Sadie Stage + Design

Q- Why does everything have to be so neutral?

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• I know neutral may not be your taste, and when you get to your new home all of the color and design styles will be just what you want. But it is important to remember that this house in not your home anymore. Yes you may still live there, but you are trying to show off all the best qualities your house has to offer and by adding too much color or clutter, that distracts buyers attention away from the area you want them to notice.

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Q- I feel like there isn’t that much stuff in my house now that its staged …why is that?

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• It’s important to keep staging clean, neutral and appealing to the largest pool of buyers. When you live in your home, you are meant to have as many family pictures, accessories and furniture that makes your house feel like a home (I know I do!). However, in staging it’s best to minimize distractions and accent the parts of the home that are the real value (new countertops, freshly painted cabinets, new chandelier, etc.) rather than the things that won’t be conveying with the house anyway.

 

Q- Why do I need to remove the colored plates/glasses in my glass cabinet?

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• Depending on the staging style and color scheme of the kitchen/Family room, we want to make sure that the Kitchen transitions into the Breakfast room and Family room seamlessly so that there are not any distracting colors that may be offensive to buyers.
   

 

Q- My antiques are valuable, why wouldn’t you want to use them in your staging?

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• Depending on the new updating staging style that I will be incorporating in your house, it is best to use more simple and modern design pieces. Remember, you want the buyer to be focused on what comes with the house, and less about what is displayed.

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Q- I think when I see lots of furniture in a room it shows that lots of furniture fits in that room, so why take it out?

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• Honestly, when buyers walk into a room, they are looking to how that room makes them FEEL and if the space will function well for them. It’s important to make sure the room has all the essentials that they would need in their new home, but without the clutter and extra furniture. One thing to remember is that buyers may want to walk around the room, and if at any time a buyer would have to awkwardly move to get past some of your furniture that can immediately turn a buyer off. And contrary to what you may think, having too much furniture in a room actually appears to make the room smaller.

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Q- Where am I going to put all the extra furniture and boxes that aren’t meant to be seen?

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• In a perfect world everyone would have a free storage unit to use at their disposal, ha! However, if that isn’t your current circumstance, the best option would be to pack things up neatly and as well organized as you can and stack them in the attic, garage or secondary closets (not master). Buyers will likely have a pretty clear view as to how well they like your house before seeing the garage, so if you have room in your garage, do not fret too much about storing things in there. Heck, that’s what most people use their garage for anyhow!