Wallpaper — is it the biggest challenges a Stager will ever face? If not, at least it’s near the top of the list!

One of the main problems with wallpaper is that it’s so personal. Stager Marci Toliver of Fresh Eye Designs says of a recent conversation with a client, “I told her wallpaper is like a bathing suit. I wouldn’t wear hers and she wouldn’t wear mine!” Now [...] Continue Reading…

About 80-85% of home buyers now begin their search online, before ever contacting anyone. They are actively searching for not only their next homes, but also the people they will employ to help them reach their goals.

The best time to try to reach these future clients is RIGHT THEN, when they first begin their search. You have the opportunity to make a Home Staging Show that will reach them and get them excited about working with you — and isn’t that what you really want? [...] Continue Reading…

Recently I saw photos of a home staged by Sue Argue of Staged First Impressions. She had done a BEAUTIFUL job with this home and her photographs were stunning. I had to compliment her!

Sue wrote me back and asked if I had any suggestions for titles for her Home Staging Show. This can be one of the hardest parts of making a Show, can’t it?

The house is so beautiful, we thought [...] Continue Reading…

Maureen Henry of Rockland Home Staging shared a beautiful Home Staging Show with us on Active Rain. She made the Show for a local Floral Shop.

Take a moment to admire this beautiful Show.

Don’t you feel better now? ) GREAT Show, Maureen!

Maureen has built advertising that is good for the Floral Shop AND good for her business. She can send a link to this Show to the Floral Shop, and [...] Continue Reading…

The next time you have pictures to share with family and friends, why not make a Home Staging Show of them? Your personal photos deserve that same focus and emotional impact that you give to your staging.

Imagine family gatherings, birthdays or weddings as a Show. [...] Continue Reading…

When I stumbled on this today, I knew I had to write about it.

This company is called Surrealien, and they are literally warping wallpaper.
Wallpapering is placarding – why not react? Paper is sloppily slapped onto walls, disregarding the surface. Windows, doors and switches rip holes into patterns, disrupting their continuity. Our product dissolves the limits between architecture, wallpaper and hangings, with the wallpaper functioning as sensitive go between.
At first I didn’t know what to [...] Continue Reading…

Facebook will be an important tool for you in networking with real estate agents in your area.

Why? Because it has professional written all over it and their open architecture is going to make developing business applications for it very simple. I highly recommend you join Facebook, and hook up with other real estate agents in your area who are on facebook as well. Invite them to join, and then use it to communicate and [...] Continue Reading…

Recently I saw a Home Staging Show by Tina Parker of Upstage Home ReDesign. I had to share this with you!

Tina used dramatic music and simple, yet powerful titles to create a Show that really gets the point of Staging across to the viewer. She gives visual explanations of why we need to Stage in today’s housing market.

What really interested me though was that Tina used “collage” photos in her show. [...] Continue Reading…