Friday, July 13, 2012

A Footnote About Dressing Plain Jane

What do these living rooms include that Plain Jane (previous post) did not?





ANSWER:  A Coffee Table

Here is another example of the difference between decorating and staging.  I did not use a coffee table in my staging of Plain Jane.  It may appear odd to have so much open space in the middle of the room.  The open space allows the potential buyer easy access for walking up to the many windows. We are selling the windows and the view.  Also, the open space allows this small room to appear larger.

Plain Jane after staging - Linda Beam
 Large coffee tables are very on trend.  For selling, large coffee tables literally eat square footage.

Happy Friday, y'all!

Linda

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10 comments:

  1. Jen of MadeByGirlJuly 13, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    love coffee tables, especially the beachy one in the first pic! :)

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    1. StagerLindaJuly 13, 2012 at 5:13 PM

      I'm with you Jen, I love coffee tables! It is another flat surface to display all my treasures! Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

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  2. Patty Day @Pattys EpiphaniesJuly 13, 2012 at 10:44 PM

    Entirely, two different types of design. One to live in and one to attract buyers. If you were to put a large coffee table in the room you were staging to appeal to buyers, they would have to walk around it to proceed through to the next room. Smart reasoning.

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    1. StagerLindaJuly 14, 2012 at 12:46 AM

      Thanks for agreeing,Patty. It took me a while when I started staging to realize the value of editing out the coffee table(unless the room was huge). Experience is the best teacher for opening up a room.

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  3. Carol@TheDesignPagesJuly 14, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    Hmmm, I had never thought about it like that but it does make perfect sense. Why would you want to block a potential buyer's ability to move around.

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  4. StagerLindaJuly 15, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    Hey Carol! Thanks for following me. Yes, staging is so much different than selling. I try to convince folks but some of them just think it looks to incomplete to not have the coffee table. Thanks so much for letting me know you agree.

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  5. decor4poor@blogspot.comJuly 15, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I just got the cord for my computer so I am up and running again. I am your newest follower.

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    1. StagerLindaJuly 15, 2012 at 9:32 PM

      Thanks for following me! I enjoy reading your posts, too.

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  6. Woodside ParkJuly 15, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Great advice, Linda! Also, I often see the leaves of a large dining table removed....to decrease table size for same reason.
    Cheers,
    Loi

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    1. StagerLindaJuly 15, 2012 at 9:33 PM

      Thanks Loi my love! Yes, I often remove leaves from dining table--just depends on the room and shape of dining table. Have a great week. Linda

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