Staging a fireplace without a mantel
Home staging tip: “If the fireplace doesn’t have a mantel and if you can’t hang any art above it, consider placing two identical decorative elements on each side of it. Symmetry works most of the time”. Home staging project by: Francesca Tosolini Listing by: Mike Wyman Photos by: Francesca Tosolini
The slipcover trick
You can’t really see it in the “before” photo, however the loveseat original color was (a quite faded) blue, very close to the blue used to paint the side of the fireplace. Since we really needed to create a seating area but couldn’t afford to rent new furniture, my client and I decided to […]
Breaking the square
This is probably the smallest family room I have ever staged, and yet it was furnished in such an elegant way that I was immediately stricken by the beauty of its details. Needless to say that the leather loveseat was taking too much room, therefore we moved it to the office where we needed to […]
Going with the flow
People love space and most of all traffic flow from one room to another. Open up a room by removing anything that interferes with it (like the sofa in this case). Home staging tip: “Avoid having furniture that interferes too much with the traffic flow of a room”. PS: Listing by Sharon Berry
Dissecting the sectional
This is a situation that I’ve seen so many times: the back of the sofa blocking the entryway to the family room. Personally, I can understand this choice because the most natural way to watch the TV is sitting in front of it. But if you have to sell your house, this arrangement has to […]
Staging the bookshelves
Almost every house that I either stage or visit for a consultation has some sort of shelves: libraries, closets, kitchen pantries, china cabinets, which all need attention during the home staging process. Staging the shelves is not hard, although it is often time consuming. In my opinion, there are three main things to take into […]