Quality home staging goes beyond the placement of furniture. Whether you are an expert home stager or you are simply interested in bringing the secrets of interior design to life in your own home, here are some tips for creating an environment that brings furnished housing to life with the language of love. The best interior designers advise us that a romantic decor appeals to the senses through color, layering and texture. Start with luxurious fabrics such as velvet, raw silk, satin or polished cotton. These fabrics can create a sense of timelessness—an visual escape from the outside world. Layering and textures create tones of warmth, intimacy and intrigue. For example, try layering a fur (or faux fur) throw on a raw silk fabric surface, or pair a pin-tucked bedspread with a diamond quilted velvet. Two different textures in the same or similar colors can also create a beautiful effect. Deep, rich colors can create a lush environment. Aside from the tried and true red hues, colors such plums and purples, chocolate browns, deep blues, and even metallic tones like copper can create a sense of romance as well. Check out our High Glam Pinterest board to see some great …
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With economists pointing to a buyer’s market in 2012, sellers are scrambling to make their homes more appealing and gain the edge. But you don’t necessarily need to do major renovations to make your home more attractive. In a buyer’s market, home staging can make all the difference in the sale of your home, and you can do home staging yourself by following a few simple guidelines. 1. Clean and depersonalize the space. When preparing your home, be sure to clean more rigorously than you ever cleaned before, including the exterior. Be sure that your grass is cut, trees and bushes are maintained and the overall appearance of your home’s exterior is appealing. On the inside, clean every surface and make sure that the house is impeccable. One way to approach this is to walk through your home and imagine that you are a potential home buyer. This may allow you to see things you did not see before. Remove all of your personal belongings and anything that represents your personal style. The home buyer needs to be able to imagine themselves living in your home. If your personal touch is everywhere, this may be more difficult. Also remove anything …
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Of all the pieces of furniture in the home, perhaps the bed is the most important. We have more contact with our bed than any other surface in the home, and the quality of our sleep can have a big impact on the quality of our lives. In the furniture rental business, we understand the importance of selecting and maintaining quality furniture and mattresses. Investing in a quality mattress, whether rented or owned, can be an important part of maintaining your health, but over time, a high-quality mattress can easily be rendered sub-par through wear and tear, as well as misuse. Fortunately, regular maintenance can help a quality mattress retain it’s beauty and comfort for many many years. We thought you would appreciate us sharing these mattress maintenance tips with you here in our furniture blog. 1. Get to know your mattress. Carefully read the warranty on your mattress. Some mattresses’ warranties are invalidated by certain actions, like using a mismatched box spring, using an inferior bed frame, or putting a board between your mattress and the box spring. Knowing the specifications and recommendation for your mattress will assist you in maintaining it and the warranty. 2. Rotate your mattress. …
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When deciding on home furniture rental choices that will create a “Relaxing Ranch” atmosphere, consider the accents that can really bring out your interior design aesthetic and can be executed best in your rooms. Modern Ranch décor is characterized by open floor plans that combine tradition with comfort, and the ability to accomodate stately furniture. Hardwood panels and floors, brown leather, rustic metals, and nature-inspired colors are all integral to achieving a “Relaxing Ranch” look in your home. Another important quality of ranch inspired decor is creating warmth with design. Creating a more cozy environment will whittle the vast space down to a more humanistic scale. There are several ways you can achieve warmth with style. A few include: Fabric Texture is an important design quality. Choose tapestries, throws, pillows, and even rope to accent your home and to make more sterile environments more cozy. Make sure that metals are balances with softer textures. Table runners, woven trays, and placemats can make more contemporary home furniture rental furnishings appear more cozy. Color Taking cues from nature is a good idea when you would like to create a ranch inspired home. You can draw in elements of nature with color. Charcoal, …
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We’ve alphabetically compiled a list of some of the best home staging tips from our furniture blog! Do you practice the ABC’s of home staging? A – Assess the home’s age and what potential buyers it will attract before deciding on a theme B – Begin with a general plan and stick to it C – Create a focal point for each room D – Draw a map on graph paper to help illustrate and layout your placement. E – Eliminate clutter F – Fresh air and light fragrances set the mood G – Gussy up old furniture and fixtures with new accessories (pillows, throw blankets, etc) H – Hide personal items or accolades of current home dwellers I – Incorporate natural elements that bring the space to life (plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables) J – Juxtapose neutral tones with a splash of vibrant color for dimension K – Keep the rooms well lit L – Lead animals away from home staged areas M – Minimalism is a key home staging design approach N – Neutral, painted walls and wallpaper create a palatable canvas for staged furnishings O – Orient the room using Feng Shui P – Pair patterns with …
