The Latest, from Capital Style Staging

who just "wonders" about my fellow AR'ers who use a symbol, graphic, or other "non photo" for marketing themselves on AR and elsewhere?  I mean, really....I'm 50, with gray hair, bags under my eyes, a nose that's always bothered me, and teeth that could probably use whitening, but I possess the.....

As a designer for 26 years, and a stager for one, I've found myself drawn into the "Senior Market".  I've helped move my grandmother(2 broken hips), mother (alzheimers), sister's mother in law (pic's), and now clients.  I have had our elderly inlaws live with us for extended periods, and love the...

As a designer for 26 years, and a stager for one, I've found myself drawn into the "Senior Market".  I've helped move my grandmother, mother (alzheimers), sister's mother in law (pic's), and now clients.  I am a loving person, and very dedicated to the service of others, yet I'm concerned about t...

Hey all you busy Realtors!I recently blogged to the Staging community on this topic (http://activerain.com/blogsview/154476/Tax-Deductible-Staging), and the answers aren't clear.  I was referred to IRS Tax form 523, which considers advertising expenses deductible (Worksheet 2) but I still have qu...

While I've been "doing this" for years, I've only recently become an Accredited Staging Professional through Staged Homes.   So this old design dog knows her way around any spatial, color, or design challenge; with one eye duct-taped shut and a broken arm, but is just learning the ins and outs of...

Selecting color for today's "average" staging client is a bit of a game, and may be a game that doesn't need to be played.  Given that we re-arrange and re-purpose what people already have, it seems that an eye for proportion, balance, shape and weight is more crucial to our mission.And given tha...

Years ago, my husband and I held hands and jumped off a cliff.  By that, I mean we ditched our lucrative careers, sold our house,  tucked our 4 year old under our arms and ran off to Central Virginia to play at running a B&B.  After 11 years of back- and spirit-breaking work, two more children, a...

I'm a stager and have the most incredible client!  I'm consulting/staging with her as she clears out her house and prepares for sale.  The house is a 3/1, but has tremendous square footage, a crazy floorplan, an amazing two-storey artist studio with artificial sunlight fixtures.  New bamboo floor...

I'm in a bit of a spot...Within my family there are five Realtors.  I'm a stager who just picked up a client in Rockville, MD who needs a special type of Realtor; one that I don't "have in inventory".  This home is in a great location, but is funky, artsy and unusual.  It has a new two-storey add...

I have spent my life in design of one sort or another, but have only been a Certified IASHP stager for a year. With my full time corporate job keeping the design part of me working only part time, I don't have a ton of experience in home staging -- at least next to the likes of all of you!  I do,...