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Category Archives: Living Room
August 2023 Featured Before & After
| Another fun loft got some additional furniture to define the spaces. |
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July 2023 Staging Tip of the Month
| Try not to have backs of sofas facing the entry to the room. They can make buyers feel unwelcomed and don’t photograph well. In both of these instances, the fireplace feels more like the focal point of the room, as it should! |
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July 2023 Featured Before & After
| Sometimes really large rooms are hard for buyers to envision furniture placement. Here, rental furniture clearly defines the space. |
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June 2023 Featured Before & After
| This room felt quite dark, so adding lighter rental furniture and lamps made it much more inviting. |
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May 2023 Featured Before & After
| Random wall shelves can confuse buyers. Here the added art and accessories help buyers see how they can look great. |
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January 2023 Staging Tip of the Month
| When you have a fireplace, make sure the furniture layout brings focus to it. In both of these examples, the furniture had been pushed to the far edges of the room. Pulling the furniture closer to the fireplace makes it feel more conversational and directs buyer’s attention to the focal point of the room. |
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December 2022 Staging Tip of the Month
| Large square rooms are often the hardest to figure out where furniture should go. Because this room had a chandelier, we started with the dining area. Then we added the living furniture in the remaining space. You may have to move around furniture a couple times until the room feels balanced. |
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December 2022 Featured Before & After
| For long skinny rooms, it often helps to create a secondary function for the space. We did a game table, but you could also do an office, exercise space or play area. |
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November 2022 Staging Tip of the Month
| Furniture should never block an entry. In the before photo, the sofa was partially covering the entry to the dining room. Flipping the furniture layout makes a huge difference. This home also got new paint, draperies and a partially opened kitchen. |
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