I didn't realize how much work and insight could be put into staging...You can definitely notice the difference between the "before" and "after."

The transformation is amazing!  Professional staging hasn't yet become a big part of my market area, but I surely see the benefits and think it will be on the list of "musts" very very soon.  Great job!

Love those dining room chairs and the little black punches through out.

Very Nice.  The rooms look much warmer and inviting now.

Joan, you should be super proud of the job you did. I loved everything about it!

It's amazing how much larger those windows appear without the heavy "eyebrows" they were sporting before!

I love the dining room set. I think I might have done the curtains differently. I know that some stagers use the inside tension rods as not to make holes but I have a simpler solution. I gather the material in a ball at top and fasten with rubberband and then place a push pin at top far end corner of window molding, hang rubberband over that and it looks formal and you don't see a rod.

Yes if I were a buyer I would prefer this home..

Phyllis Pafumi

Good Job!  This is what staging is all about.

Joan- this is awesome!  It will help me to explain to Tanay what we should do in a vacant we have!  Sometimes she needs to see it!

Joan - very nice transformation indeed.  Your sellers are sure to be pleased & hopefully rewarded with an offer ... very soon.  Thanks! - Calie

Those chairs area real nice! I think you did a great job.

Cheers,

Cindy 

Joan, you have done an awesome job of the staging.  What a difference a few well-chosen pieces can make.  Betty

Thanks for looking and giving feedback!

Phyllis - I would like to see a picture of the window treatment you wrote about.

Joan

This looks so fresh and beautiful Joan.  I really love the chairs and the windows look great.  Great Job!

Awesome job and you couldn't be more right.  This is what it takes to sell for top dollar in our current market.  Buyers have to picture themselves in a desirable house.  They may never actually live in the house looking this good (once their stuff is in it), but the hope of it generates the warmfuzzies it takes to get them interested.

Great job!

It looks beautiful.  I love what you did with the window treatments. 

Great job, and nice job getting rid of those window treatments !!! those were really dated...

It looks very nice, it is to bad more people don't understand why you pay someone to stage there home.

great before and after pictures, I couldn't wait to scroll down. Keep posting picutes, I love to see them, after all picture speaks worth a thousand words.

Shobha

Excellent before and afters!

Super job!

Creative is the term to describe the effort in the pictures.

Thanks for recirculating this post from last year and for all the nice comments!  I guess I did make an effort to be creative.   I'm an artist, so I guess I do kind of "paint" around the vacant rooms I stage. 

I love the fabric warehouses in the Carolinas and I love to pick fabrics and have furniture pieces custom upholstered.  Then I go to the carpet warehouses and match my swatches with area rugs.  I guess I'm doing something right because a seller of a vacant house I recently staged asked me to interior decorate her new home. 

Joan Inglis, Realtor, ASP, Charlotte IAHSP Chapter President

I like the paint color and the dining room set.

Joan - Definitely more impressed!  You did an awesome job.   I love that dining room set.

Wow, you did a great job. These are awesome before and after pics.

What a difference staging makes.  The home looks so much warmer and inviting.