Can a Farmhouse be Glamorous?

Ummmm….YES. See your for yourself just how glam it can get. One of our favorite builders delivers incredible projects for us to stage and for a lucky buyer to live their dream life. Win! Win!

Isn’t it good? I told you so!

Listed by Windermere agents Gunnar Hadley and Jane Johnson. The well thought out design and staging job is by Team Open House. We make staging-magic where ever we go.

Traditional & Contemporary Marriage

What a surprise when you step inside this seemingly traditional home and find a modern vibe. It feels like you’re in the treetops. Clever design!

Listing by Daniela Dombrowski for Keller Williams and staging by Team Open House. Give us a call to highlight your home.

Luxe Living...

We actually enjoyed designing and executing the staging for these Wallingford neighborhood townhouses. The front unit we leaned into “upscale luxe” and the middle unit we called “colorful modern”. We barely got out the door and the front home went pending. You’ll see why…

On to the next townhouse…

Shout out to our amazing team of Stager Girls at Open House for blasting this into the cool zone and a big thanks to listing agent Daniela Dombrowski from Keller Williams who hired us.

Um....POW!

Does it get any swankier than this? Me thinks not. Can you believe how beautiful this turned out? We just had to add the icing on the ever-so-cool “cake”. Any doubters out there in regards to staging this may help you see the light. Prepare to be amazed.

Listing by Sarah Ford for Coldwell Banker Bain and the staging is by our rock star team at Open House.

Refreshed and Ready!

Oh to experience the Seattle sunsets. This is the perfect fit for a visual experience inside and out.

Listing by incredible, dedicated, go-the-distance agents Dawn Bourdo and Corey Hays for Compass. And that carefully planned out beautiful staging is by us gals at Open House Staging.

A Moment in the Life of a Stager Girl

Sometimes we need to surround ourselves (literally) with our work in order to continue to be creative. Our “to do” list is a bit different in that we have throw pillows, linens, furniture, art and accessories on it. Below is a planning session with three of our Rock Star team members. My Sister Extraordinaire and I are very proud of this moment because back in the day it was 100% just us and we didn’t have heat or an ever-so-cool staff.

Grand Dutch Colonial in Wallingford

I wish you all could see what a good, high quality remodel looks like. The kitchen windows are to die for, the light fixtures are big statements and the spaces are incredible. Take a look …

This beauty is listed by Kris Murphy & Elaine Shankland for Keller Williams and the fabulous staging is by us gals at Open House.

Staging

Listing by an amazing team: Kris Murphy & Elaine Shankland for Keller Williams Luxury. Staging by another amazing team here at Open House Staging.

Day in the Life of a Stager Girl

For a good laugh we sometimes plan how we will dress for the day. Today we are in Maple Valley at a beautiful farm style home so we all decided to dress the part. (or at least what we think farmer girls would wear).

Then there are the days where we do not plan what we wear and we turn up matching the home!

It’s a road trip for us to stage in Maple Valley or Black Diamond but we make it an event and now we often look forward to it. YeeHaw!

And No, we would not wear our swimming suits when we stage a floating home! Tempting but no.

Day in the Life of a Stager Girl

Even when we are crazy busy we still find time for fun. A huge luxury is sitting down for 5 minutes to decompress. Here is a snap shot of our staging days.

And today, we are waiting on the forgotten dining room table back at the warehouse…

And if the sun is out no matter the time of year we will find an excuse to be in it!

We are barely ready to take on another big week. Starting to feel the market letting loose…homes are selling! Good things are happening out there.

Day in the Life of our Furniture

Could not wait for professional photos because I am so excited to share this hipster home. Light, bright, airy and a whole lotta fun to stage.

We have had the molded chairs in the warehouse just waiting to be put to work. I struggled with the head chairs until I saw an Instagram post showing wicker chairs at the head of the table. Luckily our Donghia chairs were raising their hand for the job. It’s a first for them in this setting but they assured me they were up for the task. WE. LOVE. THE. LOOK.!

Note the bar set up in the back ground. We have our go-to pro that is always up for the task of creating a bar. Thank you Jen! (I will do a post specifically on her bar set up…stay tuned). Sometimes she brews coffee or tea (if there is no soy sauce) to create the colors in the bottles.

The leather Atrium Chair has also been hiding in the warehouse. We loaded it for a bedroom but found that it was more impact full in the living area. The live edge coffee table calms down AND warms up the modern vibe. (That’s a heavy responsibility for a coffee table). Every piece has its role. We only had 1 art wall so we made the most of it by going large. Originally we had a console but in the words of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez it was just “Meh". The art was thrilled to hog the wall and take the job away from our console.

An amateur photo shot of the first impression but I think it makes you look up and say “wow”. It’s job is to set the tone of the home. It’s says “expect this home to be modern, sexy and ever-so-hip”.

The gold and black side tables have often been used as night stands. They turn the design conversation to metals. We paired it with gold lamps and finished with a metallic gold circle mirror. Everyone is happy…

The final image is the 2nd bedroom. So much going on with so little color. It’s all about tones and textures.

We will be featuring this house again with better photos but just had to share because I am inspired. The listing will be out soon- it is by Team Diva Real Estate. Staging is by us at Open House Staging.