With the right color paint and few accessories, this fireplace became the focal point in the room. Buyers can't help but notice it!
Edited to add the whole room pictures:
The house is priced at $153,725 and is 4 years old. It is located in a Swim/Tennis Neighborhood in Grayson, GA. It was vacant, but thanks to some great deals on furniture from Craigslist, myself and my fellow AR member/stager Susan Cunningham staged every room. More photos to come later in another blog.
Looks awesome, Cindy.
Congratulations. Your post is being featured in the group Staging Before & After Pictures.
Kathy
Amazing what a paint color can do!!! The staging warmed the room right up. Great work!
Cindy,
Great transformation! Turning the blackhole into a FABULOUS fireplace really changed the whole feel of the room. Looking forward to seeing what you did with the rest of this house!
Nice work. Love fireplaces, but they really need attention otherwise they are just a black hole. T
Painting the walls made such a huge transformation. Before, I agree, the fireplace was lackluster and blah (and I have almost the exact same one)... adding color made it pop off the wall and suddenly it was an actual focal point. Adding the art and accessories nicely topped off the job....
What a beautiful job! I love the wall color. All that furniture came from Craig's List? I would like to hear more about that. All from one seller or several different ones.
Kathy, thanks for the feature!
I appreciate all of the positive comments!
The color is SW Threshold Taupe. It's the very first color in the new-ish SW deck called Concepts in Color. I wish I could take all of the credit for chosing it, but Susan Cunningham suggested this color and I instantly fell in love with it. I wasn't certain which rooms to use it in so I originally painted one half of the fireplace this color and the other half a lighter shade (SW Bungalow Beige) which is the same color of the kitchen and dining room. It was obvious right away that the darker color was the winner.
Now about Craigslist...I need to dedicate a whole blog about my great luck finding things featuring all of the wonderful pieces I picked up from different people. But for this room, the Sofa and Chair and a Half was $175 for the set - delivered!!! The coffee table, matching sofa table (not shown) and floor lamp (not the lamp shade)was free from Freecycle. The greenery in the large rectangle metal container at the base of the floor lamp was $3.00 from a garage sale. It still had the $39.99 tag on it. The 2 candle holders and orchid on the fireplace mantel were from Goodwill. The orchid artwork above the fireplace was $39.99 from Kirkland's Outlet right near me which was the last object to be purchased for the room. It looks like the room was designed around the artwork, but I got really lucky to find it!
I could babble on and on when it comes to finding bargains...sorry!
The paint color on the wall makes a huge difference, doesn't it? What an amazing transformation. The real fire in the fireplace is a wonderful addition. Great job!
Great paint color - it's amazing what the right coat of paint can do to a room. Congrats!
Cindy-I am a craigslist addict and have found so many great deals on it. Glad to see someone else is finding some good stuff there too. You should do a blog about your finds. I did one earlier in the week with pictures to show what I found on craigslist.
Thanks for all of the great comments! This was such a fun job...to see such a transformation happen before my eyes!
Wonderful transformation, Cindy! What a difference a little colour can make.
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