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Downers Grove Home With “Scenic View of Airstrip”
You see RVs in peoples’ driveway. Boats, too. Why not a private plane? Especially when you live on a private airstrip, your plane is your car? We could have taken the airplane motif and played it out with airplane accessories and art, but as they say in the Midwest, that would be like “Clown Pants”. Instead, we focused on…
Read MoreMaple MakeOver Needed A More General Personal Style
Sometimes a home is nice, with all the basics covered, but it may not photograph well. Since we all reach for Google when starting any kind of search today, every house listed for sale needs a personality and a warm welcome to stand out. This might seem a conundrum: stagers are always telling home owners to remove…
Read MoreHome Staging Before And After Photos From West Chicago
When I need design inspiration I go to Home Staging Before And After Photos. I love seeing the magic my fellow staging professionals can create. And so, in that spirit, I’m going to share a recent project in West Chicago. We wanted to bring out the brick fireplace and yet suggest Spring. The blue teal accents…
Read MoreSt. Charles Staging Pulls Together Eclectic Decor
You can tell this going to be a cheerful house. The exterior is reminiscent of Storybook style, or as it’s often known Hollywood Whimsy, where the curved, steep gables evoke a Hansel and Gretel feel. Usually these houses are mostly Tudor but with a couple of idiosyncratic, fun other elements. When we were invited to stage the…
Read MoreNaperville Home Staging Gig Goes Younger and Brighter
This Naperville home staging project was a house we knew well. We had staged it when the owner still lived there, and once they moved out, we came back in with our own furniture and accessories. It is a large house, located in a part of downtown Naperville where the lots tend to be smaller. The…
Read More2015 NAR Home Staging Profile
The National Association of Realtors released its 2015 Profile of Home Staging recently. 2300 realtors participated from throughout the United States. The results have caused some home stagers to be thrilled and others to scratch their heads. Here are the results we thought were the most interesting. The full report can found here. Most people…
Read MoreHome Staging Ideas Dining Room Locations
When you have an open plan first floor, where do you locate the dining room? Part of the kitchen or on the carpet as part of the formal living room? We recently encountered this conundrum when we staged this charming home in Oswego, IL. Interestingly it has no formal dining room as it is an…
Read More2014 Year In Review Reveals 5 Strands Of Growth and Gratitude
With Christmas fast approaching, we can’t help but reflect back on 2014 and take stock. We are starting to review our experience, assessing the successes of the 2014 home staging year, looking at where we were able to prepare homes for sale with style and fast results, and what 2015 might look like. We’re illustrating our…
Read MoreRESA Top 10 Finalist for Best Home Staging Team
What an honor for my folks to be voted into the Top 10 Best Home Staging Team! We are a partnership, with a full-time office coordinator, a warehouse supervisor, 4 freelance stagers (some of whom have been with us for all of our 10 years in business) and 2 marketing contractors. In order to be…
Read MoreRESA Top 10 Finalist for Vacant Stager of the Year – US!
The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) has announced their Top 10 Finalists for their 2015 Awards. Chicagoland Home Staging was nominated in 2 categories this year – Best Vacant Stager US and Best Staging Team. This is an annual competition, where the first round is judged by the whole association. To have been nominated into the…
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