Staging is all about establishing an emotional connection to a property. Attractive greenery helps give a space a cozy, warm, human feeling. Succulents are a great appeal to both feminine and masculine aesthetics. Care needs to be taken not to overdo the foliage either. You don’t want to be remembered as the “plant house”! Bring in the green to bring in the $green$

Storage is a key factor for the majority of home buyers. Cluttered and over-stuffed closets give the impression that there is not enough storage in the property. Bedroom closets should have little to nothing on the floor. Thin out your closets and remove seasonal items that won’t be of immediate use. This alone can make a closet look much bigger and gives the home a well cared for feel. Plastic storage containers and especially cardboard

The number one thing to do to prepare your home for the market is to de-clutter. But how do you de-clutter and still function? Baskets, boxes and trays! Baskets are a great way to corral items that you need easy access to. They’re a wonderful way to store blankets and accent pillows, as well as keeping bathroom vanity items tidy. Decorative storage boxes help hide all that little clutter, notes, keys, tic tacs, etc… that

When your home comes on the market, you know that you will have a flood of Realtors and Buyers coming through your home. If you have a home aimed at families that also means you might have children coming through. What does that mean for staging? Of course, you know to keep those cute delicate items well out of reach. We also like to stage the home with items that can serve as a distraction to

The blooms have begun in Portland! This means it’s even more important to pay attention to your homes curb appeal. After the rainy winter it may be time to do some pressure washing, or even a fresh coat of paint on the porch or front door. With the warmer weather coming adding flowers, whether in your garden or in pots gives buyers a happy welcoming feel. Porches and outdoor living spaces are a HUGE selling

We frequently get the response “This looks amazing, why can’t it look like this when I live here?” IT CAN! Here are some tips: Shop with purpose. Our sets look cohesive because we “pull with purpose”. We select items from our warehouse stock for specific areas of the home. You can apply this to shopping for your home. “Browsing” is when people tend to buy things that have no use or don’t match the rest

While good staging should be designed to appeal to a broad range of home buyers, we also like to take into account the existing demographic of the neighborhood as well as the trends for the area. Portland and the surrounding areas have such a diverse assortment of neighborhoods. It’s incredibly satisfying for us to take an older home that has been well loved, and well lived in, and get it ready for a new life with it’s

How do you mix patterns? How do you work with a patterned rugs, draperies, and upholstery? Pillows! Besides the obvious technique of layering on solid colors, using a fabric that has a large print pattern and alternating the direction pattern on the pillows  compliments and calms down other busy patterns. This look works for both traditional and contemporary styles. We’re lucky enough to have a wonderful seamstress on staff that can create pillow covers for

With the new year under way we’re encountering properties that we quoted for staging last fall that decided to forego staging. We’ve so far had two that sat on the market part of the summer and all fall with no interest. After staging they’ve now sold in less than a week. Just think all the time, money, and stress that could have been saved if they’d gone ahead with staging when they first listed! Sometimes

Sometimes a traditional kitchen nook becomes a redundant dining room. When the style of the home, and the arrangement of the room suits, a better idea for the use of the kitchen nook can be a sitting area. Think mini family room, a cozy reading niche, or In some cases setting the nook as an office niche. These options give the space full use to the entire household.