Since creating the “to be continued” blog, I’ve been closing each post with the words “dwell in possibilities.” I must confess that I borrowed this phrase from the great poet, Emily Dickinson. I saw her quote and realized that it summed up what I am doing as a professional home stager and interior designer.

I am most grateful to Ms. Dickinson for her insightful and inspiring phrase.

Regardless of the size or price range of a house, my objective is to find the possibilities in that house. I am looking for those unique features of that house and finding possible ways to accentuate them for the potential buyer. I am analyzing those unusual spaces that buyers find difficult to understand upon first glance and finding possible functional uses for those spaces.

In the end, my mission is to help the potential buyer see how they could dwell in the possibilities of this house!


Monday, October 3, 2011

What a Kitchen!

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I am showcasing a great house that has so many wonderful features.  I couldn’t limit myself to just one blog article because this house is “One of My All Time Favorite Projects”. 

Today, I want to feature the kitchen and dining area of My Favorite Project as they are perfect complements for great cooking, fun gatherings, and country elegance.

As I’ve mentioned in previous discussions, I believe that the kitchen can be the deal closer if it is done well or the deal breaker, if it is not (think outdated, cluttered and confusing).  Kitchens are where family and friends gather to enjoy good food and each other. 

As you can see from the “Before” pictures, I had great material to work with.  The home was obviously a labor of love with major remodeling done with taste and style.  And that taste and style is perfectly represented in the kitchen and dining area.

I can tell that the home sellers cooked many great family meals and served them at the scrubbed pine harvest table; prepared Sunday suppers for close friends; baked lots of cookies with Grandkids; and, maybe talked about life and love with girlfriends over a cup of coffee while sitting at the huge butcher block bar.  

This kitchen was made for living and sharing!

My job as a home stager is to help a potential home buyer envision their best self living a great life in this house.  In order to make this house buyer friendly, I had to remove a lot of the things that made this kitchen special and work for the homeowner.  We had to remove collections (collecting was clearly a hobby enjoyed immensely by the home sellers), memorabilia, kitchen appliances and utensils. 

This kitchen has a definite style (remember “country without the cute”).  I was polishing a diamond.  But by doing much editing and streamlining, staging made it more modern and forward.

Just look at this dining room table.  What you can’t see is the amazing view of the yard and pond!  The possibilities in this space are of quiet meals, merry parties and holiday feasts to fuel the imagination of any potential buyer who steps into this simple and yet elegant space made for living and sharing.

See more examples of kitchens staged by Transitions at our website http://www.transitions-home-staging.com/Staging-by-Room-Type.html


Dwell in possibilities

Cindy
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  1. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    There are plenty of kitchen countertops materials to choose from and there are good looking but cheaper alternatives to granite and polished marble if you want a stunning kitchen.

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