Los Angeles Home Staging – Staging a Valley Village Beauty
July 12, 2010
Last week Los Angeles home staging company Moving Mountains Design staged this Valley Village beauty.
I first started working with the homeowner in December 2009. He was very proactive about getting his home into top shape and he hired me for a home staging consultation. Over the next 6 months he and his wife worked very hard to complete my recommendations included in the comprehensive home staging report provided.The results were fantastic!
MLS #F1849333 Prudential California Realty Studio City (818)755-1000
Home Staging A Modern Loft In Valley Village
July 5, 2010
We recently completed staging this very chic and modern condo loft in Valley Village, Los Angeles.
My clients are real estate investors who understand the added value that home staging brings to any real estate listing. Since I’ve staged several condos and model homes in Pasadena and Glendale for themthey’ve experienced first hand that home staging will help their listings sell faster and for more money. As a Los Angeles home stager, I have to be familiar with all areas of the Los Angeles area and understand who the buyers are and what they are looking for.
This loft style condo has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on 2 floors. I wanted to show there was enough space to have a comfortable seating area and dining table as well as the counter bar in the living room/kitchen great room.
This home is not yet listed. As soon as it is, I’ll update this post
Los Angeles Home Staging a Distinctly Darling Classic Larchmont Cottage
June 20, 2010
This Los Angeles home stager had a busy week last week with all the stagings and destagings. I’m excited to have been able to stage this classic Larchmont Village cottage just a block away from Larchmont Blvd. in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. I initially did a consultation including paint colors. The home went into escrow before we were able to stage it, then fell out. I’m very sorry it didn’t sell, but I’m happy we had the opportunity to stage it.
3 bedrooms (2 ensuite) and 3 bathrooms, French doors opening on to the patio and pool, privacy galore plus a beautifully landscaped yard are the recipe for the perfect entertainers home in a desirable Larchmont Village location. Beautiful period appropriate light fixtures and check out those barrel vaulted ceilings!
For more information about this classic Larchmont Village Hancock Park cottage, listed at $1,399,000. contact the listing agent Mark Leonard, MDL Realty (310)266-9964
Home Staging In Downey, CA – Staging Luxury Homes
June 3, 2010
Today we staged a luxury home in Downey, CA. The listing agent called me just before I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. When I told him I couldn’t stage his luxury home until after I returned, he said “I don’t care. We want the best home stager. We’ll wait for you!” Normally, I don’t travel as far as Downey to stage homes, but with a lead in like that, how could I say no?
When we arrived today to stage this beautiful home, there was still work ongoing. The painters and electricians hadn’t quite finished. Cabinet doors were off, chandeliers weren’t hung, etc. and the grand piano hadn’t been delivered by the time we left. We staged around them, but weren’t able to finish 100%. I’ll be going back to take more photos and do the final touches. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peak of a couple of rooms:
Here’s the living room before the grand piano was delivered. It will go where the little stool is in the background. And yes, that’s my mobile phone on the cocktail table 
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Here’s one of the bathrooms
Here’s a close-up in the master bath.
No expense was spared in the details and construction of this home. Everything is the best…including the home stager!
I’ll post more photos once the work is finished and I’m able to return to take more photos. Stay tuned.
Playing It Safe When Your Los Angeles Home Is On The Market
May 19, 2010
It’s important to play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.
You will have all manner of people- real estate agents, potential buyers and looky-loos- trooping through your house during open houses and showings. While I like to assume the best about people, I also think its important to play it safe.
Here’s 5 tips for safety while your home is on the market:
- Lock up or hide all prescription medications. They are usually expensive, easy to sell on the street and are a prime target for thieves.
- Lock up or hide personal papers or bills. Don’t leave your social security number or account numbers in plain sight for identity thieves. Its no one’s business how much you owe or how much money you have in your checking account.
- Lock up or hide jewelry, cash or collectibles. That signed baseball, silver Tiffany dinner bell, or diamond tennis bracelet are very enticing to someone with sticky fingers.
- Don’t leave extra keys in plain sight. Its an open invitation to a thief to come back later and help themselves when no one is around.
- Lock up or hide any firearms or weapons you may own. Hiding them in a drawer next to the bed or in your sock drawer is not good enough. Lock them in a safe or remove them from the house.
Yes, your listing agent will take every precaution to make sure your home and possessions are safe and secure, but they can’t be everywhere at once. Often theft teams will use one person to engage the real estate agent, while other members of the team case the house.
Follow these tips and play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.
Los Angeles Home Staging Works |A $225K Condo & $7M Luxury Home
May 18, 2010
I’m here to tell you, home staging works no matter your price point!
Here’s 2 homes we staged in the past 2 months:
Listed at $225,000, this Pasadena Affordable Housing condo (64 Mar Vista #115) sat on the market for almost 3 years before staging. We staged it in March and it’s now about to close escrow, 60 days later! We’ve destaged this unit and staged another to help with a faster sale on that one too.
Pasadena home staging works for a faster sale!
