I spent yesterday staging a home in the country for sale — not finished yet, and of course I always forget to take before pictures but the homeowner took a few, so here goes! (I will try to do better when I finish up next weekend).
The living room bothered me — that shelf really had no purpose and I don’t like a shelf that close to the top of a sofa. We took it down and I hung up some art. The photograph the homeowner took doesn’t really show the transformation — we never take our own photographs head on this way — but you will see there’s a new floor rug, different cushions and a new piece of art. The blue lamp on the side table is also mine. Not shown: the re-accessorized built-in. (That white side table went down to the basement along with the pole lamp.)
Before we got to this point, I had the homeowners swap the sectional that was in in this room (way too big: you’ll see it down in the basement now) with this one.
The recreation room in the basement is HUGE – 35′ long. This large sectional (which was previously in the living room, and was really too big for that room) looked pretty lonesome in all this space, but there’s a bulkhead along the wall, so no real way to hang art above it.
I opted instead to hang art on the adjacent wall and add a large clock, plus a rug and new cushions. The two lamps came from other parts of the house — one from the principal bedroom and one from the living room. A room like this is too big to furnish completely for staging but the opposite wall is now a children’s play area (not shown).
Finally (and only because these are all the photos the homeowner took), we have the principal bedroom. It had no bedding on it when I arrived, because the homeowner thought I’d bring sheets and took everything off. (I don’t change the sheets in a home where people are living: my staging supplies have to be kept in pristine condition. The bedding I bring is only out when the home is being shown and can’t be used by the homeowners).
So their sheets and pillows went back on along with a white duvet. I added the other accessories and art. I also replaced those side tables with larger ones that have some detail. The two that were there are now in a basement bedroom–instead of side tables, that bedroom had a tiny wooden stool and a natural wood table. The natural wood table is now in the basement next to the charcoal grey sectional and the stool is in the play area. I added two new lamps as well, instead of the big pole lamp, which is now in the basement beside the charcoal grey sectional.
This was probably my favourite room transformation in this house — I also did another bedroom, the laundry room, dining room, and bathrooms, but the principal bedroom is now very serene and quite lovely! This home is stunning — I’ll share the listing once it’s ready to go!
Kiss and Sell 