One Two Six Design Diary » Home Staging http://onetwosixdesign.com/blog Your Equity, Showcased. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Stager vs. Stager http://onetwosixdesign.com/blog/2010/03/31/stager-vs-stager/ http://onetwosixdesign.com/blog/2010/03/31/stager-vs-stager/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:22:18 +0000 onetwosixdesign http://onetwosixdesign.com/blog/?p=589 Not everyone has the luxury of moving out before putting their home on the market. Especially in tough economy, we are seeing an increasing demand to stage occupied homes. We try to work with owners’ existing furnishing, thus saving them the money from renting furnishings from us. Occupied homes are tougher to stage than vacant homes, the design process is more involved since we’d have to consider the owner’s furnishing and make sure the staging is practical to live with.

Here is an example of a condo in Mountain View we recently staged. The property was previous on the market, staged by another staging company, and after more than half year, it was still on the market. Then… the Realtor was changed, and we were asked to freshen up the place. We removed some of owner’s bulky, dated items, brought in few contemporary furnishings, injected brighter colors here and there, and voilà! The place was sold in a week with multiple offers at almost $30,000 over the listing price.

Does staging really work? ;-)

Our staging combined with our complimentary eye-popping photography/virtual tour service give you the winning edge!

Here is the comparison between the previous stager’s work (left) and ours (right):
(More info on this property, here is the virtual tour)

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One Two Six Design, Best of Palo Alto Award

One Two Six Design, Best of Palo Alto Award

Woohoo~~!!   Yippeeee~~!! (for the next 5 mins)

Finally when the excitement subdued, and calmness settled back in, we realized… wait a minute, “Best of Palo Alto”? But… we moved from Palo Alto to the present Mountain View location more than 5 years ago. US Commerce Association? Who are these people?

Intrigued, we followed the link provided in the email, the web site open with instruction on how to obtain the award plaque, for a fee… Something didn’t feel right, if someone really want to give us an award, shouldn’t they give us the plaque for free?

Have to say, these people have came up with a very creative way to grab your money, hats off to them. In the world that’s full of spam mails, at least US Commerce Association’s spam comes with a vanity award.

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Home Staging by One Two Six Design:

Sold!

  • Emerson St. Palo Alto: a spacious bi-level condo in the heart of Palo Alto, huge bedrooms, and a large den/office makes this condo feels like a luxury penthouse
  • El Camino Real, Burlingame: a condo in a gated community, next door to the prestigious Hillsborough, easy access to downtown Burlingame and walking distance to many shops and community amenities, the new owners will love their new home and the neighborhood!
  • Stelling Dr. Palo Alto: Midtown Palo Alto, quiet cul-de-sac location, nicely maintained yard and the simple, elegant Eichler architecture, the epitome of Palo Alto living. (Sold in 2 weeks!)
  • Bountiful Acres, Saratoga: This ~7,000 sq ft gated Saratoga mansion sits on huge corner lot with large pool and expansive lawn. Bi-level with 8 bedroom, billiard room, fitness room, media room… and additional 3 bedrooms and baths can be found in the lower level au pair quarter, that’s 11 bedrooms!! The wrapped around balcony provides a great entertaining area overlooking the entire property. This place took us the entire day and took up 3 full 17″ truck load of stuff to stage, it was a fun project!
  • Ross Rd. Palo Alto: A midtown Palo Alto newly constructed 5 bedroom single family. Very practical and functional floor plan, perfect home for a large family.
  • Madison Ave. Mountain View: Sold in 7 days! Need I say more?
  • S. Mary, Sunnyvale: A spacious townhouse located close to downtown Sunnyvale.
  • Samadra Ave. Sunnyvale: Bordering Cupertino, close to many new shopping centers/plazas, a great starter home.
  • Palmita Ave. Mountain View: 3 blocks away from the booming Castro St. downtown Mountain View, this charming SFR looks and smells new inside and out. (Sold in 9 days!!)
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