Atlanta Home Staging Company: Is it Worth Staging the Bonus Rooms?

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Is it Worth Staging the Bonus Rooms?

I'm often asked by home sellers whether or not to stage the bonus room.  As is often the case, the rooms are either on the 2nd floor or in a finished basement and typically have odd layouts and sometimes odd ceiling heights as well.

In staging homes, the objective is to allow prospective buyers to envision living in the home as well as to give them ideas on how they can utilize the space.  Given the challenge listed above on bonus rooms, I will always suggest having the bonus room staged. 

Here are two sets of "before" and "after" pictures of a bonus room just recently staged.   

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Home Staging Atlanta "Before" Pictures

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The additional cost to stage the bonus room is, on average a couple of hundred dollars.   I'd say it's worth it!

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17 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 22 2007 06:50AM

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I've had big bonus rooms in the last couple of homes that I've lived in...and they can be very challenging for homeowners to figure out how to use the space.  Therefore, I believe it's important to show how the space could be used...it could be an office, tv area, play room, guest bedroom, sewing center, music center, or....all of the above! 

Susan Smith
Rooms That Work
Your home, only better.

Posted by Susan Smith (Rooms That Work LLC) almost 5 years ago
Yes it is worth it because it my opinion it is extra space and not everyone can use their imagination to see how they can use it for themselves. I think it gives the buyers the visual- yes this home has a lot of space to offer. Great photos by the way- great job!
Posted by MAUREEN STACCATO almost 5 years ago
Everyone would know what to do with a bedroom or a living room but when it comes to bonus rooms, they often end up as catch-alls. This is a nice demonstration of showing how to use extra space effectively.
Posted by Silvia Dukes PA,REALTOR®,CIPS,CRS,Green, Spring Hill FL Homes for Sale (Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch!) almost 5 years ago
I would say yes, but that room needs a better color on the walls, flesh is just not very good looking in pictures.
Posted by New Jersey Real Estate James Boyer Morris, Essex & Union County NJ Realtor (RE/MAX Properties Unlimited, Real Estate) almost 5 years ago
I totally agree, if the sellers can afford to stage the bonus room...that helps potential buyers come up with ideas of how to use the space.  I LOVE those blue chairs!!!!
Posted by Lori Hakeem Oxley (Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc.) almost 5 years ago
as many times as I see these posts it still amazes me at what a difference it makes to stage a home. Great job!
Posted by Leo Namiot, Connecticut FHA VA USDA Mort CT First Time Home Buyers, USDA, FHA, VA (www.LeoLends.com: CT Low Rate Mortgages) almost 5 years ago
You are dead on again, Kathy.  All rooms need definition and furniture defines the space.  Sometimes a bonus area without furniture just says 'excess' or 'useless'.  Not a good impression. (love those chairs!)
Posted by Kimberly Wester almost 5 years ago
I think people always need to have a better idea of what a room can be used for. Great job!
Posted by Christine Craig, Allied ASID & NKBA (Designology Interior Design) almost 5 years ago

And if it is a bonus room you can make it anything you want it to be. A library, craft room, art studio, exercise room, games room, music room. Any more?

Stephanie

Posted by Stephanie Heron-Weeber - Dressing Rooms (Dressing Rooms LLC) almost 5 years ago

Thanks everyone for your comments. 

As for the chairs - it's the first time I ever used them.  I hesitated at first with the selection but... as it turns out, they really worked well in this space. 

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) almost 5 years ago
Kathy: This is a great idea for a post and a great idea for helping clients sell thier home. Your photos really help to sell the idea that staging a bonus room is money well spent.
Posted by Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA (Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA) almost 5 years ago
Kathy - it looks great!
Posted by Maureen Maureen almost 5 years ago
Geat point as always!  I know that when you staged my sisters house we opted to do the finsihed basement and it turned out great.
Posted by Bob Southard,e-Pro Powder Springs,Marietta,Cobb, Realtor (Solid Source Realty) almost 5 years ago
The blue chairs really 'glammed' up the space.....those carpet tones were awful and the chairs brought your eyes away from the flooring! The pale golden beige wall color looked fine and bright...though it just made the carpet appear more reddish-pink in tone.  Glamming up a bonus room is a good thing!! Good job!  Regards-Kathleen
Posted by Kathleen Garvey - Stager Idol Award - Denver Home Staging - Best Home Stager (Enhanced Interiors & Home Staging) almost 5 years ago
Nice job.  Thanks for the post and pics!
Posted by Cindy Richter, IRIS Dallas, TX Home Stager (Interior Motiv Home Staging) almost 5 years ago
I agree that these are often challenging spaces to stage, but so important in helping to define the space for buyers. My biggest challenge is convincing my builders that it is worth spending the $$$ on staging these rooms. They often want to just stage the spaces on the main floor.
Posted by Kathy Alexander - Home Stager Camas WA -Home Staging Southwest WA (GreatStages Home Staging and Redesign) almost 5 years ago

Kathy A - In this case, I provided the seller with two bid options; one for the key rooms another for key rooms & bonus room.  I too find that these spaces are difficult to envision in terms of how the prospective buyer will use the space.  As a result, I provide them with a solution with it staged.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) almost 5 years ago

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