How To Transform TWO Bedrooms into FOUR --- The Difference Between staging and "Professional Real Estate Staging"

UPDATE! THIS HOME JUST WENT PENDING - LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AFTER BEING RE-LISTED and RE-STAGED! ;=)

This home presented a unique challenge. The owners (who have no children), converted two upstairs bedrooms into a bonus room, turning their upscale, newer construction 4-bedroom home into a 2-bedroom property. The previous realtor and staging company left this upstairs bonus room empty, only staging the first floor. The home did not sell for several months, the listing expired and a new realtor took over

She called me in to present the owners with a new Staging proposal. During this process, everyone agreed that the biggest challenge in the home was the bonus room and that by turning it into a 2-person dorm, we would demonstrate visually that this space could easily be converted back into two large bedrooms. A 3-panel screen was used to simulate a wall between the two bedroom areas.

This Staging was one of those great examples that shows Staging as so much more than just decorating. Professional Real Estate Staging is about turning a challenge into an opportunity. In this case, Staging highlights an alternate function for a room that, in the previous months, had appeared cavernous and awkward and now is comfy, fun, and accented with some great architectural features.

(See BEFOREs and AFTERs of the entire home in my blog post "Cost Effective Savings in Challenging Times")

BONUS/MEDIA ROOM (left side) BEFORE:

BONUS/MEDIA ROOM (left side) AFTER:

BONUS/MEDIA ROOM (right side) BEFORE:

BONUS/MEDIA ROOM (right side) AFTER:

ANOTHER BEFORE VIEW:

AND AFTER:

The bonus room has some great architectural features but empty, it was a huge, cavernous space. Since most buyers only know what they see, not the way its going to be (B. Schwarz), we trust that this remedy will remove barriers to selling the property.

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