Altadena Home Staging An Occupied Home

February 18, 2010

I was hired to stage a beautiful Altadena home this week.

The homeowners are moving to a larger home to accommodate their growing family. I was called in by the real estate agent to help the homeowners prepare the home for sale, to maximize the size of the rooms, accentuate the beautiful architectural features and give each room a clearly defined purpose.

The formal living room was being used as the master bedroom, which worked fine for them, but might have caused some confusion for potential buyers.

I suggested they move the master bedroom to one of the large, airy bedrooms, and gain a living room in the process.

The piano was moved from the dining room to the living room. It made the dining room feel larger and there was plenty of space in the living room to accommodate a piano.

Here’s a few shots of the bedrooms after staging:

And a lovely vignette shot:

For more information about this beautiful Altadena pool home, contact the listing agent Bettina Rosenfeld, Coldwell Banker, at (626)827-6114.

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Los Angeles County Home Staging – Staging an Altadena Spanish Revival

May 1, 2009

Moving Mountains Design was asked to stage a 3 bedroom 2 bath Spanish Revival home in Altadena last week. This 2,275 sq. ft. home, built in 1928 by one of the first female architectual designers and contractors in CA, Anna P. Latham, had been on the market for almost 3 months. We were contacted by the listing agent, Judy Rubin and asked to breath some new life and appeal into this listing. The house has great bones and a pleasing layout, but empty it didn’t feel like the great family home it has the potential to be.

When we first looked at the house, the fireplace was painted a bright coral color, along with some other architectural details. I suggested that the coral color be painted out to match the walls. I’m a big supporter of using accent color to call attention to certain architectural details, but in this case it wasn’t the right color or location.

Here are some before and after staging photos of this really charming (after staging:o)) Altadena home:

Before (left) & After (right) photos of the living room and dining room

Here’s the living room and dining room from another angle:

Another view of the living room after staging

Dining room after staging from another angle

For more information about Los Angeles County home staging, home staging in Altadena or preparing your home for sale, contact Michelle Minch at (626)-441-8975 or via email

Michelle@MovingMountainsDesign.com. You can also visit our Los Angeles home staging web site to see our portfolio of before and after staging photos.