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Bringing staging secrets home

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Home stagers have critical eye for design JURA KONCIUS THE WASHINGTON POST Home stagers are the people who sweep through homes going on the market and make them look uncluttered and cosy without a huge investment of time or money.

What’s their secret? Stagers have a bag of design and organizing tricks that can be useful even to someone who has no plans to sell. They look to make a house or condo desirable to potential buyers and maximize price. They have practical ideas to refresh your stale living room or pump up your curb appeal. Stagers cast a critical eye on everything. They remove things. They group like items together, rearrange bookcases, toss out lumpy pillows and frame children’s artwork previously hanging from magnets on the fridge. They might gather all your scattered framed family photos,

edit them and display them on one shelf or tabletop. Here are six ideas from four stagers to get you started on an intervention in your own home.

CREATE A LIGHT AND AIRY BEDROOM

“Lots of bedrooms are small and have few windows,” says Tyler Whitmore, owner of staging and design firm Ta-da! Homes in Bethesda, Md., who advises people to take a critical eye to every room in the house and “think like you’re going to see the house, even if you’re not.” She suggests painting walls a light colour and bringing in a neutral rug. Beds are the largest piece in the room, so linens shouldn’t stand out too much, she says. On a recent job at a Cape Cod, Whitmore replaced a dark navy bedspread on a mahogany sleigh bed with a cream coverlet. The navy one, Whitmore says, “created a

big black hole in the middle of the room.” Replacing chunky, mismatched nightstands, she installed matching pedestal nightstands, reusing the existing crackled-glass lamps. She put a pair of framed European prints over the bed as a focal point. “It feels calm in here now,” Whitmore says. “It’s the retreat everyone is looking for.”

GIVE THE BATHROOM A FACELIFT

Laura McCaffrey, a real e s t at e a g e n t a n d h o m e stager with Evers & Co. in Washington, sees lots of unusual bathroom-tile colour combinations in Washington’s 1920s and 1930s houses: Yellow and black, grey and maroon, pink and green. Yes, it’s retro, but with age, tiles crack and bathtubs chip. Many homeowners don’t want to shell out big bucks to gut their bathrooms.

See STAGING, F2

COLLEEN DUFFLEY/Traditional Home

Oriental rugs represent a stylish alternative to carpeting and can be thrown over existing area rugs to help personalize the look of your home.

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Celebrate our new name with $15,000 and choices galore!

AUGUST 2014

$15,000 worth of upgrades for FREE?!

Joyce Tourney

RE/MAX Joyce Tourney Realty

Brenda Jacksteit

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

Glenn Nichol

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

Jerome Rink

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

Elisha Demyen

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

Keith Larson

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

• 234 UNIVERSITY PARK DR

Seriously...Free! So go ahead and spoil yourself. * Spend $15,000 of Dream’s money on your upgrades. To see the eligible homes and upgrades, please visit homesbydundee.ca or call 306.347.8100. Blinds/

Natasha Blaisdell

Window Allowance

Hurry this is a limited time offer.

RE/MAX Joyce Tourney Realty

Jim Osiowy

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

Terrie Dunand

RE/MAX Crown Real Estate

• 2350 2ND AVE.

www.remax-crown-regina.ca

Dec Deck Packa age 144 sq ft

French Pantry Door

Laminate Main Floor

Tile Backsp Backsplash Kitc in Kitchen

Beam Central Vac

Upgraded Lighting Allowance

Heate ed Floor to Ensuite Ensui

On Demand Water Heater

Maple and Metal Railing

Applia Appliance age Packa

Tile to Laundry

Kitchen Granite/ Quartz

Air Conditi Conditioner

Bathroom Granite/ Quartz

Hardwood on Main

Detac ached Gara age Off La ane

Garburator

Tile to Bathrooms

*Depending on the stage of the home build, some upgrades may not be available.

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