Can you stage only some rooms? What to know about partial home staging. "Can I just stage a few rooms and leave the rest empty?" Yes, you can stage only some rooms. It's called partial staging, and it usually means styling the living areas, kitchen, outdoor space and main bedroom, then leaving the spare bedrooms empty. It's a real option, and budget has to drive a lot of these decisions. What needs thinking through is which rooms get left out, because the rooms sellers drop first are often the ones where buyers make up their minds. We've staged more [...]