Home Staging in Portland Oregon Blog

This remodeled home has truly outstanding views of downtown Portland, John's Landing, the Willamette River, and Mt. Hood from it's treetop location in the Fulton Park neighborhood.

 ~ 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths ~ 2,940 sq ft.

Enjoy the photos of this stunning view and some of the staged rooms in this home ...

The Dining space overlooks a gorgeous setting

There are two master suites, one on each level

This home has Italian tile & oak hardwood floors throughout, along with fireplaces in the Great room & the Family room

With 4 Bedrooms, one of them can easily serve as an Office space with views of the Willamette River

The Kitchen has slab granite counters, S/S appliances, Italian tile flooring, and a great view!

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This home was professionally staged by Room Solutions Staging in Portland, Oregon.  We offer homeowners, banks, builders, investors & real estate agents a menu of home staging services to prepare properties for the market.  For a free home staging proposal for your property, give us a call @ 503-246-1800.  Our clients have confidence in knowing that our staged homes sell faster in today's challenging market!   View our updated Portland OR home staging photo gallery to see Before & After photos of both our vacant and occupied properties.

We recently staged a vacant Portland Oregon home that had been remodeled.  When contacted by the sellers, our Portland home staging company provided suggestions for cosmetic improvements to be completed prior to staging ~ information that's always included in our home staging services. The sellers knew that this home's strongest selling feature is the amazing views of the Willamette River, Mt. Hood, and downtown Portland.  On a clear day, you can see for miles!  Take a look .... 

With photos of these great Portland OR views in the online listing, buyers will want to tour this home ~ but it's just as important for the home itself to stand up well in the online photos and during showings.  We recommended staging all of the rooms with views and a few other key areas to help buyers imagine themselves living in this heavenly location.  Here are some Before & After photos of the staging of this home ...

In the Kitchen/Dining area we recommended coordinating the light fixtures (and having the windows professionally cleaned so that buyers could see the beautiful views) ...

We staged the Dining Space so that buyers would find sharing a meal & enjoying the view irresistible (even when it's raining like in the After photo below) ...

The Master Bedroom, although not large, has another mesmerizing view and when staged, shows buyers that a queen bed fits easily here, along with a dresser or chest ...

Even the Master Bathroom has a wonderful view to enjoy! To make this home move-in ready, we advised adding a shower door ...

We staged the 4th bedroom below as a Study/Office to show buyers a useful function for this space ~ but you might find the lovely view distracting if you're trying to get some work done ...

The Great Room has a wood-burning fireplace and plenty of space to entertain buyers & their friends ... but staging it shows them how to make it feel warm and inviting (be sure to add logs to the fireplace grate) ...

The Family Room below is spacious but needs furniture & color to show buyers a cozy gathering place ...

When staged, the Guest Suite shows buyers it's much roomier than it appears when empty ...

When staging a home with a great view, the staging should enhance it ~ not distract from it.  Buyers want ideas on how they might place their furniture, especially if the home has any challenging floorplan layouts.  Proper staging will help them imagine living in the home ~ which can lead to an offer.  As always with staging, we can draw attention to architectural features in the home with well-placed props.  In this home, the family room was the one place where we used lots of color;  since it's located downstairs, bright color gave it a needed "lift" of energy.  In most of the upstairs rooms, color was used as an accent  so  that it didn't distract from the main selling feature, the view.

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For more tips on home staging and how it can help you sell your property, contact Room Solutions Staging in Portland OR @ 503-246-1800.  We offer a variety of home staging services to homeowners, Realtors, builders, and investors.  Properties that we've staged this year have an average Days on Market of just 28 days (compared to the Portland metro average of 144!)  View our updated Portland OR home staging photo gallery to see Before & After photos of both our vacant and occupied properties.

This post about 8 Myths of Home Staging is well worth reading ... thanks to Donna Ross for her thoughts on this topic.  A must read for sellers and their agents!

SELLERS: SOME GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HOME STAGING COMPANY

When you’re comparing home staging proposals, here are some questions to consider asking so that you can be confident you’re selecting the company that’s best for your project:

• Is the home staging company registered in the City they’re based in and fully insured for liability in the event of property damage while on your premises?  Will they provide a copy of their insurance coverage to you?

