Staging question

[bunnymendelbaum]

Our house is 4 bedroom with a small windowed room upstairs we use as an office.

One if the bedrooms is downstairs. It doesn't have a closet, but I talked to a local appraiser and he said that is ok. I doubt a future owner would use it as a real bedroom (not just guest) due to its location.

Right now we use it as a guest room and playroom. We have an ikea twin daybed that pulls out to a king bed.

How should we stage it?

Like a bedroom with the bed pulled out as king?
Like an office with the bed as a twin and get a desk?
Like a playroom w bed as twin and no desk?

Thx
I'll try to find a plan.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm voting with office/guestroom. Bed as twin. Put a desk in there. Even better if you can stage it as a "library"

[ssmjlm]

I would go office/guest room too.

[bunnymendelbaum]

The only reason I'm hesitant to do that is because we already have the office upstairs and the room can seem small when the bed is just a twin.

We don't really have another desk right now. I guess I could make one.

I'm sitting w DD for her nap. I really wish she'd fall asleep so I could find and post a floor plan!

[kitty]

I'd stage it as a guest bedroom since you already have an office.

[julygal]

If you are going through the work to repurpose and stage the room, then I would relocate office to first floor and stage current office as guest room/playroom. Is that an option? That way you wouldn't need another desk.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Hmmm, I didn't realize you were using an upstairs bedroom as an office. In that case, I'd stage it as the guest bedroom and stage the office upstairs. The alternative is to move the desk downstairs and the bed upstairs and stage the downstairs as an office and the upstairs as a guest bedroom.

[bunnymendelbaum]

The office upstairs isn;t really a bedroom, it is small and has 7 windows.





Here is the guest/playroom with bed pulled in and out:

 

[mrs.jacinthe]

Based on the photos, I'd leave as is, honestly - the twin bed and play area looks good to me, like a gentle "big-kid" room. However, I'd do something with your rugs. I don't love the two rugs in there, it looks awkward.

[315]

I'd leave it as a guest/playroom. My mom has a similar area that she's converting to an office, but her current looks nothing as nice as yours. That office space looks amazing.

[bunnymendelbaum]

I can't believe I didn't have up to date floorplans. Here it is: (Sunroom is office upstairs.)

[bunnymendelbaum]

Feb 25, 2013 14:32:36 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Based on the photos, I'd leave as is, honestly - the twin bed and play area looks good to me, like a gentle "big-kid" room. However, I'd do something with your rugs. I don't love the two rugs in there, it looks awkward.

That's what happens when DH gets involved. He did those rugs. Ugh.

[SusanBAnthony]

When you stage I would just roll up one of the rugs and center the remaining rug.

I think I would stage it as a guest bedroom, with the bed pulled out. Show that it can fit a king bed just fine. You already have two living rooms downstairs, so people can imagine it as an office or library just fine.