How to stage a living room virtually to sale and how much does it cost?

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Let’s first consider with you whether virtually staging a living room is worth at all. Imagine that you are looking for a house on the Internet, you find a house that interests you, and look at photos of empty rooms. How will you feel? Will you immediately imagine yourself in this house? Will you want to buy it? I think, no. Empty rooms are cold rather than warm. Agree that they do not cause admiration.

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Living room is the main part of the house to which attention of potential buyers is drawn first of all. Compare these two photos. Which one do you admire the most?

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I think that there is no doubt not to stage virtually a house and first of all a living room. So, how much can it cost. If you hire a home staging company, which first advises you on the prices of approximately $ 120-300 per hour and then does the staging itself, in the USA to stage a living room with the help of such a company will cost around $ 200-800. If we talk about virtual furniture  staging, the prices are completely different. They range from $25 to $ 100 per room. In terms of execution, it takes 1-3 days and you can get different options for setting the same living room.

So, let’s discuss with you how to properly digitally stage a living room.

Living room is a place where the family spends time together, where you tell funny stories, play games, watch TV. With the help of staging you need to convey an atmosphere of comfort and warmth.

Which steps need to be taken to get your living room virtually staged?

1. Clean up.
If there are extra things in the room, such as rubbish, they need to be virtually removed and the room cleaned.
Done, so you’re ready for the next step, namely:

2. Planning the living room design and selection of furniture. Here you need to put your target audience first. It is for this audience that you do a living room virtual staging. Understanding your client well, you will choose the right living room style; whether it’s a large corner sofa and a TV or armchairs and a work table. You are not just selling a living room, you are selling a lifestyle.

3. Determine what the point of concentration in the room is. If the living room has a fireplace, you can make a seating area around it. A very common mistake of 3d stagers is that they choose too large furniture for the room. And so the buyer thinks that the space is not as much as it really is. Therefore, the important point is to choose the right furniture of the right size. The room should look as spacious as possible.

4. The next step after arranging the furniture is to stage digitally the decor. This is an important point in the process, because it is the home decor that gives the room a homely atmosphere. Add:
1) Coffee table and put decor on it
2) Be sure to stage virtually a beautiful carpet on the floor.
3) Add colour accents to the room, it can be pillows or paintings.
4) Do not forget about the greens. There should be flowerpots in the living room; a beautiful vase with flowers can stand on the table.
5) Also add good lamps, side lamps.
6) Do not forget about the TV area.
7) Use mirrors. Properly placed mirrors can make the living room visually larger.

5. Remember that the living room should be bright. If you digitally stage curtains to the windows, make sure that they do not cover most of the window. There is a trick that if you stretch the curtains high enough, almost below the ceiling line, then visually the room will seem higher.

6. Colour. Light tones of furniture should be adhered to, as they make the room visually larger. It is desirable not to stage dark tones that reduce space.

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