Normally, I don’t dress up windows in home being staged for sale but in this particular instance, the realtor/investor asked for something on the windows. Since the house is small and I staged it to feel contemporary, I didn’t want to use the standard traditional looking sheers. Plus I had to turn around these coverings [...]
I know that people always wonder where home stagers keep and store the items they use in homes. Storing furniture is one thing, but what about all of the accents, vases, books, lighting, art, fake plants, dishes, glassware, fake tvs…where is that kept? Many home stagers will tell you these items are kept EVERYWHERE – [...]
Last week, I had the good fortune to be completely inspired by a few different events and activities. First was a talk at the DC Design Center by Eddie Ross. Eddie is a master at photo styling interiors. He works or has worked with numerous magazines and was really insightful for the designers in attendance [...]
I hosted the first ever tweetchat for home stagers on Twitter last night and it was a resounding success! Exciting – about 20 people interacting with great questions, conversations and tips and tricks on staging. Attendees tweeted in US and Canada, from Alabama to British Columbia and many points in between. And we tweeted over [...]
Last week, I was contacted by a Realtor (referred by another Realtor) who represented a builder for staging. The Realtor is selling a newly constructed million dollar house, and to keep expenses down, was only looking to stage ONE space within the home. In line with a topic from a previous post, we could definitely [...]
Whoops – we did it again! We staged another vacant home in Takoma Park Maryland and to our surprise, it was under contract in only 2 weeks! Now, this house was recently renovated, in the ever popular Takoma Park, but the entry living room and dining room might have been visually challenging to the everyday [...]