Speaking Up about Home Staging

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If you own a boat - you may want to move here... Folly Beach, SC

This is a beautiful townhome that one of my Design Specialists (David Moon) and I recently staged.  It is perfect for anyone interested in the boating lifestyle or just wants to live with spectacular views.  Each bedroom and the living space overlooks either open deep water or a marsh. 

living room before   living room after

    dining to living after

The budget on this staging job was modest and we only did the main level (dining, kitchen, office, living room & back porch)

Take a look at the RES to see other rooms and some of the stunning waterway views!

Some of my favorite artistic shots from this property...

Vignette staging   seashell centerpiece

 

We are already getting great feedback on this staged property.  Agents are saying how much larger & high end the property looks staged.  This will likely translate into quicker sales and higher offers!  Just another reason to team up with a professional stager to help you market your listings!

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Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocet and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry.  In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance.  With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities.  She now operates as the CEO of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign as well as the Executive Director of Certified Staging Professionals International Training Academy (CSPI) - the world's largest Staging Training Organization, and regularly speaks at the StagerList Expos and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.

For more information on having Marro speak at one of your real estate functions, please contact her at 843.822.2622 or email at marro.melissa@gmail.com

If you would like Marro's team to provide information on staging a property in the state of South Carolina, or the Greater Charleston Area, please visit www.WeStageSC.com, email marro.melissa@gmail.com or call 843.822.2622.

For more information on Marro's CSP Staging Training, please visit www.StagingAndRedesign.com, visit the CSP Calendar for dates or email marro.melissa@gmail.com.  Below is a list of Marro's current CSP Certification class dates:

February 6-8 Charleston, SC

February 16-18  Austin, TX

March 6-8  Atlanta, GA

March 13-15   Raleigh, NC

March 20-22   St. Petersburg, FL

April 10-12  Knoxville, TN

May 4-6  Covington, KY

May 18-20 Charlotte, NC

July 5-7 Memphis, TN

July 10-12  Charleston, SC

 

Comments

Melissa, I just love your blogs!  You really are extraordinary!  You can make any space BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Real Estate Connection about 1 year ago
Beautiful details for a lovely home.    Another excellent job.
Posted by Connie King (CK Staging & Design, Sevierville, TN) about 1 year ago

Mirela - Thank you!  This was one of those homes where the builder wanted to hire a 'cheaper' stager and the agents insisted that they hire us because of our portfolio.  They even pitched in some of the extra $$ out of their commissions to convince them!

Connie - Thank you so much.  The grounds are the real show stopper here.... Just walking around for the photos was like a great afternoon out by the ocean.

Posted by Melissa Marro www.StagingAndRedesign.com www.WeStageSC.com (First Impressions) about 1 year ago
Melissa, love the B&W art--sailing photos I believe? What a great tie-in for the ambiance & lifestyle!
Posted by Audrey Hoffman, VoteAudrey (VoteAudrey blog) about 1 year ago
Melissa- Can we trade locations for a month? I'll stage with wicker, beautiful shades of ocean blue and warm sandy browns and fun beachy things...and you can come here and stage with snowshoes and mooseheads! Deal?
Posted by Elaine Manes IRIS~Colorado Stager ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC) about 1 year ago

Audrey - Thanks!  We went with nearly all nautical related artwork in the home for that specific reason.  We are getting great feedback from the agents as well.

Elaine - ummmm, as exciting as that sounds I think I'll keep my ocean blues and let you keep the mooseheads.... lol!  But don't forget that I had to stage with a taxidermy rooster once - see you would have lost it! lol.....

Posted by Melissa Marro www.StagingAndRedesign.com www.WeStageSC.com (First Impressions) about 1 year ago

:)

Heather

Posted by Heather Chotard (In Style) about 1 year ago

I love the dining room, Melissa and LOVE the artistic shots!

Congratulations.  Your post is being featured in the group Staging Before & After Pictures.

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) about 1 year ago
Melissa- Im a Pisces!  You know I love that fish on the table!
Posted by Marci Toliver, Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging (First Impressions ) about 1 year ago

Heather - you crack me up... but I get it!

Kathy - Thanks!

Marci - I had no idea... I think Bevin actually picked them out (bought them for a previous project), but they really worked for the space.

Posted by Melissa Marro www.StagingAndRedesign.com www.WeStageSC.com (First Impressions) about 1 year ago
Melissa, I really like those colors. And I do like that fish as well. But I really love the table setting.
Posted by Tanya Venable Greenville Home Staging Spartanburg and Upstate SC Home Staging (Fresh Eye Designs, LLC) about 1 year ago

Melissa, I don't have a boat but I'll take it! Nice job, I love that you used red in there with the blue. How do you take those great "artistic" shots?

Thanks for sharing

K

Posted by Kimberley Hawley, Hawley Interiors & Staging (Hawley Interiors & Staging) about 1 year ago

Tanya - Thanks!

Kimberly - I used the pillows in the living room for inspiration on the color scheme.  The artistic shots are taken on my knees most of the time... lol.  I probably take close to 100 photos of the home, including artistic shots to come up with enough that I love.

Posted by Melissa Marro www.StagingAndRedesign.com www.WeStageSC.com (First Impressions) about 1 year ago

I've taken a few shots on my knees as well!  (Ms. Manes, I know what you're thinking....)

So is it really a law in Charleston that every single dining room wall must be painted some shade of raspberrry?

We were slated to move to your area in 2005, and on our three day gotta-pick-a-house tour 8 out of 10 homes had these raspberry colored walls.  We chose an inland property, as Folly Beach had that here-today-wiped-away-by-the-hurricane look!  However, I totally saw us renting a spot on the beach for Thanksgiving dinner........!

Me jealous!

Happy Staging! 

Posted by Tom Scanlon ASP HOUSTON HOME STAGER HOUSTON HOME STAGING & KATY HOME STAGING (THE ORIGINAL HOUSTON HOME STAGING) about 1 year ago

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