Aug. 22, 2006 - Products for Staging

I brought out a product my Mom told me about many years ago, when staging this home.  It's called "Old English furniture polish, and the cleaners used to use it on the desks back in the 70s when I worked at the bank.

Be carful with it as it could stain your clothes and your rugs.  It is a very dark brown furniture polish in a liquid, not a spray can.  I like to use felt clothes that you get from Michael's or any craft store, because the slightly rough surface helps clean and get into cracks and worn spots.  It really brings new life to old woods and fills in white water stain and scratch marks nicely. (felt is also great for removing your finger nail polish).

I also pulled all of the handles off of the cabinets (they were 80s Mediteranean style) and replaced them with an updated brushed chrome/pewter finish handle.  They run about $2.20 apiece at Lowes or Home Depot.  Wetting down the countertops for the photo is a trick many use.  I didn't here because I work so slowly sometimes, adding a little color over the refrigerator and tweaking the items on the shelf, that the counter usually dries by the time I take the photo.

You might notice that the items I used here are not the typical "Pottery Barn" items you see in my newer townhome photos of the past with regard to staging.  This home is a brick tudor in Ballard, so I purchased most of these items at the Antique store here in Kirkland to add color, but of an older time.  The antique rounded blue glass candle holders over the refrigerator came in a set of four, and add just a touch of color as you enter the kithen from the living room.  Again I used no curtain on the side window next to the front counter, as the greenery of outside adds an open feeling.

And I just noticed where that water bottle went that I couldn't find when I left the Open House on Sunday.  It's in that frosted glass door cabinet in the picture below in the previous post.

Staging is a fun and pleasant experience.  It really fills the soul with "Leave a Place Better Than You Found It".

Aug. 22, 2006 - re: Products for Staging

Feb. 29, 2008 - RE: Products for Staging