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Archive for the 'Before and After Home Staging' Category

Staging A Bedroom

December 18, 2012 (posted by Jennifer Campbell, Home Staging Calgary)
Does this bedroom look familiar?

Before: Master bedroom before home staging.

Buyers have a hard time visualizing if their furniture will fit in a vacant bedroom. As you can see this bedroom easily fits a queen set.
How home staging makes a difference.

After: This simple, yet stylish bedroom is the perfect retreat for any homeowner.


Staging A Dining Area

December 12, 2012 (posted by Jennifer Campbell, Home Staging Calgary)
Does this dining area look familiar?

Before: Dining area before home staging.

If you have a small dining space, try using a pub table. Or better yet, a glass pub table. The tall legs on the pub table will add vertical space and the glass doesn’t croud the space.
See the difference home staging makes.

After: There is plenty of space in this kitchen area for entertaining friends or family with seating also at the breakfast bar.


Headboard Ideas to Add Wow to Your Staged Bedroom

December 06, 2012 (posted by Jennifer Campbell, Home Staging Calgary)
Does this room look familiar?

Before: Bedroom before staging.

Want your bedroom to make a statement? It’s simple and inexpensive – add a headboard. Especially in a master bedroom, an attractive headboard will dress up the room and quickly make the bed the focal point. There are endless headboard ideas depending on the style your potential buyer is looking for. So, add a headboard, some accessories and you’re done.
 
See the difference home staging makes.

After: This stylish bedroom is the perfect retreat for any homeowner.

Here’s an example of a headboard I made for a house that I staged in Calgary. It’s actually a room divider that I found on sale for $100. All I did was cut off the bottom to make the height fit proportionate to the bed, removed the hinges, and screwed it to a piece of plywood. It looks great and few people would know that it wasn’t originally designed as a headboard.
 
Get creative with your DIY headboard ideas. Use old painted doors. Vintage wood shutters. A great piece of fabric stretched over foam and stapled to plywood. Paint out a basic headboard you find at a thrift store or online. Regardless of how you do it, just make sure the headboard is about the same width as the bed frame, looks large enough for the room, and is clean looking.
 
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a great place to find inexpensive materials that get your creative juices flowing for a project like this! On any given day, you never know what treasures you will find. And if you are de-cluttering or renovating, check to see if the ReStore will accept your items for donation. It’s an amazing resource and all for a great cause. Check it out.
 
For more staging help, check out the rest of my site, or contact me. I’m here to help people get their homes sold faster!

Staging A Kitchen

November 27, 2012 (posted by Jennifer Campbell, Home Staging Calgary)
Does this kitchen look familiar?

Before: Kitchen before home staging.

Although we always say to de-clutter countertops, stark and empty kitchens seem lifeless. Try adding accessories that convey the message “this kitchen is where I will be eating healthy”. Some accessories to easily achieve this are: bottled water, healthy cook books, coffee/teas, fruit, plants, chrome pots and spices.
See the difference home staging makes.

After: We added green and gold accessories on the countertops to tie the living room into the kitchen.