Marin Home Staging Blog by Picture it SOLD! Home Staging

From drab to fab in San Rafael... another Marin home staging success! Picture it SOLD! Home Staging June 29, 2009 Before: All buyers see in this formal living room is the olive green paneling and outdated fireplace. Everyone loves grandma's house but it doesn't scream Buy Me!   After: We added co...

Fireplaces are a great selling point, so if your house has one or more, you're off to a good start in terms of creating an inviting atmosphere for potential buyers. Fireplaces are usually the natural focal point in any room, so you'll want to make sure you give them lots of attention when staging...

When preparing your house for market, it's important to make every room stand out in the most postive way. You want buyers to say "wow!" as they go from room to room. An excellent way to create beautiful, well-laid-out rooms is to make sure every room has a focal point - and if it doesn't, you'll...

If you still need convincing that home staging adds life, color and warmth to empty homes, these pictures may do the job! This was a staging project I did this week in San Rafael. The home is vacant and I was charged with staging the living room and adjoining dining room. As you can see from the ...

The new year may bring new motivation for starting home improvement projects. But before you break out the sledgehammer, take a look at the results of this year's Cost v. Value Report by Remodeling magazine. The newly-released 2008 version shows you what kind of return you can expect to get on y...

Many buyers today are looking for homes with open floorplans. That is, fewer walled off spaces in the primary living areas. For example, on its main level a house may have one large room that combines the living room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast area. This is often called a great room. In ...

To decorate or not to decorate? That is the question facing homeowners whose properties are on the market during the month of December. The simple answer is yes, you can deck the halls - but with certain guidelines to keep your house buyer-friendly. In whatever month you list your house, the most...

$2,000 investment returns $28,000 - see video below and read on... There are very few houses that are "immune" to the benefits of staging. Unless it's a total tear-down, a house is going to show better and therefore sell more quickly, on average, than a house left unstaged. This applies to cosmet...

The way you live in your home and the way you sell your home are two different things. You'll hear me say this again and again, but it's so true! And it applies to many rules of staging. One rule is this: rooms should be furnished according to their original, intended function. This means when yo...

I'm always working on a budget while carrying out a home staging project. I want to maximize every dollar spent so the house can look really impressive when I'm done. To that end, I need to be creative about the design. In home staging, as in home decorating, not every wall needs a piece of artwo...