About Eugene's River Road/santa Clara

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

I just completed staging a two story home (also see "How to Transform Two Bedrooms Into Four) with a little bit of "mine, hers and theirs" mixed together to make it work. The owners had the home listed and staged previously with no offers and were very reluctant to spend more money.

We agreed that we would use the formal dining room set from their new home, a spare bedroom set owned by the realtor, and I would fill in the remainder of the rooms with furnishings and decor as necessary. The result was a fully staged home at a very reasonable price.

In a "HOT" seller's market, I would have probably never considered being this creative about Staging. However, these days, we do what we can to get the job done. Here are some BEFORE's and AFTERs of the property.

FORMAL DINING ROOM:

OFFICE ACROSS FROM FORMAL DINING:

FORMAL LIVING ROOM:

LIVING ROOM FROM LANDING:

MASTER BEDROOM:

UPSTAIRS LANDING:

UPSTAIRS BONUS/MEDIA ROOM THAT WAS STAGED AS 2-BED DORM ROOM (See my blog post "How to Transform TWO Bedrooms into FOUR for more details):

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Need some ideas for preparing your Eugene area home for sale in this tough market? The Notably Well-Dressed Home can harmonize the appearance of your home to appeal to your target market and sell more quickly. Call us for a complimentary pricing proposal at 541-345-0432.

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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Need some ideas for preparing your Eugene area home for sale in this tough market? The Notably Well-Dressed Home can harmonize the appearance of your home to appeal to your target market and sell more quickly. Call us for a complimentary pricing proposal at 541-345-0432.