Tip for blending new and old carpet!

We recently Staged a home where the seller had to replace a damaged area of carpet with an old remnant he had left over from when the job had originally been done. It had been YEARS since the carpet had been replaced and as you can see in the photo below the remnant piece was several shades lighter than the rest of the carpet.

Hmmm. what to do?

My assistant came up with a brilliant idea. She went into the garden and got some dirt. We rubbed the dirt into the new part of the carpet, concentrating on the hard edge where they met, so the new would match the old . It took several tries to get it right and it wasn't perfect (hence the idea of putting throw pillows there too), but you can see to the right of the pillows that you can hardly notice the difference.

One thing to beware of is small rocks. We ended up hand picking out tiny white rocks that came in with the dirt so shoot for relatively clean soil.

This seller was amazed at the results and didn't mind us getting his carpet a little dirty in the process!

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Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to Sell
Owner & Principal Designer
310-384-1084
www.stagetosell.biz

"We get you to SOLD so you can get on with your life!"

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Stage to Sell is the premier West Los Angeles Home Staging Company.

Owner & Principal Designer Annie Pinsker-Brown is an ASP (Accredited Staging Professional), a member of IAHSP (International Association of Home Staging Professionals), an affiliate member of the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors and a member of the Culver City and West LA Chambers of Commerce.

Annie has Staged LA homes for Bravo's hit show "Million Dollar Listing" and TLC's "Property Ladder." She has also been featured in recent articles on Home Staging in Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times, Costco Connection and Frontiers Magazine.

If you would like to see more of our Home Staging work, visit our website. There is an extensive gallery of before & after photos, as well as a list of our Staged properties currently on the market.