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Last week on the furniture blog we discussed storage ideas for small apartment or dorm living in college. This week, we take on areas of your living space that can benefit from organization. Once you have these three areas in check, you can save time and not have to worry about last minute changes of plans, or all night study marathons! 1. The Closet: Arranging clothes and shoes by color is a classic technique, but it is not always practical and even more difficult to maintain. Instead, keep your lifestyle and habits in mind to find an arrangement that works best for you. Organizing clothes by season, by outfit choices that would look good together, or for dedicated occasions (gym, class, dinner date, etc) are all ideas to consider. Refer to our last furniture blog post for storage tips for your closet that can also help you organize. 2. The Desk: Usually, this is where you will be when you are on what we like to call “academic lockdown” – the time when a deadline is near and all coffee shops in the area with wi-fi are closed. The key is to make your desk area clutter free and well lit. Accordion files …
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CORT student furniture rental packages can provide you with flexibility when you are furnishing your first apartment during college. At a time in your life where you may not know what the coming years will bring with regards to jobs, future internship opportunities or additional schooling, CORT Furniture can provide you with temporary furnishings that suit your transitional lifestyle. Student furniture rental is also ideal for those who live with roommates that have similar lifestyles and school plans during the year or semester. You can split the cost of furniture rental among your roommates and not have to worry about divvying up dinner table chairs and the living room couch when its time to move out. Another benefit of student furniture rental for your apartment is the ease of the moving-out and moving-in process itself! CORT Furniture professionals will move the furniture into your new apartment, and will also move it out at the end of your furniture lease. You will not even have to lift a finger! Without having to move heavy, large pieces of furniture around you may be able to cut some moving costs by having the flexibility to pack and move all other personal items by yourself, without movers. …
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In past furniture blog posts, we have stressed the importance of creating an aesthetically pleasing atmosphere for guests and potential buyers through home staging and rental furniture selection best practice. When you are dreaming up the perfectly arranged home, it is a natural step to also plan for guest overnight stays. The guest room is a reflection of your hospitality. A well planned arrangement that makes one feel welcome and comfortable is a kindness that does not go unnoticed. This week on a twitter chat based on interior design themes, categorized by the #intdesignerchat hashtag, the topic was focused on guest room accommodations. The conversation stirred a lot creative ideas among furniture blog writers, interior designers, architects, and home stagers. Some great tips were brought to the table. Leslie Fine, of Leslie Fine Interiors, stressed the importance of “know[ing] in advance the schedule of their visit so that all expectations are met”. When the topic of essential amenities was raised, bed comfort was number one. There was a discussion at length about what extra amenities should be provided for guests. Among the “must haves” for ultimate comfort, “a chair, a luggage rack, and a reading light” were some extra special touches Sam Henderson, the …
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Many of you may have caught a glimpse of CORT’s newest line of home staging furniture for offices in last week’s episode of The Celebrity Apprentice. For their most recent challenge, the contestants used our office furniture to stage a television commercial set. While the celebrities worked with minimal room on their set, it had us thinking about how all small office conditions could be best optimized and staged to promote the appearance of a professional and comfortable office environment. As we have mentioned countless times on the furniture blog, eliminating clutter is a crucial first step to maximizing your staging space. File away all loose paper and books on shelves and in cabinets. It is also important to hide all awards and personal accolades, as well as items with the current company branding. Depersonalizing the space will keep eyes from focusing on one particular part of the room. It is important that the office is seen as one continuous when taken in at a glance. Choose lighter, neutral tones for your walls and furniture to complete this home staging look. Keep the office looking as minimalist as possible, however it should still embody humanistic qualities. Neatly display office supplies, such …
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Last week on the furniture blog, we shared home staging furniture tips from our Twitter followers. Well friends, today we are sharing more tips with you today from our Facebook fans! Michael Miles, of Michael Miles Photography, stressed the importance of de-cluttering your home and moving as much as possible into a storage unit. Keeping the rooms free from clutter does not only add to the aesthetic quality of your staged home, but also provides the illusion of more space. As we’ve mentioned on the furniture blog before, in addition to eliminating clutter, it is also important to de-personalize your home. Shana Sagat of Shawnee, Kansas stated: “You want it to look lived in, yet not lived in by you.” This means that all accolades and items that reflect your personal interests and hobbies should be hidden or taken down. You want the rooms to be a blank canvas for a potential buyer so that they are able to envision how their future life would look inside of your featured home. Keeping the idea of a de-personalized home in mind should continue all the way through the remodeling process as well, especially if you are featuring an older home. Judy Colburn is a home stager in …
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