Team work can make staging a home easier and faster. Why do it by yourself when you can have a few of your staging friends help you. This is what Candi Hutchinson did at Décor Solutions when she staged this home. She sought out the help of her staging friend (Siobhan Sheehan) and ended up with a great look for the home seller.

Homeowners needed help in staging their home for sale.  Worked with the homeowner to use everything existing in the home to keep costs down.  Cost was less than $1000 and home sold in less than 30 days.

“Urban & Upscale provided an amazing service by staging our home before selling it. Because of this, our home had offers on it within the first week on the market… And this was in a buyers market. The house sold within 30 days thanks to the extraordinary and professional service provided by Urban & Upscale. Within 5 hours they transformed our home using OUR things to appear much more spacious and beautiful than it had been when they began. I can’t say enough about how important I think this service is in selling a home.“

The master bedroom was designed around a faux finish created on the walls of the home by artist Patrick Sheehan.  Bedding was chosen around the gold, green, grey and brown color schemes in the room

The artist’s studio was created as both a studio to paint and an office.  The artist is a muralist based in Louisville, KY.  So installations and designs were generally large.  This meant the need for an area that could accommodate large scale production.  What you see here is the beginning.  Please keep checking back as we continue the renovation.

There is also a need to display some of the artist’s paintings and illustrations.  A decision was made to recreate the space into both a studio and a gallery. 

Things that needed to change:

• Remove books from the space off the bookshelves and the credenza.  Given that most reference could be gathered from on-line reference, the need for some of the books had become unnecessary

  

• Begin to declutter and clean the area.  The space has become a catchall for anything and everything since it is in the lower level of a private home
• Tile for the floor was from the 1960’s and the decision was made to replace with ceramic tile that had the look of wood.  This would keep the floor easy to clean if paint should spill.
• Walls were paneling and installed when the home was built.  This will be replaced with drywall

Start of the Renovation

All the books were removed from the credenza that were located in what will be the gallery.  This freed up space and uncluttered the area.  Storage boxes were moved underneath a table in the studio.  Finally, a piece of art that dated back to 1975 was hung on the wall between the lamps.

Original design for the bathroom was white as a basic simple palette.  It’s clean, soothing and lends itself to offering that retreat feel to a bathroom.  It’s also great for changing up when you want to add more color for interesting focal points.  We added red towels and a red rug for some additional color.  Interesting parts of the space:

• This particular bathroom had no closet space, it was removed during a renovation but the owners still needed a linen and storage closet.  A cabinet purchased from Arhaus was the perfect addition.
• The tub was purchased online from a company specializing in free-standing tubs.  Hardware was also available and made it a simple process to add the faucet to the purchase.
• Bead board was used around the walls that worked with the 60’s cape cod style of the house
• The window is a café style turned sideways and rolls out to open.  Screen is on the inside of the window.
• Birdbath was used as a place for a nice floral arrangement and a spot for soap or cloths when needed.

These are just a few of the projects that we’ve been working on.  Some of these are in our home, some are from clients we’ve worked with over the years.  All of them inspired by a need to change up, refresh or get the place ready for the next owner.  Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll be happy to share!