When staging a home, is it better to have a mattress on the floor, or an empty room ?
Our third bedroom, we used for storage and stuff. I know this is a no-no when showing your house for sale, so the miscellaneous stuff has been put in storage. I have NO furniture to put in there, and I won’t buy any because our new condo has less space.
I can either put a matress (with covers) directly on the floor to show the room is large enough for a queen, or else leave it totally empty. What will appeal best to buyers ?
Many stagers put two blow up mattresses. It looks like a bed.
Cheep and better than an empty room.
Empty room lokos messy and poor with only matress.
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Get free bed / furniture from Craigslist and put it in there.
Then if you make the home sale, either ask if the new owner
wants the furniture. or repost the stuff as free again on Craigslist.
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Empty is better. Mattress on the floor looks like a flophouse. If budget is an issue, how about getting a sheet of plywood and a few cinder blocks or milk crates or even plastic boxes(I recommend 6: one at each corner and two in the middle near the edge in case someone takes it into their head to sit on it), and make up the bed with something that hangs to the floor to hide the bargain basement underpinnings.
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Many stagers put two blow up mattresses. It looks like a bed.
Cheep and better than an empty room.
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an empty room looks bigger than a room with stuff in it. it is easier for the buyer to imagine what the room would look like with their stuff in it if it is empty.
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