As a professional home stager, I often find myself speaking to the home seller about the importance of the home "looking" good. The truth of the matter is that the home needs to "feel" good AND "look" good. The better it feels, the longer the prospective buyers linger. Of course, the longer they linger, the better chance we have of getting an offer on the home.
I use this rule of thumb when staging. When a room feels good, it's time to move onto the next room. I'll do that for each room I'm staging until the project is complete.
Here's a staging project I did earlier in the week for an occupied home:
Now here's the "after" picture:
I felt so good in this room that I now want to duplicate this look for my own home.
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I love it too, Kathy! If you do it in your own home, post those pictures as well for us.
Thanks!
Julia
Maureen - Thanks. I too like the green with the dark wood.
Gary - Thank you!
Julia - I'll be sure to post my pics. Not sure when I'll start this project but... will definitely take a before and after pic.
Kathy
You make a good point. "Feels good" is every bit as important as "looks good". We need to remember to keep things welcoming as well as neat. In general, too much "stuff" never feels good.
Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging
Thanks, Patricia. Nothing worse than cords; especially when the desk is in the center of the room.
Kathy
Ok, now I want to redesign my home office! I totally agree about the "feel good" part...but how do you explain that to a non-stager? Any good analogies, anyone?
Susan - Good question. A "feel good", for me personally means it literally makes me feel good inside. Not the best analogy, for sure. A good example is a vacant home. Because there's nothing inside other than the walls, I don't get that same feeling as I would in a home that exudes class, style, and showcases the features. Does that help?
Kathy