{"id":13092,"date":"2010-06-12T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T19:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2010\/06\/12\/13092.html"},"modified":"2010-06-12T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T19:19:35","slug":"staging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2010\/06\/12\/staging\/","title":{"rendered":"Staging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Met with stager this morning to discuss staging<\/a> the condo.<\/p>\n

The first thing that she told me was that the dark green carpet was ugly and offputting and would keep people from buying the place.<\/p>\n

This made me sad. I liked the green carpet, and I'm unhappy about the expense and time that'll be required to replace it. (And although I realize she was trying to be diplomatic, I would've preferred not to have to ask three times to get a direct answer to the question “So are you recommending that I remove and replace all of the carpet in the place?”)<\/p>\n

(I should note the reason for the green carpet: When I bought the place, most of the carpeting was this nice dark green, but the two bedrooms had horrible thin industrial gray carpet. I had that ripped out and replaced with green to semi-match the rest of the house. I could have redone the whole house at that point, but I liked the green, so I didn't see any reason to change it.)<\/p>\n

The second thing she said is that the walls should be repainted. They're all white; I like white walls, but I realize that many or most people don't.<\/p>\n

Later, she said that it would be best to replace the ugly ceiling fan in the dining-room area, but that the brown wooden blinds on the living-room windows were attractive and could stay. I have no strong opinions in either direction about the ceiling fan, but I always found those blinds ugly; they look to me like something from a 1970s rec room. I just never got around to replacing them.<\/p>\n

But I have to keep reminding myself that I'm trying to make the place appeal to other people, not to me.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I'm dubious about the whole idea of staging. Both times I've been in the market for a house, the staging I saw didn't appeal to me. The furnishings that were in my current house did appeal to me, a lot, but those belonged to the previous owners, and were higher-end than a stager is likely to use.<\/p>\n

But I'm told that staging can dramatically increase a prospective buyer's interest. So I suppose it's worth doing.<\/p>\n

Any of you have staging stories? Anything you would or wouldn't recommend, either as a seller or as a buyer?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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