Home Staging Secrets: How to Stage a Loft Area

Home Staging Secrets: How to Stage a Loft Area
Cathy Hobbs
4/2/2014
Updated:
4/23/2016

Most home buyers love the idea of having a loft! Why wouldn’t they? It’s a great extra space that can be used for pretty much anything.

Like an ordinary spare room, it’s tempting to neglect the loft area when staging your home, when really you should be using it to your advantage. Give buyers a clear example of what the room can be used for, and resist the urge to pile things up that you couldn’t find another place for.

This loft area in Atlanta, GA didn’t look very appealing. But we were able to fix that with just a few simple steps! In the before picture, you'll see that the room was probably intended to be a spare bedroom but also ended up being a place to put random objects without a home!

atlanta before.jpg

To fix this problem, we got rid of anything unnecessary to the space -- like the refrigerator, one of the bookshelves, and everything else that created clutter. We also moved the bed to the opposite wall so that it would be the first thing that catches the eye.

atlanta after

Photo Credit: Cathy Hobbs. Staged by a Cathy Hobbs Home Staging Class.

Want to learn more about home staging? Check out one of my Home Staging Classes. The next classes take place on April 11th in High Point, NC, and on May 2nd in Edmonton, AB!

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5-time Emmy award winning television personality Cathy Hobbs (ASID) is the founder and creator of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes™. Cathy currently hosts her own self-branded design television series, Design Recipes, airing on the top rated “PIX Morning News” on WPIX-TV in New York City. Cathy was a finalist on Season 6 of HGTV's Hit Reality Series "DESIGN STAR and most recently served for a year as the green expert for “The Life Improvement Squad” a national campaign with IKEA and O Magazine.
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