Tessa's Interior Design, Staging + Marketing Inspiration

One of the challenges of marketing staging is coming up with a quick and easy way for our clients to grasp the benefits of staging their home. Call it the elevator speech, your value proposition or marketing you. When we go on a consultation with a client, or meet a real estate agent for the firs...

I got an email about a month ago with no subject line and the message was "HELP"! The owner of this home found me online and wanted help getting her property SOLD.  The house is in a great location in Fort Worth near the Rivercrest Country Club. Houses in this established neighborhood sell in a r...

My latest vacant staging challenge is making this kitchen look like it matches the nice house that comes with it. It's in a gorgeous suburb of Fort Worth near TCU. But obviously the kitchen remodel was done a couple of decasdes ago. We've all seen these cabinets and most of us wouldn't mind if we...

  Get Ready to Sell Your Home by Letting Go! So you have decided to put your house up for sale. Maybe you are moving for a new job, you're getting divorced and the house can only hold one of  you, you're pregnant and you just realized you've run out of bedrooms or you're empty nesters, ready to d...

One of the biggest challenges when staging a property is compensating for a bad floor plan. No matter how beautiful the home is if the rooms don't flow naturally into each other with space for a variety of furniture arrangements, your buyers are gong to be walking out the door to the next home fo...

I had a call from the realtor who sold me my house the other day. I had given her a complimentary consultation to thank her for referring me to her office. Her clients are in the middle of remodeling a home they purchased with her. She said they needed help getting to the next step and asked if I...

Well you never know who is going to need your staging services!  A couple of weeks ago I got a referral call from the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau. They were looking for someone to design and stage their meeting room to function as a media interview space for the Lonestar Film Festiv...

Here's a nice little traditional home in the Westcliff neighborhood of Fort Worth. Close to TCU and Bellaire Circle, this is a cozy brick home with gas fireplace and a huge shaded back yard. The master bedroom is enormous, 18' x 16', truly a nice little getaway with two large closets and a great ...

Today I saw the difference that staging a home with style can make.The price point for each of these estates in a local home show was over $2 million. With five homes total and an average size of over 7,000 square feet, there was ample room for staging and decorating these custom homes to showcas...

Just thought you would like to see this article that's in the September issue of Consumer Reports if it hasn't already been posted here... this is a great link to send your clients or use in your marketing materials. Show Your Home Like a Pro I think any time staging is featured in the national m...