East Bay Home Staging & Design Blog-Sensational Home Staging

Keller Williams~Danville Lobby “Staged” and Open for Viewing

My Danville, CA based home staging company, Sensational Home Staging, was recently contacted to STAGE the lobby of the local Keller Willaims Office. This portion of the lobby is an open area not used as a waiting area for clients so it was open to interpretation!

The 'staging' is part of a monthly opportunity to set up the Lobby and ‘show off’ what can be done to bring a corner to LIFE! 

What a GREAT opportunity to demonstrate what can be done with staging! 

Prior to staging the vacant corner looked small and undefined.  Once staged it is showing much LARGER and now clearly defined as a Dining Room!  All this with the use of properly scaled furniture, lively art & accessories and all set up to define the space!

Lobby....Before Staging

AND NOW......Transformed into a Dining Room!

This is a blog that Lori Cain a realtor in Tulsa OK wrote on what will attract a Home Buyer!  She makes soooo many GREAT points on what a SELLER needs to do to get potential buyers through the front door!

As Lori so eloquently states:  Prpeparing a home for sale is essential in TODAY's MARKET and "Buyers will choose the home that tugs at their heart strings - and you can take THAT to the bank"!

And THANKS Lori for the shout out to contact and HIRE a professional Home Stager!!

CUSTOM Home Staging:  "ONE SIZE" Staiging Does NOT Fit All!

Home Staging means something different for each and every Seller and Home!  The Home Staging Consultation is a critical first step to formulate a CUSTOM staging plan for each home.  The staging process should NOT be a cookie cutter application. 

Each home deserves to be viewed on its own terms and a plan set in motion that will "showcase" it BEST!

Recent examples of Home Stagings that were customized by Sensational Home Staging to best showcase and SELL:

Accessories Only Home Staging

Home is Poet's Corner of Pleasant Hill SOLD in 1 week with multiple offers!  To prepare it for maket we:

• Provided a Home Staging Consult
• Advised the seller on a few "key" purchases....New bedding for the Master, Area Rug, towels
• Returned to rearrange furniture, add accessories & art
• SOLD!

Occupied Home Staging

Townhome in Walnut Creek SOLD in 1 Day!  To prepare it for market we:

• Provided a Home Staging Consult
• Advised the seller on key pieces and areas to supplement with updated and contemporary furniture...Master Bedroom & Living Room
• Staged with rental pieces, added accessories & art
• SOLD!

Vacant Home Staging

Home in Crow Canyon Country Club, Danville was brought to life and SOLD!  To prepare it for market we:

• Provided a Home Staging Consult
• Consulted with the Seller to select paint colors, new lighting, new bath fixtures
• Staged the Key Rooms with furniture, art & accessories
• SOLD!

Let's plan to Customize a Home Staging for you!!!

BUYERS form an opinion in that first 90 Seconds...Make a GREAT First Impression! 

This is a terrific post by Kristine Ginsberg a top producing Home Stager in New Jersey.  She did a GREAT Blog post on how to IMPRESS buyers...which is what all agents and home stagers want to do....IMPRESS and SELL!!

Make that First 90 Seconds work for YOU!

East Bay Home Sellers - Impress Potential Buyers with an Impressive Living Room

Your Living Room is generally the very first impression that potential buyers will have of the interior of your home....make sure it is IMPRESSIVE!  Why?  You have 1 chance to capture that FIRST IMPRESSION and it's in that first 10 seconds someone enters your home.

As I consult with home sellers in the greater East Bay of San Francisco I always enter the home from a buyers perspctive to see what IMPRESSION will this home makes. 

Here are a few recent examples of how I have TRANSFORMED the Living Room to create an IMPRESSIVE Living Room:

  At Consult

STAGED to IMPRESS

At Consult...Family Room

STAGED to IMPRESS

At Consult

STAGED to IMPRESS

At Consult

STAGED to IMPRESS

East Bay Home Sellers  --  Make sure your home is STAGED to IMPRESS! 

PRICING & PRESENTATION = A WIN-WIN ~~  3 Homes Staged-3Homes SOLD in 3 Weeks!

Pricing & Presentation...when they are in sync will SELL Your Home!  As a home stager in the Danville, Tri-Valley area, I work with many professional Realtors who know that Price + Presentation will sell a home....they assist with setting the Price and call me in to provide the Presentation.

In the last 3 weeks I have staged 3 homes and ALL SOLD in 1 week or less  -  they were:

Priced Right and Presented Showroom Perfect!

SOLD Home #1 in Crow Canyon Country Club in Danville:

SOLD Home #2 in Walnut Creek:

SOLD Home #3 in Pleasant Hill:

PRICE + PRESENTATION Sells Homes!

OCCUPIED Home Staging - Don't Let Clutter Eat Your Equity.....SIMPLIFY!

As I consult with Sellers across the Bay Area on how best to stage their home I see many homes that above all need to have the clutter EDITED OUT & the rooms Simplified!  The way we live is NOT the way to sell!

Just this week I consulted and then staged this darling home in Pleasant Hill.  The sellers have 3 young children and a dog so life is busy....but they also knew things had to change to showcase their charming home.  The sellers worked hard to edit out and pack much of their personal items....we then:

• Re-arranged existing furniture
• Newly purchased bedding
• Added accessories from my extensive inventory

It's now Simple and Charming!!

BEFORE - Front Entry

AFTER....Simple & Elegant!

Before - Master Bedroom

AFTER - Simple & Restful!!

Before - Master Bath

AFTER - SIMPLE!!!!

Don't let clutter eat your Equity!!  Contact a local home stager for a consultation and get ready to SELL!

How to Stage a Dining Room with Drama and Style!

Staging and adding drama and style to a Dining Room will invite potential buyers to feel at home and envision themselves living in the home.  Home staging creates an experience and feeling of being at home.  It says....Welcome Home!

  Drama with...Color, Rug and Accessories!

  Drama with...Color, Art and Accessories!

  Drama with...Rug, Art and Accessories!

  And....details!

Home Stagers know how to add DRAMA to every Living Room!!

Adding DRAMA to a Living Room is like adding accessories to any outfit....it will MAKE the outfit!  

While staging homes across Contra Costa and Alameda Counties I find that the accessories add that WOW Factor that will make a home stand out ahead of all others.  

When potential buyers enter a home you want them to instantly LOVE what they see and desire to see more.....just like entering a room in a sensational outfit.  You want to WOW everyone for all the right reasons.

Adding DRAMA to Living Rooms:

  Drama in....Art, Rug, Lamps and Accessories

  Drama in...Color, Rug, Lamps and Accessories

  Drama in...Color, Art, and Accessories!

  Drama in....ACCESSORIES!

Accessories make the room....and the outfit!