Staging to stay

June 4, 4:51 PMDallas Home Design and Staging ExaminerKaren Eubank

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Staging means you are about to move, right?

Well, not necessarily. The term staging originally came about when realtors realized houses were just sitting there gathering dust when they should be flying off the market. Professional real estate stagers were called in to make the house look fantastic. The homeowner would take one look and say, “ Wow, now I don’t want to move. I never realized my house could look this good.”

Staging immediately grew to fill the need of the homeowner and the term “ re design” was born. Re design is when you stage to stay. A stager comes to your house and makes you fall in love with it again. It differs from staging to sell in many ways.

Staging to stay means you can keep the family wedding photos out, but artfully arranged

Instead of packing away family photos when your house is being readied for sale, stagers doing re design will keep them out but come up with a better way of displaying them. They will work with your furniture, edit it and make suggestions for new items. They will come up with storage solutions and find clever ways of concealing items you have to live with that just don’t work with your décor.

Stagers are also brilliant with paint color. Staging a house to sell means neutralizing the rooms with color. Staging to stay means the orange wall you love can stay orange. A stager can help to implement a color plan that will work throughout your home and show you why painting each room a different color isn’t the best idea, while still working with your preferences.

Who hasn’t felt their home was a little tired looking and could use a pick me up? Our homes are put on the back burner unless it is time for Christmas or a visit from the in laws. Having a fresh viewpoint from a creative professional is just what most homeowners need.

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