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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Here at Stage to Sell, we have been busy staging homes all over Los Angeles this summer. So busy, in fact, that we haven’t had a moment to blog about all the great projects we’ve been working on in the last month. So here’s a list for you – many of them already sold or [...]

Stage to Sell recently staged this vacant beautiful contemporary 2 bedroom + loft townhome in Santa Monica for Elizabeth Wainwright of Keller Williams Santa Monica. 835 Grant St. #2, Santa Monica – $599,000 Bright, sunny, Sunset Park town home with southern exposure and great architectural feel. Living room has a dramatic, 2-story ceiling, French doors [...]

We were recently called to stage this gorgeous vacant model town home because it was one of the last available units in a new building. Why wasn’t this one selling? Because there is no separate dining room or defined eating area. So when it was empty, it was very difficult for the average home buyer [...]

As a professional home stager based in Culver City, I was recently asked to stage this adorable Culver City home. The owner had been renting it out for a year and was now ready to sell and relocate to Northern California. First there was some touchup painting to be done, as well as replacing kitchen [...]

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 [...]