Difference between home staging and decorating is somehow theoretical topic but due to the common desire of people to make home beautiful we are going to differentiate both terms in a simple way. According to decor and design industry experts it is one of the most repeatedly asked question. This presents that it a myth in the mind of a common man. At some stage it is also a point of discussion and debate among scholars and experts of home design industry that both decorating and staging are same or not. Normally difference in both terms is not belongs to nature but one can say that both have same nature that is making house a beautiful and good looking place. But still there are some difference between home staging and decorating and we are going to present them later, first similarities among both are presented below.
• In both cases households are required to make decisions about the outlook of house, rooms and about furniture accessories as well.
• In both cases one has option to do it by himself or invite the expertise of some expert.
• Households are free to purchase the items for both projects or form some DIY plan.
• Objective in both cases is same to make house better looking.
Decorating and Home Staging Differences:
Now difference between home staging and decorating presented. For a quick answer we can say that when you are making your house a better place through home beauty project for your own residence, it is home decoration and when you are doing same job to sell your house it is staging. But theoretically there are some other differences as well which are presented below under following tags.
• Color Scheme
• Rationale behind Both
• Home Accessories
• Display of Furniture
• Room usage
Color Scheme:
Normally people prefer light color schemes for residence but in case of staging bright colors are used to uplift the beauty of building.
Rationale behind Both:
Reason behind decorating is to make your home a better place for living, express your personality and tastes. But reason and purpose behind staging is to show house better place to live for clients and buyers.
Home Accessories:
While decorating you are free to bring any kind of furniture or decorating accessory in house and show your political, ethnic and religious affiliation through paintings and other decorating items but while staging you have to portray house blank.
Display of Furniture:
In decorating arrangement should be conducive for your family members but during staging arrangement should be conducive to walk and see all places deeply.
Room usage:
Normally people use room according to their needs. Some time dining hall being used as T.V lounge and dining table settled in kitchen etc. But for staging you have to allocate the role to rooms according to their style and originality.
At the end of describing difference between home staging and decorating, an easy simple elaboration is that how you like would to live in your house is completely and naturally dissimilar from how you put it up for sale.
