Simplistic Living - Home Staging, Professional Organization, Downsizing

Kitchen

The items on the countertop and refrigerator took away from the rich beauty of this kitchen.

• • Removed all the items from the refrigerator, top and sides
• • Put all food items in the cupboards
• • Put the toaster oven in the cupboard
• • Kept out the cooking utensils by the stove, the canister set on the counter top, put 3 colorful vases on the counter in the corner and a colorful bowl of fruit on the island

Resulted in allowing the rich beauty of this kitchen to show itself.

Living Room

Lived in and busy with conflicting styles.

• • Switched chairs in the corner to match the style
• • Removed the mirror above the sofa and the blanket on the back of the sofa
• • Removed the cat perch in front of the window
• • Placed the books on the coffee table on the book shelf

Resulted in a much more peaceful space.

Office

Changes do not have to be drastic to make a big impact

• • Cleaned non-essential items off the desk top, leaving only the computer and desk lamp
• • Removed items from the top of the bookcase, leaving only the small lamp
• • Cleaned the items in the bookcase and centered the remaining items for visual balance
• • Removed the wall picture to reduce the cluttered appearance

Resulted in a clean, organized, more peaceful environment

Dining Room

A dining room table not ready to eat at

• • The table became a work station and had to be cleaned off to eat at
• • The bakers rack had two shelves cluttered with magazines
• • Removed all the magazines
• • Spread out the plants
• • Cleaned off the table

Resulted in the room being ready to be used for its purpose

Staged for Sale

Declutter and optimize the space

• • Removed the blanket and newspapers on sofa
• • Cleared items from the book shelves to create space between objects
• • Removed the video cabinet and boxes
• • Moved the lounge chair to the corner by the book shelf; resulted in a reading space

Resulted in a much more peaceful space.

Entry Space

This space became a catch all spot for itmes in transition, such as coats, purses, mail, etc.

• • Moved all non essential itmes to other spots in the house where they were better suited

Resulted in a clean entry space highlighting the beautiful bench

Guest Bedroom

No room in the guest bedroom for the guest

• • This room became a storage space for all the items the homeowner didn't know where to put
• • We purged, purged and purged some more
• • The bookcases were removed from the house
• • The bed was rearranged and made the focal point of the room

Resulted in this being a great space for guests

Master Bedroom Closet

Homeowners disliked the messy look and the white wire shelving

• • Removed everything
• • Replaced white wire shelving with wooden shelving units and rods
• • Provided more shelf area for folded clothes with the ability to see them
• • Provided velvet flocked hangers for consistency and space optimization

Resulted in an organized custom-made closet

Bookcase

Small area, big impact

• • Removed all items on the wall; there was just too much stuff in this space
• • Purged through the books; moved the cookbooks to the kitchen and the business related books to the office
• • Moved the CDs to the bookcase and removed the CD case
• • Decluttered the top of the bookcase; there was too much stuff on top of a small space

Resulted in increasing the size of the area and creating a sense of peace by not having so many conflicting things to look at