Home stager, Karen Hubert-Center Stage Design

Hello fellow stagers, I wanted to share what I have been up to so far this month for "Home Staging Awareness Month" and I would really like to hear what others have been doing if you would like to share. So far this month, I have participated in a fundraiser for a very worthy cause with one of my...

In this example, I would like to demonstrate the critical importance of furniture placement when selling a home. On viewing listings on the MLS, buyers will not place your listing on their "Must See List" if your photos do not show the space and scale of a room properly. Placing the furniture in ...

The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) the Trade Association for Professional Home Stagers has announced that November is Home Staging Awareness Month.  RESA along with IRIS and ASHSR are National Co-Sponsors of Home Staging Awareness Month  During Home Staging Awareness Month the popular "S...

Thanks Michelle for a great and funny post.Public service announcement: Fake food used in home staging is not fit for human consumption! It has no nutritional or caloric value. It does not taste very good. You should not try to eat it. Photo of a fake pear used in a recent home staging in Arcadia...

What is it about builders and their electricians that they cannot get light fixtures in the middle of the ceiling or over where a table is definately supposed to be set. Everytime I do a vacant property, I seem to have this to deal with.  Anyone else having this same issue? Very frustrating. I am...

Going Beyond Customer Service While taking a break from an intense day of antiquing, my friends and I ducked into a quaint coffee shop to rest our weary bones. We each decided to order chai lattes - a black spiced tea with a coat of foam on top. The barista asked if we would like cinnamon and cho...

As a Home Stager, I believe there are actually 3 First Impressions when buyers begin their search for a home. 1.    80% of buyers today are surfing the internet to locate properties to view.  For this reason, more than ever it is important to prepare and stage your property before listing it on t...

Hello AR friends,I completed a staging project for clients I would describe as perfect clients.  Everything I suggested was accepted with enthusiasm.  They were so quick at completing their plan that we got started staging 2 weeks earlier than scheduled.After completing the staging, photos for th...

Advice gets results!!!!Sometimes just being hired for an opinion to help sell a property is success. An agent called me on behalf of his clients who had moved away already, across the country.  The house had been on the market for 3 months.  The clients were hoping for a certain price but the hom...

Hello All,      It is with great pleasure that I announce the winner of "Innovator of 2007" RESA award. Christine Rae, president of Canadian Staging Professionals. I am happy to say I don't know anyone more deserving of this award.  To read more about the winners of the Real Estate Staging Awards...