I would take the tv down for sure. If you are not going to get any additional furniture, I'd remove the sectional and stage the room as empty.

we sold our past two houses in just over a day each... I think you could take down the TV For a quick sale! Good luck.

If you want the room to look finished and inviting, you will need to add rug, draperies, wall art and a coffee table, at a minimum. That will still leave you with quite a bit of empty space. I would be reluctant to spend money on all that because the couch and all the new stuff might not work with the next home.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like an empty room with a sofa and a TV. So, I'd say you're starting from scratch. Do you want window coverings? (maybe you don't need them). A rug. A chair. Coffee table. End tables. Pillows. etc. It would be nice if this fit with the rest of the house or at least the adjoining room. Maybe use a style and color scheme similar to the adjoining room. If you post a pic of that room, it might help. FWIW, you can sometimes get good deals on furniture on craiglists, and sofa are sometimes surprising cheap. So if you don't like this sofa, you might be able to get a replacement rather than struggling to make it work.

p.s. centering the TV over the fireplace would help, since you can't take it down.

Hang in their 20! Renovating and then selling a home with a 2 yr old! oy! Here's hoping the move is a good one. best of luck.

Now that you've decided to sell, you can't think of this as your house anymore. You have to stage with the buyer in mind. It's a pain in the neck, but really you have to remove yourself. As you may know, the fireplace TV combination is controversial because of the viewing angles, so I would take it down. You want to appeal to as many buyers as possible - and many people do not like a TV over a fireplace. Granted, some do, but why risk turning a buyer off? Besides, it doesn't look centered.

I'd get a good looking but inexpensive area rug, coffee table and an accent chair. An art print with mass appeal for above the fireplace. Perhaps a triptych on the rear wall under lined with a credenza to show storage potential. Blue is a safe accent color and works well with tan. Work it into a couple throw pillows for the sofa. Fresh flowers and live plants are also nice. You'll want a couple of lamps, too.

It's a nice sized room and I think it will show well. Don't "fill" it. Leave room for the buyer's imagination to engage. Hoping for a quick sale for you.

Would you say your sofa is a caramel color? Hard to tell on screen. https://homeguides.sfgate.com/colors-match-caramel-sofa-104671.html

I would pull colors from the surroundings by placing the sofa color pillows on the ends and third on in the center then buy a couple white pillows and a couple grey pillows to fill in the sofa and then place a think cream throw with fringe along the end of the chaise and place a black iron glass top coffee table there with a white floral plant in a white bowl.

I don’t usually mind a TV over a fireplace but it makes your room look odd, when you have so much space to put it somewhere else. Flo’s idea is great and doesn’t require much more to make the room feel inviting.

rug suggestion to go with my previous

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Is there another room in the house that has a TV or is this the only one? If, not and you really think it's important, you could put the TV on to the left of the fireplace. But I'd talk to your realtor and get her opinion.

Here's a rough mock-up for you with some ideas. It's not ground breaking but is totally stage appropriat.

Sometimes the staging cost is built in into the seller's agent fee. Do you have an agent? Doesn't hurt to ask him/her! They tend to have *universal* things that work for many different homes tucked away in the storage somewhere :). Good luck!

IMO unless that sofa is coming with you in the move all the stuff to make it work is a total waste of money. If it is going with you then spend the money now as Flo suggested and take the stuff with you. IMo better an empty room than a bunch of money spent on stuff to fill it in a house you are not staying in.

First I would check with your realtor to see if she thinks the room should be staged. If you are in a hot market you may be able to get away with not staging it. With 4500 square feet of house can you shop your own house first before making any purchases? Even getting a discount on nice things it will all add up.

I guess I’m missing what the big deal with the tv is. If people don’t like a tv over the fireplace, it’s not like the tv is staying with the house (unless it’s negotiated between the buyer and seller). Personally, I am not a fan of TVs over fireplaces but I also understand that people are still living there and that the tv most likely isn’t staying with the house. If the mount were to stay, as a buyer, I’d be less worried about something so easily fixable and more focused on the things that are really a deal breaker. If a buyer is that turned off by something so trivial, I think I’d be turned off as a seller in dealing with such a picky buyer and what other hoops they’d expect me to jump through during the sale. Most people understand that not everyone shares the same likes and dislikes as they do - that’s why they change things to fit their needs and lifestyle when they buy a house, or live with it. Those that don’t get that are either not ready to make such a big purchase or are better off building to their taste. If we all had the same taste, every house in the entire world would look identical.

There are many people with cash and no imagination. You want the largest pool of buyers for your home in order to sell it quickly without a price decrease, including the ones with no imagination. But of course, it is your home, your time, your money to allocate.

I think you are on the right track with adding gold and blue to the room. The color of the sofa reminds me of the classic caramel leather sofas.

One additional point, for your scale home and probably price point, some good staging is vital. check out light fixtures that are key when entering home too. those can sell a home!