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Realiant Media Minute

Empty, Virtually Staged or Staged: Helping Buyers Picture the Room

An empty room can look smaller than it really is. Jason compares bare, virtually staged and fully staged rooms side by side.

  • EpisodeMedia Minute
  • Published
  • Runtime3:34
  • HostJason May, Operations Manager at Realiant Photography
Jason May presenting a Realiant Media Minute about empty, virtually staged and staged rooms

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About This Episode

Jason says empty rooms are what the team photographs most of the time. Here he explains why bare rooms can be hard to judge and walks through the ways to put something in them.

Buyers decide partly on how a room feels, and that is hard to sense from bare floors and walls. Jason has seen an empty living room look much smaller than it was until furniture went in. If your seller has already moved out, this helps you weigh hiring a stager, which Realiant does not provide, against the two kinds of virtual staging Realiant does offer.

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Watch the 3:34 episode to see the same kinds of rooms empty, virtually staged and staged.

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  • AI virtual staging shows scale at a lower cost. It gives buyers an idea of how big a room is and where furniture might go, though the furnishings can change from one photo of the room to the next. Jason says the team works to keep the furniture correctly sized so the image is not misleading.

  • Premier staging keeps each view consistent. Designers render the furnishings, so they carry through every photo of the same room. Jason sees it as a bridge between AI staging and hiring a stager.

  • Physical staging is his favorite when the budget allows. Realiant does not offer it, but many agents arrange it, and Jason calls it the best value of the three when it is possible.

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