staging - MA & NH

What color is the purple - it's beautiful!

Mar 09, 2007 06:24 AM

Patti Walker

360 Home Staging - Meridian, ID

ASPM, IAHSP

What a bright welcoming room. Congratulations,

Mar 09, 2007 01:48 PM

Jackson West

Reveal Estate Home Staging - Vancouver - Vancouver, BC

Alyse this is an excellent example of effective home staging and a wonderful display of your talents. Defining the purpose of each room is crucial.

Mar 09, 2007 05:11 PM

Alyse Bromberg

Dressed for Success - Kingston, ON

Margaret Ann - The colour is BM - Enchanted (2070-50) - it's a blue purple, leaning more towards the blue family. So with different furniture and accessories, it could work for a boys room as well. I found a great bedding set with airplanes and this paint colour works with it as well.

Jackson, Patti - Thank you!

Mar 10, 2007 10:47 PM

Val Allocco

Staged 2 Sell New York & Long Island - Northport, NY

HSE; ASHSR - Home Stager, for Manhattan, Brooklyn & Long Island

You did a monumental job in transforming that room Alyse! I agree that the mural had to go! It was one of those wallpaper ones, no?

When I blogged about the house with the 'mural' over the fireplace, I had ambivilant feelings about removing it because it was actually a work of art that was hand painted and the scene was a local one - the harbor and lighthouse in Huntington. On one hand, I felt that local residents might like to keep it because of the workmanship and specifics of the art; my thought was that it could always be painted over - quite easily and inexpensively because it only covered 1/3 of the wallspace. That's why I was thinking about going with a nautical theme...our town and village are both coastal locations and boating/sailing is very big in this area.

I certainly felt that each comment was valid and another way to view the situation.

But getting back to your room...I love the tranformation! Did you do the painting yourself?

VAL

Mar 11, 2007 03:46 AM

Val - I did not paint the walls myself. I did paint the shelf and the picture frame though! LOL

As for your room - I completely see where you are coming from, and with all of that info, I think if the rest of the room were more contemporary, and fit with the theme, then it may have been pulled off well. I just didn't see many young buyers falling in love with it, so it would all depend for me on who the house was marketed to.

Mar 11, 2007 11:23 AM

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