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| Whether it’s big or small, television staging is an interesting topic. I get asked, should I use it or remove it? My response is, try to make it work with your space AND potential buyers in mind. Let’s face it; buyers these days love their technology. Stage your space to show them where it best fits. It’s pretty common that I’ll see a home that has a massive television crammed into a small space, surrounded by too much furniture. While that may work for your family, it makes a room feel small and the overwhelm of the television makes it hard for potential buyers to imagine alternative uses for the room. It sometimes helps to move that huge TV downstairs into a bigger room where it makes more sense (or simply remove it for storage). Let’s say that you’re staging a room that doesn’t have a feature. Basements are a perfect example. It makes perfect sense to use a fake television for staging (in a vacant property – or use that big TV from the main living area that I mentioned) to create the focal point in the room. |
 After: This open concept space is perfect for entertaining or relaxing. |
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As you can see in this home that I staged in Cambrian Heights, a comfortable media room is staged to show the potential buyer an ideal purpose for the room, plus, that their large television will easily fit in the space. |
 After: Relax/entertain family/friends in your own personal media room. |
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Sometimes television staging can leave room for the imagination. In this Westgate basement, the actual TV is not on the feature wall, but the furniture is clearly set up for that purpose. If you notice above, this area is set up as a screen wall with a ceiling-mount projector, but a large flat screen would easily fit on the feature wall. |
