Stage To Sell

If you’re at all interested in design and like looking at gorgeous pictures of homes, you must check out Houzz.com. In addition to a lot of amazing eye candy, Houzz has some great articles as well. I recently came across a one about the difference between staging and decorating. I have a lot of thoughts [...]

Earlier this year we were called to consult with a family who had inherited their parents’ Santa Monica home and wanted advice on some inexpensive updates that would help the home appeal to a wider range of buyers. They went to work on my recommendations, and a few months later, called us to stage the [...]

I am very proud to announce that the online course I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into for the last several months is now available through Staging and Redesign! It’s a 4-part course that takes you through everything there is to know about staging vacant homes. It also includes valuable downloadable documents like sample [...]

Towards the end of 2011, Stage to Sell | Los Angeles Home Staging was contacted by some of our favorite clients over at Sunset Park Realtors to stage one of their new listings in Santa Monica. It was an occupied, multi-level townhome that needed some minor fixing up before it was ready to be staged. [...]

We are often asked whether we can stage a property using some of the home owner’s existing furniture. The answer is a resounding YES! In this case, the seller had perfectly usable pieces for her living and dining room that she was willing to leave behind in order to save a bit on the staging [...]

Last month we were asked to preview a beautiful but vacant modern loft in Playa Vista. The Realtor had recommended that the property be staged as soon as she got the listing, but the owner didn’t want to spend the money – and he wanted to price it for what he paid for it, not [...]

For over two years now, I’ve been working with two Affordable Housing developers in the Los Angeles area to design the common spaces for their multi-family residences. This may seem like a strange job for a home stager, but I sort of “fell into” this line of work when I was asked to “stage” the [...]

Last week Stage to Sell was asked to transform a Westwood rental property into a prime condo, fit for its great location. First we recommended that the owner update the paint in the master bedroom and a few fixtures. Then we went to work bringing in furniture, art and accessories that would appeal to young [...]

Last week we had the pleasure of staging an adorable, but vacant, Mar Vista family home. It had been used as a rental for awhile, so the homeowner invested in paint, new flooring and cosmetic fixes. Then they brought in a professional home stager to make it feel like home! Here are our after photos. [...]

If you’ve been following my blog lately, it may seem as if all we do are modern homes. Though modern staging is a big chunk of our work, you may be surprised to know that we work on more traditional homes as well. Case in point: our latest Staging job at 1533 South Point View. [...]