Home Staging Vs. Interior Design
Contrary to what some people believe, a home staging business is nothing like being an interior decorating service. An interior decorator plies their trade by creating room designs to suit the owner or person occupying the space. Many high-end contractors and architects will have an interior decorator they recommend and work with when building a custom home for a client or a corporate facility for a business. The designs the interior decorator proposes and eventually creates in the space reflect the themes of the home owner or for business, the company’s scheme. This is almost the opposite of what a professional home stager does.
The entire purpose of home staging is to create a space that is neutral, a blank canvas so to speak, that will enable a prospective property buyer to envision their own theme or design in the room. The objective is to foster an appearance of uncluttered, functional and welcoming rooms in the home or business facility. This will allow the people being shown the property by a realtor, the ability to visualize inhabiting the space and adding their own special touches. Home staging can be especially important in family dwellings that have recently been placed on the market for sale. Almost every realtor knows that having one of their recent listings staged will increase the odds of an offer being made.