A couple of weeks ago I blogged Part I of "Is That the Before or After Shot?" To refresh your memory, here it is again. I'm now blogging Part II because many of you asked to see the "after" shot. If you remember the text, just scroll on down to the photos. Stage, Show & Sell continues to clobber the clutter, one room at a time.
In the summer of 2007 my friend, Sam, and I had just become accredited home stagers. Through a friend of hers, we procured a "freebie" staging job and were ready to set the Atlanta home staging market on fire! We went in to the home, staged all the rooms we could in the 3 hours we had that morning, took a few photos, and left. Now we had our own pictures to start a staging portfolio!
Shortly after that, she was sitting down with another couple, anxious to flip through our portfolio to show them our beautiful work, when she turned to the first "after" picture and the husband asked, "Is that the before or after shot?" She is no longer staging with me. The last time I saw her she was selling boiled peanuts on the side of the road.
I was just blogging with a new friend from California when I was reminded of this story. It seems she just completed a staging job where they have BEAUTIFUL sculptured blue carpet in the family room. She posted the photo and asked, "Does this room look staged to you?" What a hoot!
What about the shot below? Is that the before or after picture? And the next one???
Patsy Overton, ASP, IAHSP
Accredited Staging Professional
Patsy@SSSHomeStaging.com 770-843-2307 www.SSSHomeStaging.com
Wow, great change. Looks much better.
Out with the clutter! It's amazning how much different a room looks with just a little clearing up...
Can you believe all that junk? Thanks.
Congrats. Looks much better. You all did the absolute best you could with the space and THAT SHELVING!!
Thanks, Gina. One step at a time...
Instead of running from the room, your "After" makes me want to stop and enjoy! Very nice staging! Amazing what can happen when you give the eye a place to rest.
Oh dear! That's a funny story. I hadn't seen your part 1 post. I hope the before & after photos weren't side by side when he said that. Ouch!
Well there's no question which photo is the before or after one here! Lovely job!
Peg & Pangaea - Thank you for realizing which one was the "after" shot! What a relief!
Very nice Patsy. Love the simplicity yet the room has a purpose!
Whew-that looks so much better! Great job!!
Ginger - All it lacks is some nice blue carpet like your homeowner had! Did they pay extra for the "glow-in-the-dark" effect?
Cathy - Less is (still) more, huh? Thanks!
The after certainly looks much better!! GREAT job! (I've actually seen many portfolios where I couldn't tell the difference... that's never a good sign)
Melissa - I know what you mean. Not on my watch! Thanks.
Looks so much bigger with the lighter furniture and more of the shelving unit exposed.
I liked the before shot window...looks like a piece of art (large tree divied into 9 sections) think I would have tried to leave that in the after.
Liz - Interesting comment! I see what you are saying about the tree in the window. When I first tried to photograph the "after", I left the shade up, but I couldn't get a good shot with the light pouring in, so I waited until dark and tried again. The photography is better, but I lost my "one-of-a-kind" treescape. Funny!
Patsy, I am still laughing! I know it probably was not funny at the time but we all run into those people sooner or later. After, looks great to me...that was the second one right? Just kidding!
Carol - Very funny! How could you tell?
Impressive Patsy - the room certainly got "visually" larger. Thanks for sharing!
Michele - Thanks. It still needs painting and a new ceiling fan, but one step at a time.
Why was there a small rug in front of the cabinet?
Cindy - The rug was there as a finishing touch to the "clutter or bust" look. I thought it made quite a statement!