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Whatever city we're based in, professional home stagersdo so much more than make our clients' homes look amazing and irresistible to potential buyers so that they sell faster ... What other Hats do we wear?  Here are just a few of them ....       NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERT:  Home stagers need to be fami...
01/06/2011
Portland Oregon Home Stager is Named a Finalist in the  REAL ESTATE STAGING ASSOCIATION’S 2011 HOME STAGING INDUSTRY AWARDS Portland Oregon-based professional home stager Maureen Bray has been named a finalist in the Real Estate Staging Association’s™ Home Staging Industry Awards for the Professi...
01/06/2011
When your home is on the market, its curb appeal is the first impression that buyers have and its often a deciding factor in whether or not they want to see the inside of the house.  Professional home stagers often provide our homeowner clients with neutral paint colors that will be appealing to ...
12/10/2010
Home staging offers Portland homeowners and their Realtors multiple benefits, including the advantage of presenting your home to potential buyers as warm, inviting, move-in ready, and irresistible! Once your home is on the market, buyers have the opportunity to "preview" it via the online Multipl...
12/09/2010
Let me tell you about my sweet little fellow, Darby O'Gill (aka D.O.G.). Darby and I met 15 years ago when I moved to Lough Gur in County Limerick, Ireland .. a magical place that has a stone circle as old as Stonehenge, and where the locals still see "fairies" like in the old days.  The lake (Lo...
11/23/2010
Fellow home stagers, has this ever happened to you?  Your client (the homeowner), who has moved out, contacts you and says, "My listing agent offered 'free' staging as part of their services .... but the staging isn't at all what I expected.  Can you come look at the house to see if you can help?...
11/22/2010
Our Portland home staging company was contacted for a proposal to stage a home in Hillsboro, Oregon, that had been on the market for over 4 months.  The sellers had moved into their new home and hoped for a sale before the winter (and slower selling season) set in.  We gave them our suggestions f...
11/14/2010
A/R Stagers are some of the most creative, caring, and community-minded people that you'll ever meet. Many have helped our communities in a variety of ways (sometimes as part of a group effort, and sometimes on our own).  There are countless worthwhile charities across North America that need our...
11/02/2010
As professional home stagers, most of us have a statement like this one that we share with our clients:  "How we live in a home is very different than how we prepare it for selling ..."   Recently on A/R another clever stager had this version, which I love:  "How you Dwell is not how you Sell .."...
10/30/2010
UPDATE:  This home was on the market for 4 months, then was staged -- and has a pending sale just 21 days after staging! This lovely 4-bedroom home in the Jones Farm area of Hillsboro, Oregon has exceptional schools in a great neighborhood.   MLS # 10083255;  4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths;  2,490 sq ft. ...
10/22/2010
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