Home staging a small apartment
“The way you live in your home and the way you market and sell your house are two different things.”
Barb Schwarz, creator of home staging
Home staging a small apartment
“The way you live in your home and the way you market and sell your house are two different things.”
Barb Schwarz, creator of home staging
Wondering why you should stage your home before you put it on the market and what home staging really is?
Simply put, home staging is the preparation of a property for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thus selling a property more swiftly and for more money. Does it cost a lot? Not really, compared with how much value you gain. Great results can be obtained by decluttering, thorough cleaning, and depersonalising your property. By placing existing furniture in a way that optimises the space available your home can look more appealing to a potentional buyer. By adding appropriate accessories your property will look attractive on the real estate market.
So, if you wish to sell your property for more and in less time, then home staging could be for you.
Living room – overview and approach
The living room has old wood panelling and dotted wallpaper. The seating area has a white leather sofa and modern coffee table. In order to make this small room bigger and brighter I introduced white linen curtains, which offset the old cherry wood panelling and the rest of the furniture in this strong colour. The rest of the cushions and decoration I chose based on the colours in the dotted wallpaper and colours represented in wall art.
Detail of large commode
Front view of main wall
View of staged leather sofa with coffee table decor
Black pot detail
Detail of staged commode with the serene wall art of a lake
Closeup of table decoration
Colours of fruit were chosen based on the colour scheme of dots in the wallpaper, and the dot shape is reflected in that of the fruits and ootton flower.
Corner view of the room
This view showcases white linen curtains. The enhancement of white in the room make this small space look bigger and allows me to add a splash of based on those of the wallpaper.
Detail of staged commode
This highlights more of the white accent to make the room look brighter, offsetting the muting effect of the old wood panelling.
Bedroom – overview and approach
The bedroom uses the same wood panelling as in the living room, and has a predominantly blue decor. The room is north facing, therefore it looks a little dark.
To brighten the the room I placed a white bedspread on the bed. The room has a blue wallpaper with little golden accents in it. The existing paintings set a tone for my choice of colours for bed cushions. I introduced simple honey colour curtains which go well with the panelling and ceiling colour. The existing blue libraries I staged with books and personal objects. I moved the lamps on the blue furniture harmonize with the wall art above them and added additional decor next to them.
Detail of wall mounted library
Library by the window staged with books and personal items.
Detail of wall art
Picture above corner bookcase staged with blue Tiffany lamp, flowers and books.
Yellow accent
Detail of a section of the low blue library staged with yellow books.
Detail of black lamp
High gloss black lamp complements wall art.
Books grouped in corner bookcase
Section of corner bookcase library - mixing colours and orientation
Front view of bed with wall art
Bed cushions complimenting overall colour scheme of the bedroom.
Detail of upper section of wall mounted library
Mixing art and other acessories with books to enhance visual appeal
Highlighting part of the corner bookcase
Using a colourful book cover as a focal point
Detail of corner bookcase
Decorational apple provides a blue accent to emphasise this colour in the book display
Detailed view of the bedroom
Corner view showing overall colour scheme of the room.