Staging Is Not Decorating!

Glad you stopped by.  Let's take a closer look into Staging and Decorating!  I love to do both. Home Staging is professionally preparing homes for sale, so they appeal to the most amount of buyers and will bring the seller the highest price in the shortest amount of time on the market.  You will hear me over and over again talk about how Staged Homes will be a step above the competition, because they will present themselves by being clean, clutter-free, and ready to show to prospective buyers.

Home Staging is not decorating, interior design or redesign.  Home Staging is detailing, de-cluttering, and

depersonalizing.  This makes it inviting for the Buyer who now will be able to visualize themselves in a space,

and that's when they start writing the purchase agreement. Notice in the living room above, the neutral colors,clean lines of the furniture, and everything in its place.  The draperies are open, lights on for maximum

 amount of light.  It's open, cheery and space to walk around.

As I said earlier, I love to do both.  I am fortunate enough to have a daughter, Elizabeth, who is an Interior Designer. Elizabeth also does graphic design for websites, logos, and blogs.  You can find her at The Mustard Ceiling blog. Elizabeth has an incredible eye for color, and my stronghold- accessories.

Together we make a pretty good team and have great success in the past with our staged properties.

The living room above is quite large and open.  There is not a problem in handling the over sized sofa.  The

problem I see today are normal size rooms with very large-scaled furniture.  It smothers the room and leaves

very little room for walking or moving.  We need to use the right scale furniture for the right size room.  Even

in the picture above you will notice furniture is at a minimum.  The focus- the beautiful view of the snow-covered mountains and the fireplace.  As an Accredited Stager we know that "Clutter eats equity!"

Lights, Music, Action!  This house is ready for the new Buyer.  Because your home has been professionally Staged - it will be recognized as a Staged Home.  More Buyers want to see these homes, increasing your visibility and showings. Turn on the lights, a  little soft jazz in the background and the stage is set.

I enjoyed having you here today so we could explore the difference between Staging & Decorating.  Hope

this has helped.  Thought for the day -"de-clutter".  If you take anything away from the blog today, it's the

importance of de-cluttering and depersonalizing.

                                                                           xoxo
                                       
                                                                       Sharon

                                             "Let's Get Staging and Get It SOLD!"