Stage To Sell

A few months back Stage to Sell was contacted by Melanie Meddien of Caring Realty, a local Realtor who does a lot of work with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. Melanie asked if we would be interested in staging some homes for Habitat that were being sold to low income families for significantly [...]

We are often asked, “Can you stage an occupied home?” As we wrote in a previous post, the answer is a resounding “Yes!” For this beautiful family home in Santa Monica, we were asked to do just that. The homeowner wanted to use as much as she could of her own furniture, but knew there [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

If you follow my blog, you may remember my recent post about Staging a Culver City home right in my own neighborhood. As a Home Stager in Los Angeles, it was such a pleasure to work so close to home! Well, I had to wait for it to close in order to share the good [...]

We were recently called on to Stage a new listing – a beautiful 4-bedroom home in Pacific Palisades. The family had moved out, but left behind some of their furniture and a few accessories for us to use. We were asked to “fill in the blanks” with the necessary furniture, art and accessories to give [...]

Gary Keller, author of “Shift: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times” and Chairman of Keller Williams Realty appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America last week to discuss how to sell a home in a buyer’s market. His most publicized quote from this interview (which has set Stager Blogs around the nation afire) is [...]

We recently Staged an adorable vacant townhome in Santa Monica. It had been listed for awhile with no offers, so we were brought in to help buyers see the potential. The townhome had been painted and remodeled, so we had a great canvas to work with! Unfortunately the awkward layout of the living room, a [...]

Every September, Accredited Staging Professionals (ASPs) around the country and around the world give back to their communities by participating in Worldwide Staging Service Week, an annual service project of IAHSP (International Association of Home Staging Professionals). I am a proud board member of the West Los Angeles IAHSP chapter and have been lucky enough [...]