we tagged along with professional home stager jennifer paxson, as she transformed two properties that are about to hit the market. >> what we do as stagers is we bring furniture in so that people can see how they could live in the space. we make people have an emotional connection so they see the way that they could live life. >> for property number one, jennifer went way beyond traditional staging and worked with the homeowner on repainting, restaining cabinets, and even replacing carpets. >> the style of the home is very traditional. and what we're trying to do is make it transitional because transitional is gonna bring the traditional style as well as contemporary pieces. contemporary pieces are more of what buyers look for today. it's more livable, it's more realistic, and it's more comfortable. in this room, what we're doing is changing the paint color because what this paint color does is it darkens the room. so, we're bringing in some lighter colors. we're gonna do barstools. we're gonna do accessories, bowls. you'll see a pasta with pasta sauce. so, they can actually connect.

we tagged along with professional home stager jennifer paxson, as she transformed two properties that are about to hit the market. >> what we do as stagers is we bring furniture in so that people can see how they could live in the space. we make people have an emotional connection so they see the way that they could live life. >> for property number one, jennifer went way beyond traditional staging and worked with the homeowner on repainting, restaining cabinets, and even replacing carpets. >> the style of the home is very traditional. and what we're trying to do is make it transitional because transitional is gonna bring the traditional style as well as contemporary pieces. contemporary pieces are more of what buyers look for today. it's more livable, it's more realistic, and it's more comfortable. in this room, what we're doing is changing the paint color because what this paint color does is it darkens the room. so, we're bringing in some lighter colors. we're gonna do barstools. we're gonna do accessories, bowls. you'll see a pasta with pasta sauce. so, they can actually connect.