One of the major selling points of this house was the large bonus space right off of the entry. We designated it for the Chris Loves Julia office as soon as we saw the house. And over the last two years, as our team has grown, it has shifted into a lot of different configurations but always accommodated our growing team.
Desks, Chairs, Rug (vintage), Ceiling Light, Vase, Stems, Frame TV, Fridge, Credenza
Table, Chairs, Bookshelves, Light
Above, you can see how has been configured for the last little while–6 desks paired in the larger area with a conference table in the more narrow area. For the last couple months, we have been straightening out some of the angles of the room and now that we’re nearly finished, we’ve turned our attention to how we should stage the room to sell our home. We have the other home office space already, so I’m hesitant to have another office space, but here are a few other ideas I had. (I plugged the dimensions into floorplanner.com and it was easy and free to do these mock-ups)
1. Office :Â
We could just keep it the way it is and maybe put a chair and rug on the other narrow-er side.
2. TV/Workout Room
The second option is kind of a flex space. There’s already a TV in there so we could set it up as kind of a TV room with a desk on the wall where the sconces are and then a treadmill in the narrow area with windows to really show a lot of different uses.
3. BedroomÂ
The last idea was to stage it as a main floor bedroom. With the addition of a closet that we added, it technically could be counted as a bedroom now (although there’s no attached bathroom). Putting a bed, a couple chairs facing a TV and a desk area (that looks really small in this mockup haha) could be a great way to show potential buyers that there is an option of a main floor bedroom.
So what do you think?? I’ll put a poll here to get a general consensus, but feel free to weigh in with additional ideas in the comments!
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Hi! Can I ask where the frame tv art is from in this picture? Thank you!!
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I think you should have photographs of the way you have it now and set it up as an optional bedroom. I’m thinking of families with aging parents/grandparents.
As a Realtor, main floor bedrooms are very desirable for lots of reasons. Two of them being accessibility and an increase in multigenerational family living. It might make more sense to stage it as a grand guest room and take your existing guestroom in the basement and make that 100% gym.
I actually could see a family using this space for a family biz or homeschooling (especially during COVID), but I think a bedroom is always great for staging. It could be a great place for grandparents or a teen who wants more space.
If you do the flex space, I think you should stage it with a yoga mat instead of a treadmill. I don’t think anyone gets excited when they see a treadmill ???? plus it would be less bulky in front of the window.