Many people have home offices in their bedrooms these days. Almost all of us have computers, many have home businesses and we need a place to keep printers, desks, filing cabinets, etc. When selling your home, the bedroom isn't the best place for this!
When selling your home the bedroom should be restful & luxurious. This doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be lavish however. Depending on the list price of the home, the budget you have to work with and what you have access to - simple can be just the ticket.
both of these rooms below comprise the 3rd photo. (Unfortunately I don't have the long angle of this room in before - I have no idea why I missed taking it.)
The demographics for this buyer are young first time home buyers or young families. While a home office/computer room will still be important to this demographic, it is typically better to relocate the office elsewhere in the home. Women in particular express the desire to have the bedroom as a place of comfort, not necessarily functionality. Having a respite to read or relax away from the family does still provide fuction however.... while still appealing to their comfort factor.
Thanks to team members David Moon & Bonnie Mizzell for helping with this transformation!
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I agree with you, but I am sitting in the bedroom right now.
Charlie - thank you! That's the whole idea.... form & function!
Melissa - thanks to you also....
Kathy - I know. I would not have felt 'rested' when I woke up and opened my eyes to the stacks of paper on my desk if that were my room.
Chris - but is your house for sale?
Good Post Melissa,
The bedroom is for romance not work. Not everyone has mixed the two so when staging the bedroom shoudl be a bedroom.
Melissa,
Looks wonderful and sooooo much better. How did you get the home owners to agree to move out their furniture so you could bring yours in??
Karel - absolutely.... it goes back to the whole concept of selling is different than living
Lori - it definately can be a tricky process... I got lucky with this home. They were going to move it out of the bedroom anyway, but when they moved somewhere else it made it super easy!
Sandra - just as I said to Lori above, the owners moved out. This is the same home as the blog I wrote about targeting your demographics. I was there when it was occupied, then staged when they moved out.
Yeah, Melissa-the filing cabinets and carpet protector under the chair are definate bedroom turn-offs! I have been able to pull off a computer in the bedroom only once-with a built in bookcase and desk in a townhome. But we used a chair that did not look like an office & cleaned off everything but the monitor.
Kathy
Restful and luxurious achieved, very nice job! We don't often see a home office in a master bedroom, but rather in a guest bedroom, den/study, or basement. The room looks wonderfu, spacious and free of clutter now that the home office has been relocated.
Kathy - the important thing is that the room feel relaxing... not cluttered and stressful like this office was!
Fernando - glad you think so! I really loved the colors in this home....
Terrylynn - Thanks! I try to give my clients the best job I can provide on their budgets...
Elaine - I don't mind offices in guest rooms & have even purposefully staged some homes that way. The master bedroom is almost always a no-no!
Lisa - I feel like I see them in masters all the time, but most commonly in mid to low priced homes. This was an older couple who actualy had a FROG they could have put it in, but they didn't want to walk up stairs all the time...
Maureen - I'll admit when my husband was in the Navy ours was in our bedroom - there was no other place to put one. I understand it for living, but not for staging.... different needs come into play...
Melissa - awesome work! And you're right, I would feel much more relaxed, as a buyer, without the office set-up.
Question - how are you getting such a crisp look on the bed? There doesn't appear to be a wrinkle had.
Kathy
Fantastic work Melissa. I love that headboard. Is it actually a headboard or is it fasioned out of screen or wall hanging. Very cool!
Abby - they just don't work in a staged home.... though I do understand their occassional need in real life.
Lonni - It is a Pier 1 'wall art' screen. We use them frequently as they are light, easy to carry, easy to store & best of all.... inexpensive!
Great post and job as always. Thank you for sharing.
Would you please let us know where you purchased the bed linens. :)