It may seem contrary to basic common sense, but adding staging furniture to an empty space can actually make a room look bigger. If you’ve got a property to sell, that’s an opportunity – and potential money in your pocket – that you shouldn’t overlook.
 

I do a lot of professional staging jobs for clients who have a vacant property. They understand the impact of looking like a motivated seller and of presenting the space to appeal to the ideal lifestyle of potential buyers who have a hard time visualizing what’s possible.
 

These before and after photos of a living room we staged in a Kings Heights, Airdrie home emphasize the point. Before staging, the empty room seems small and somewhat awkward. It leaves a sense of uncertainty in terms of how much furniture could fit (and how it could be arranged).
 

After staging, the same room feels spacious, functional, and welcoming. There’s a context for a buyer to more easily imagine what it would feel like to live there.
 

Based on the staged furniture arrangement, it’s easy for potential buyers to see where more furniture could be added to accommodate their individual needs. It also allows them to envision, by comparison to what’s there, how well their existing furniture will fit in the room.
 

The furnished room feels bigger because of the visual reference points that create somewhat of an optical illusion which didn’t exist in the empty room.
 

So in the end, adding furniture does make a room look bigger – IF it’s done properly.
 

That’s the power of professional staging.
 

For more examples of the power and impact staging can create in a space, take a look at the rest of the Set Your Stage Facebook albums featuring many before and after photos of the various homes and condos that we’ve successfully staged to sell.