The importance of color and the right furniture arrangement
Home staging tip: I think that by now you have already heard about the power of the first impression. This living room was the first thing you saw when you entered this house and, as you can see, not only there were too many (small) pieces of furniture, but also the color on the […]
The versatility of the sofa table
Home staging tip: The sofa table is an inexpensive and versatile piece of furniture that can be used in many different situations: it can either be used in place of a dresser in a master bedroom, or as a desk in a living room, but it can also be used as an entertainment center in […]
The darker the color, the more sophisticated the look
Home staging tip: In my opinion, darker paint colors have an elegance that lighter colors don’t have, and if they are used in master bedrooms the result is very pleasing. Take this condo in Seattle for example. Built in the late 1800s, it had some features that you rarely find today, like that beautiful stained […]
Watch the cords!
This house sold in 46 days for $3,000 over asking price Home staging tip: If you look at this picture you probably wonder why we decided to place the desk at a slight angle in the center of the room instead of parallel to the wall with art. The reason is simple: we needed to […]
The set sofa/chair doesn’t always work in home staging
This house sold in 40 days for $4,000 over asking price Home staging tip: Sometimes the placement of a sofa and a chair doesn’t work in home staging, like in this example, where a chair would have blocked the view of the fireplace and would have also shrunk a space that was already quite […]
How to choose where to place the TV in home staging
Home staging tip: When it comes to choosing where to install a prop TV when staging a house, look for the cable outlet and any other indication of a potential TV placement, such as the electrical outlet in the middle of the wall. This will also help you place the furniture accordingly. Home staging […]