Stage To Sell

If you have sellers that are “on the fence” about putting their home on the market and want to wait it out for a few months, send them this article from the LA Times. Housing industry consultant Steve Harney says that prices may drop 5-8% as banks unload anywhere from 3 to 8 million foreclosures [...]

Today I had an experience that reminded me why I LOVE my job as the owner of a Los Angeles Home Staging company. It reminded me that I do so much more than help people prepare their homes for sale. Some days I am also a Real Estate therapist. Today was one of those days! [...]

Los Angeles Home Staging company Stage to Sell has a new referral incentive program that we’re excited to share with you! For every new client* that you refer to us before the end of this year, we would like to thank you with a gift card from one of the following stores: If the client [...]

In the last couple of years, I’ve done some “staging” work for American Communities, a developer of low income housing in Los Angeles. If you read my posts about Staging 1,  Staging 2 and Staging 3, you will remember that our goal was to make the common spaces in these buildings warm and inviting, as [...]

I just read this interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about the problems associated with trying to sell your home when you live next to a dump. It was very timely since I encountered this very issue while previewing a beautiful new construction home in Sherman Oaks just last week. The developer built 2 [...]

I recently Staged a beautiful home in Los Feliz, California. It was a large home, had a gorgeous outdoor covered terrace with amazing city views, and had a view of the Griffith Observatory out the Living Room window. When I arrived to preview the home, the Realtor told me the home had initially been listed [...]

As a professional Home Stager, it is always such a pleasure to work with clients who  take your advice and roll with it! Such was the case with a recent occupied listing in Cheviot Hills. The couple living in the home were retiring and moving to Palm Springs, so they wanted to sell their beautiful [...]

A couple of weeks ago I got a call to Stage a “cute little bungalow” in Hollywood. Now whenever you hear those 3 words together in Los Angeles you have to know this is going to be a tiny place. But I was completely unprepared for just how small this one was! At 500 square [...]

Spring is my absolute favorite time of year in Los Angeles because the jacarandas are in full bloom, showcasing their gorgeous purple flowers all over town. I love walking down streets like this one in my neighborhood at this time of year. Towards the end of the blooming season, however, the trees tend to get [...]

Since we have been so busy Staging lately, I was remiss in posting about our latest project – a lovely condo in West LA that we Staged on May 15th. Blogging about it was on my “to-do” list for today, but when I checked my email this morning I got the following email from the [...]