• Does the staging company's pricing proposal include staging the same number of rooms  as your other proposals -- so that you can compare apples to apples?  Do they partially stage with "vignettes" only, or do they offer full staging with coordinated furnishings and accessories? 

• Did they show you examples and photos of their actual work, and not just stock photos of the company they trained with (or photos they found on the internet)? 

• Does the staging company provide top-quality digital photos for your agent to use online, as well as for flyers? 

• Are they an established professional staging company with a good website? How long have they been in business?  Does local media include them in articles, interviews & film clips?
  

• Does the staging company include periodic visits to the property to check on the staging as part of their service? 

• Does the staging company accept credit cards? 

• What training and professional affiliations does the home staging designer have?  Are they a full time home stager?

• Does the staging company provide photos of their recent staging projects? 

• Does the staging company give you local clients' references and testimonials? 
  

• Does the staging company require a 3-month or longer rental minimum? (you may prefer a shorter time frame)
  

Because home staging is not yet a regulated industry, there are misconceptions about how it should be done as well as how to hire a good home stager.  If you ask these questions of the stagers you're considering for your project, you'll be able to determine who's best for you.

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Room Solutions Staging in Portland OR helps homeowners, builders, investors, banks & Realtors prepare their properties with a full menu of home staging services to make them appealing to your target buyer.  For a complimentary home staging proposal call us @ 503-246-1800.  View our updated Portland OR home staging photo gallery to see Before & After photos of both our vacant and occupied properties.

If you're selling a home in the greater Portland Oregon area, let's talk turkey about staging it!

Your property may be just coming on the market ~ or maybe it's been for sale for a while now without an acceptable offer ... here are some Tips to help you sell it.  By now (thanks to HGTV) almost everyone has heard about home staging, but not everyone knows how it works.

• Be sure to list your property with a licensed Realtor who specializes in your neighborhood.  Now is not the time to try a FSBO sale ... today's challenging market has too many possible pitfalls to handle by yourself.  An experienced Realtor will guide you through the pricing process, contract of sale negotiations, inspections, ensuring your buyers are qualified, etc.  An expert Realtor is well worth the commission earned and provides value-added services to their clients.
  

• First, contact a professional home staging expert in your area!  Whether your home is occupied while it's on the market, or vacant, we can provide a cost-effective consultation to identify what easy fixes may be needed to make your home appealing to your target buyer.  Your property might need a fresh coat of paint -- we're color experts and help select the best color for your house.  Maybe it's not in your budget to remodel your kitchen or bathrooms -- no problem!  We can suggest easy & inexpensive updates that will be appealing to buyers.  Not sure where your furniture should be placed to showcase your home's best features?  We do this everyday and include this advice in our Verbal Walk Through Consultation service.  If your home needs a few accessories or wall decor to give it that extra pop, you can rent them from our staging inventory, or we can advise the best places in town to buy them (or even shop for you).
  

• If vacant, your property will look far more inviting to potential buyers with properly-placed furnishings.  The cost may be less than you think ~ so contact your local staging company for a complimentary staging proposal.  (This year our company's staged properties have sold in less than 29 days on the market, compared with the Portland metro area average of 144 days on market.)

• Be sure that your home staging company is fully insured and ask them for client references ~ you want the best service at a competitive rate; finding out what previous clients have said is very important.

• Make sure your online listing photos (and the ones in the marketing flyers your Realtor provides) are high quality digital photos taken with a wide-angle lens.  Since we know that 90% of today's buyers are previewing homes on the web before making an in-person visit, your photos must be appealing to buyers and show the property's best features.

Hopefully these tips will help when marketing your Portland OR home for sale .... Stage it to Sell it!

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Room Solutions Staging offers Portland Oregon Homeowners, Realtors, Builders, Banks and Investors a menu of professional home staging services to suit your budget and time frame.  For a complimentary home staging proposal, call us @ 503-246-1800 or visit our Contact page.   View our updated Portland OR home staging photo gallery to see Before & After photos of both our vacant and occupied properties.