before and after

my friend chris has a friend maryanne that does staging on the side (maryann's fulltime job is an interior designer), so i figured why not give her a try and see how she does with our house.  she offered such a great deal that we couldn't pass up.  we figured why not - it doesn't hurt, if anything, it'll help selling our house.

maryanne and megan showed up at around 10:00 this morning and finished around 2:30.  at first i thought they were going to put some things together and bamn! our house would be done.  but they went back and forth to see if that certain art work looks right, or if that furniture looks okay in that space, etc.  trust me, i took notes!  all the furniture are ours, with the exception of the dining table.  she said she wanted to break up the white cause our dining table was white.  some paintings are ours and some are maryanne's.  the bedding are all ours.  some pillows are hers and some are ours.  and they thought that our side tables in each of the rooms were very cute - yes, i did tell aaron that they said that :)

i love how the house looks now and i hope that a potential buyer will fall in love with the house too :)  below are before and after pictures.

den

dining area

guest bedroom

guest bedroom

master bedroom

living room

kitchen

master bathroom

guest bathroom