Two Paws Up RE

This Occupied Home Staging just closed at nearly 19% above the list price! Two Paws Up RE is very proud of our work, and of the results our work helps bring to our listing partners and their seller clients!

One more very successful Occupied Home Staging by Two Paws Up RE, resulting in $95,000 above list price and just 5 days on the market! Congratulations to Jessica Markley and Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty and their amazing seller clients!.

This lovely transformation by the team at Two Paws Up RE had quite an impact on this property, closing at $110,000 above the list price. That is nearly a 20% increase! Congratulations to the sellers on this one!

After 6 years and nearly 400 Occupied Home Staging under our collars, The Dream Team at Two Paws Up RE, Evvie and Tillie are still going strong! 💪 🐾

Occupied Home Staging and Interior Decorating can look similar on the surface, but they have very different goals.

**Interior decorating is about the homeowner.** The focus is on personal taste, comfort, lifestyle, favorite colors, collections, furniture, and creating a home that feels uniquely theirs. Success is measured by how much the homeowner loves living in the space.

**Occupied Home Staging is about the buyer.** The goal is to prepare a home that is still being lived in so it photographs beautifully, feels spacious, and allows the largest possible group of buyers to imagine themselves living there. That often means editing rather than adding—decluttering, removing distractions, rearranging furniture, improving flow, simplifying décor, and highlighting the home's strongest features.

A decorator might ask, **“What do you love?”**
A stager asks, **“What does the buyer need to see?”**

And that's an important distinction: good staging isn't necessarily about making a room prettier. Sometimes a beautifully decorated room can actually work against a sale if the décor becomes the focal point instead of the architecture, space, light, or functionality of the home.

With **occupied staging**, there's another challenge too: the home still has to function for the people living there. The job is to find the balance between **livable and marketable**—using much of what the homeowner already owns while presenting the property through the eyes of a potential buyer.

In simple terms:

**Decorating creates a home for you.
Occupied staging prepares your home for them.**

“It was truly an amazing transformation, and your talent literally made me cry. You are the best!❤️” T. 6 Days on the market, multiple offers, and an obviously very satisfied client! Making Listing Agents the Hero is our specialty, making more money and selling faster is our goal!