melody's Blog

SALAZAR STAGING & Custom Interiors was recently asked to stage a beautiful new construction.  The finish materials were beautiful, but the monotone of the colors did not highlight these great details.  Additionally, the living space was one very large room that needed to be 'divided and conquered...

We stagers know how often paint can help the presentation of our projects.    On this ALL WHITE house the only color was in the faded wallpaper border in the kitchen and in the master bath.  I suggested taking this border down and painting just in those rooms, and around the fireplace surround.  ...

I run into many bedrooms that have a beautiful space for sitting and relaxing - this is a very good selling point as everyone loves to have a place to hang out in the bedroom.  It is important that these spaces be presented beautifully so they are recognized for the value they offer.  This was a ...

  Hello everyone, I would like to announce that we have recently been invited to be part of Coldwell Banker's Preferred Provider List!  It was a grueling process with a fifteen page application.  After going through the application process, we are confident to say these vendors are all very highl...

I just found out about a really neat website that carries, along with a large amount of home decor items, wonderful wallpaper. Before you groan about wallpaper being dated, NOT all of it is!   These are not your dated fruit and flowers types of papers.  There is a huge variety of wallpapers that ...

While going out on consultations and doing stagings, on more than one occasion I have run into customers who balk at the prices involved (mine are very competitive).  They quote prices they've heard on programs on HGTV and Decorating To Sell, etc.  and wonder why me and my contractors have the pr...

Announcing a 4400 sq ft, custom, rustic and elegant home in New Braunfels, TX, located on the Austin/San Antonio corridor (IH35), this is an excellent location for best of both worlds.  Live on the peaceful banks of the Guadalupe River, but have a short commute to either of 2 large metropolitan a...

We stagers know that dated wallpaper is a must go item.  However, don't jump too quickly to remove any and all paper.  Sometimes, if the paper is not floral or too reminiscent of days gone by, you can use it.  In this room, the top paper was that of a faux paint treatment.  At first we were going...

It seems I run into many homeowners who have turned a room in their house into a 'storage' area.  We need to convince them that these are nothing more than wasted space and right now every inch of a home should be labeled prime real estate.  Send us those rooms where the 'after' can't help but be...

TARGET YOUR MARKET! We've all run into rooms that are nothing but question marks - Rooms that leave buyers scratching their head as to what they can do in that room.  Or we may go into a house that should be marketed as a family home, only to find it's a spread out bachelor pad that does nothing ...