WEST END AVENUE STUDIO
(“AFTER” photos by Martyn Gallina-Jones)
FLOOR PLAN
Before Staging, this studio apartment missed the mark especially in a buyers’ market. It would have been a serious challenge for purchasers to overlook the patchworked and stained parquet floors, outdated kitchen/entry floor tile, and thirty years of neglect and partial updates.
During pre-staging, HUMANSCAPES unified, refreshed, and opened-up this lovely studio with new wood floors, paint, 6-inch base molding, and door hardware throughout. Then HUMANSCAPES’ furnishings created our signature “lifestyle staging” to complete the fresh look and beautifully reveal gracious living, dining, home office and bedroom areas.
After Staging, the on-line photos and marketing promotion enticed potential purchasers to attend Open Houses and experience in-person the many features this home offered. The seller quickly accepted a near-asking bid and happily relocated to an already-purchased retirement condo.
STUDIO APARTMENT
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BEFORE (southwest view)
None of the living spaces were clearly defined and there was clutter everywhere in this studio apartment
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BEFORE (southeast view)
The retired seller had been comfortable here for thirty years, yet, the promise of what could be possible for new buyers was completely hidden
STUDIO APARTMENT
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HUMANSCAPES’ Pre-Staging included new wood floors, then this studio’s gracious living potential was realized by Staging four distinct areas with HUMANSCAPES’ furnishings for Living, Dining, Home Office, and Bedroom area
LIVING ROOM
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LIVING ROOM
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Offering layout options, the first marketing photo shows the bed facing the window and the headboard creates visual privacy between the Living and Bedroom Areas
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The second photo shows a completely open space with the bed against the wall on the far right and without distinct Living and Bedroom areas
DINING AREA
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For thirty years, the seller had lived with completely undefined Dining and Bedroom Areas in this one-room Studio apartment
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During Pre-Staging, mis-matched parquet flooring was discovered at the entrance to the studio’s main room when the large area rug was removed
DINING AREA
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The newly-installed, continuous hardwood floors throughout and well-defined Dining Area demonstrate gracious Studio living without compromise
KITCHEN
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HOME OFFICE AREA
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BEDROOM AREA
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BEDROOM AREA
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BATH
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Even the nicely-renovated bathroom seemed disjointed before Staging
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The entire home was unified with a continuous color scheme throughout
