School's in: Staging a bathroom

Small, neat, and tidy.

I'm going to focus on the master bathroom in this post as it seems to have the most value placed on it.  Gleaming sinks, polished fixtures and a squeaky clean bath and toilet are all musts.  Toothbrushes, floss, deodorant -- you get the idea -- gives the impression that someone lives here, and that those someones have fuzzy teeth and stinky armpits.  No potential buyer wants to see that, or imagine that (or smell that!).  

So how do you manage to present a bathroom that has the nice little details?  Let's investigate some photos:

This bathroom is one of my favorites.  I love the little punch of the poppy red and fresh green with the cool greys.  

One guess why I picked this bathroom.  I know you already have the answer (if not, you must have this blog mixed up with another)-- the green accessories of course!  

This bathroom feels lived in, but has a nice quirky edge to it. 

The addition of the baskets in this bathroom make the blue tones stand out.

School's in: Staging a bedroom

Pillow harmony?  Neat and tidy without looking over-primped.

I need extra help in the bedroom with figuring out pillow arrangements and organizing bedside trinkets.  The room is mainly blue-ish* hues, with a wall of drapes in a slightly darker blue.  The linens are all white with throw pillows in more of those blue-ish hues, and a throw blanket, in yes...a blue-ish hue.  

(*'blue-ish' = mainly blue, but a bit of green so it's not too cool)  

Why look!  A blue-ish room!  A big 'X' goes on those lilies though, I'd wake up a big snotty allergic mess with those right next to me.  The retro telephone is tres hip though.

Okay, look past the busy tree/bird mural in this bedroom and count the pillows with me: I spot eight.

Accent colours galore!  And the black scotty dog...love it.  I think the corded phone would have to go though.  How annoying would it be getting that caught in the drawer every time you opened it?  Wait, we're not talking practical, we're talking staging.

And with today's staging 101 I thought about the colours that would best pop against those blue-ish colours, but without looking too bright (it is a bedroom after all, serene, peaceful and all that).  So I think some yellow and slightly yellow-greens with a nice dose of white and grey/silver/pewter could bring this room together.