![]() Sometimes he’s on top of a painted piece and sometimes he hangs down low. I gave him a little jewelry for an added touch. He was found in a vintage shop down in New Jersey. I tend to grab him when staging something romantic and feminine. I must be a creature of habit because I often top the stack of books with my stone angel or flowers or another small decor item.Īnother unique item is my stone bust of David. They were bought at an antique shop in Florida while on a family vacation. ![]() These are now part of my living room decor but I use them often. There is something about old books, especially the colored leather bound books. Here are a few items that I cherish and were scooped up at antique stores, Goodwill and estate sales. Some items to look for at antique shops are vintage books and anything that stands out to you. Many great finds have been at random antique shops. Unfortunately, not everything can be found online, especially when you want to add unique items to your staging, or your home. These faux boxwood plants are great and can be found here: Faux boxwood Sometimes floral decor is great for color, and other times simple greenery works too.In this case, often black, browns and navy. Here is an example of what I would consider masculine furniture staging, not that furniture really is masculine or feminine but its the feeling you get when you look at a finished piece.Take the metal decor trumpet, for example, it works well with staging a painted desk and can be found here: Metal Decor Trumpet This area of the shelf may look crazy but it makes sense to me. Metal and wooden items add texture when staging furniture, and to home design. I find when staging a masculine type piece of furniture it tends to compliment the piece better than pink flowers.I was poking around the store with my mom and she purchased some for herself too! While these were found in the decor section of a local craft store.These decorative balls were found here: Decorative Spheres As silly as it may seem balls are great, the decorative kind of course.Here is an example of the dress form used with furniture staging: Balls The dress form is often used when staging bedroom furniture like dressers or lingerie chests and can be found here: Wire Dress Form These can be found here: Wooden Pillar Candles They have been relocated away from my staging prop shelves and made their way into my personal home decor. These were found online and are also used often. To avoid filling staged photos with photos of yourself and your family you can fill them with simple vintage style postcards, which can be found here: Vintage Style PostcardsĪ set of pillar candles adds height within photos since you don’t want multiple items all the same size. Though the frame in this staged lingerie chest was not found online the image inside was.The vintage style clock was found here: Vintage Style Clock.The ornate black frame was ordered here: Black Photo Frame Other vintage style items that work nicely with staging furniture are clocks and picture frames.They come in handy when there’s a space on the floor that needs a little something. These can be found here: Old Style Suitcases. ![]() These vintage style suitcases are used quite often when I’m staging furniture. ![]() Because we all appreciate convenience right? You can also find some gorgeous and affordable home decor in the 7 Best Home Decor Sites for Amazing Deals post.Īlong with faux flowers, it is a good idea to accumulate some vintage style items, what I mean by that is items that are new but have a vintage appearance. Im going to start with the easiest of the staging items, the ones found online, ordered and sent right to my doorstep. Many of my staging props have migrated into my home décor over time, but the bulk are here on my shelves. Welcome to my episode of home decor and props for staging furniture, would you like to know where I’ve found all these amazing items? Keep in mind even if you don’t stage or sell furniture these are also great home décor items. When staging furniture I treat each piece the same whether it’s already sold or will be for sale. Once the painted furniture itself is long gone and off to its forever home the photos are all we have left for our portfolio, so make them count. There are steps to this business: the hunt of finding a piece, the makeover and then the staging and photos. Granted, it didn’t happen overnight, nothing ever truly does, but it’s become a ‘thing’ of mine that I have grown to enjoy as part of the furniture painting process. As a matter of fact, I have an entire wall of shelves in my workshop dedicated to props for staging furniture. It’s no secret that I have a bit of a hoarding problem when it comes to home decor and staging props. The Best Resource Guide for Staging Furniture ![]()
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