Staging a bedroom with an airbed

  This house sold in 8 days for $62,000 over asking price Home staging tip: Airbeds, or inflatable beds, are very popular among home stagers. They are quite easy to carry around (even though some are pretty heavy) and quick to set up. If you don’t use them with a headboard, you can lean the pillows […]

The versatility of the sofa table

  Home staging tip: The sofa table is an inexpensive and versatile piece of furniture that can be used in many different situations: it can either be used in place of a dresser in a master bedroom, or as a desk in a living room, but it can also be used as an entertainment center in […]

The darker the color, the more sophisticated the look

  Home staging tip: In my opinion, darker paint colors have an elegance that lighter colors don’t have, and if they are used in master bedrooms the result is very pleasing. Take this condo in Seattle for example. Built in the late 1800s, it had some features that you rarely find today, like that beautiful stained […]

Giving up the dresser

  This house sold in 12 days for asking price Home staging tip: Dressers are a very nice addition to the furnishing of a bedroom, however, sometimes it is better not to use them, especially if the bedrooms are small. In this case, we decided to leave the space in front of the bed empty in […]

How to disguise an access door in a bedroom

  This house sold in 7 days for $70,000 over asking price Home staging tip: Sometimes it happens that access doors are placed in the most unusual places, like in this master bedroom, for example. Access doors shouldn’t be hidden because they are a feature home buyers need to know about. However, from a presentation point of […]

A different twist on hanging art in home staging

  This condo sold in 9 days for asking price Home staging tip: For a creative twist, hung by the corner the pictures whose image doesn’t have a specific orientation and that are printed on a lightweight frameless canvas. Home staging by Francesca Tosolini Listing by Soli Bellamy (Windermere) Photos by Francesca Tosolini