We staged this Beverly Hills luxury home, listed for $6.9 M in April. They received an offer after the first week on the market! I’m going to repeat myself: $6.9 M with an offer in the first week.
Beverly Hills Luxury Home Staging works for a faster sale
The Pasadena condo was vacant and unoccupied. The Beverly Hills luxury home was occupied – the home owner was living in the home after we staged it . It doesn’t matter. If you are thinking of putting your Los Angeles, Pasadena, Arcadia or San Marino home on the market, and you want it to sell quickly, hire a professional home stager. Home staging works for a faster sale, no matter your price point!
Los Angeles Home Staging Company Stages A $7M Lux Home In Beverly Hills
May 3, 2010
I got an unusual request last week – to stage an occupied $7 million home for sale in Beverly Hills, which was almost fully furnished, but needed accessorizing. This job was unusual because, while I occasionally do stage homes in Beverly Hills, I usually stage for a group of builders I stage for in other parts of Los Angeles. This staging job was for a prestigious Westside real estate agent who I had not worked with before. And the house was beautifully furnished, but with very few accessories and no artwork.
Here’s some photos of the home after we finished staging:
One of the bedrooms ( we added the nightstands, lamps & accessories)
Here’s a photo of what this family room looked like before home staging and accessorizing (below)
While this home is magnificent, and the furniture is beautiful, it really comes alive with the right accessories and artwork. Here’s to a fast sale!
Occupied Home Staging A Luxury Los Angeles Living Room
April 12, 2010
I wanted to demonstrate, with before and after pictures, how a Los Angeles living room of an occupied home in Hancock Park, is transformed by home staging.
In this particular instance, the home owners were art collectors and had very eclectic taste in furnishings. This was great for the way they live in the home, but not so great when selling the home. There was too much art and furniture and it overwhelmed the beautiful architectural details of the home.
We removed and replaced the sofa, chairs, cocktail table and side tables. We moved the piano from the back room into the living room where there was plenty of space. Some of the art was either repurposed or put into storage.
Now here’s the after picture:
A Persian rug was brought in to tie the room together and to make a connection with the red walls of the dining room (off camera) right across the entry hall from the living room. Red and orange silk throw pillows coordinate nicely with the rug and the yellow walls. The furniture is less of an eclectic mish-mash, and while elegant, it is very fresh and current. The furniture layout invites you into the room, and draws attention to one of the main architectural features of the home, the fireplace. The mantle accessories were minimized, as were the fireplace tools.
Some tips for staging a living room:
- Less is more, if your furniture is filling the room. Start by removing all furniture and art from the room and adding back pieces one by one until you have just enough, but not too much
- Look at your living room with fresh eyes. Try a new furniture arrangement that accentuates architectural features, like the fireplace, and creates a focal point for the room.
- Try using one larger piece of art instead of several smaller ones on each wall
- Mirrors are a great staging tool, which hung in the right place, can bring more light into a room or a dark corner. Make sure the mirror has a pleasing reflection, and not the back side of a piece of furniture or a blank wall.
- Flowers and plants (either fresh or realistic silk) can add a splash of color and a touch of life to a room. Don’t let fresh flowers wilt (no flowers is better than dead flowers) or let the water get brackish. Make sure silk plants are dusted regularly.
Los Angeles Model Home Staging – 2 Glendale Condos, Unit 101
April 11, 2010
The real estate investment company that hired Moving Mountains Design to stage an Affordable Housing condo unit in Pasadena, liked our work so much, they asked us to stage 2 model home condo units in Glendale.
I just posted photos of Unit 102 in this blog post. Here are some before and after home staging photos of Unit 101:
Living Room & Dining Room before home staging
Glendale Model Home Staging After
Master Bedroom Before Home Staging
Glendale Model Home Staging Master Bedroom After
The challenge with this bedroom was the striped carpet. It was important to find bedding that not only matched the colors of the carpet, but also worked well with the striped carpet.
Here’s a few more pictures after home staging:
Glendale Model Home Staging Living Room After
Glendale Model Home Staging Kitchen After
For more information regarding these brand new condominiums for sale in Glendale, contact the listing agent, Jill Parker at (949)233-9085
Los Angeles Model Home Staging – 2 Glendale Condos, Unit 102
April 11, 2010
A few weeks ago we staged an inexpensive, low income condo in Pasadena for a real estate investment company. Here’s a link to the blog post Home Staging In Pasadena For A Small Affordable Housing Condo. The same real estate investment company called Moving Mountains Design to stage to mid-priced, but still very affordable model homes in a Glendale condo development they were just completing.
Here is the living room from Unit 102 before and after home staging:
Glendale Model Home Condo Before Home Staging
Glendale Model Home Condo After Home Staging
Glendale Model Home Condo After Home Staging
And here’s a few more After photos:
Glendale Model Home Condo Kitchen After Staging
Glendale Model Home Condo Dining Area After Staging
Click here to see photos of the other Glendale condo we staged for this real estate investment company.
For more information regarding this unit, contact the listing agent, Jill Parker at (949)233-9085.
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