See How a Stager Turned a Cold Builder-Grade Living Room into a Cozy Mid-Century-Inspired Space

"When scrolling through real estate listings, traditional, builder-grade homes are a dime a dozen. White walls, cream wall-to-wall carpet, zero trim, mini-blinds - you know the look, and you probably scroll right past it. So when Robert Lueke listed this Bellevue, Washington home, he brought in Modernous, a staging firm with a mid-century twist, to give the home a unique, vibrant upgrade that would stand out on the market - and they had to do it using only furniture."

"The house itself needed cosmetic updating that the seller did not want to tackle before listing, so Julien's goal was to create a design that would showcase the blank slate of the house while inspiring a young, cool family up for the challenge of updates. 'We wanted them to walk in and be able to imagine what it could be,' says Julien."

Modernous employed mid-century-inspired furniture to stage a large, traditional tract home in Bellevue, Washington, aiming to make the property stand out among similar listings. The seller declined cosmetic renovations, so the staging relied solely on furniture and design choices to present a modern, youthful vision. The plan sought to highlight the home as a blank slate while inspiring prospective buyers to imagine updates. The stagers layered a flat-weave rug over existing wall-to-wall pile carpet to introduce texture, pattern, and visual interest, selecting contrasting textures so the rugs would not compete and choosing proper rug size for key spaces.

Read at Apartment Therapy