Why does one house feel good the second you walk in and another one, with nicer furniture, feels off? I staged more than a thousand homes in twenty-six years, and it almost never came down to money or taste. It came down to six things: how the light sits in the room, whether the colors agree with each other, whether the rug and the art are the right size for the space, whether your eye has somewhere to rest, whether the room has a clear focal point, and how it sounds. In this video I walk through all six, with the exact checks I ran in every house before the photographer showed up, and what you can change this weekend without buying anything.
Why does one house feel good the second you walk in and another one, with nicer furniture, feels off? I staged more than a thousand homes in twenty-six years, and it almost never came down to money or taste. It came down to six things: how the light sits in the room, whether the colors agree with each other, whether the rug and the art are the right size for the space, whether your eye has somewhere to rest, whether the room has a clear focal point, and how it sounds. In this video I walk through all six, with the exact checks I ran in every house before the photographer showed up, and what you can change this weekend without buying anything.