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A key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way to modernize a space is to add some key staging accessories that help to update each room. Usually the home stager after the walk-and-talk consultation will create this home staging props shopping list for the seller. Better yet, the home stager can simply shop on the seller's behalf to purchase items that will go a LONG WAY in updating the home and attracting that best offer possible.
My Expert E-Designer has curated a 20-page, shopping list of essential home staging props for each home that goes on the market inside the Expert E-Designer HSR Template Library, so if you're one of my Expert E-Design students, go ahead and add it to your account.
We've also added this curated client presentation with shopping links to the home staging course under the Successful Consultations section.
Let's take a look at the essential home staging props room-by-room...
Every home can benefit from a new door mat, more greenery, mirrors and what I call "staging trays".
The 62 inch circular mirror can work in any home and multiple spaces to add additional light, use over a fireplace, in an entryway or go over a bathroom vanity. At only $60 bucks at Target, this mirror which has over 1000 five star reviews is a steal!
The banana fiber pouf or stool is another extremely versatile item that can add much needed texture to any space for a mere $30 bucks at Ikea.
Most kitchens lack warmth and personality because they are filled with hard finishes. Never clear every counter and try and sell a bare kitchen! Since the kitchen is a huge selling opportunity for the home seller it becomes even more critical to carefully stage counter vignettes that add texture and warmth.
I personally love the look of layered cutting boards sitting upright on a kitchen counter, a bowl of fresh fruit and brand new woven dish towels. White accessories denote cleanliness, so using white home staging props will help to make the clean connection for buyers. These small, inexpensive additions go a long way in creating a clean, natural atmosphere.
Check out how these simple kitchen home staging props along with paint completely transform this kitchen my sister's staging company, Pacific Home Design in Santa Cruz designed:
BEFORE STAGING
Bedrooms are so personal, that it can be discomfiting walking into another person's boudoir for a buyer...especially if the bedding is old and tired looking.
Adding white bedding enlarges the space and gives it a fresh, clean feel in any bedroom.
Bathrooms are similar to bedrooms in that they are intensely personal, so using white and having it immaculate will never scare off buyers. Use a tray to anchor a vignette on the counter. Fresh white, fluffy towels stacked by the tub and greenery gives the space that spa feel.
This luxury white towel set for under $35 bucks is an essential for every bathroom in the home and with over 1300 positive reviews as an Amazon Prime Choice, it's a steal: https://amzn.to/2Af5yCA
Building beautiful vignettes or what I call "emotional connection points" in each room of the home takes an extreme eye for design.
In our Staging Essentials Client Presentation that we've just added to both the Expert E-Design Training and the Home Staging Certification course, we built a perfect coffee table vignette that is easy for clients to purchase and build on their own.
What room can't benefit from a large jute rug, fresh new pillows, more lighting and fiddle leaf tree?
These simple, yet updated staging accessories are usually the missing piece in a living space. Make sure to go large on the floor rugs, so that every front leg of your furniture touches it. This rug on Overstock is priced right at $200 while the 5 foot fiddle leaf tree with great reviews on Amazon is under $100: https://amzn.to/2ZGZk9k
Etsy is my go-to place for awesome pillows, so have fun exploring various shops for that perfect, pillow combination. This Etsy shop had this luxury set of pillows for sale for only $115 which is a steal for this kind of quality and size.
Even if the home seller is on the tightest of budgets, these many items valued in total at around $2000 will make a $20000 difference in the value of the home.
Buyers are looking for stylish decor and statistically will pay more for homes that have updated decor, so spending a bit on these versatile accessories will be an investment in the sale of the home.
If the idea of shopping for all these great things to use to help sellers get the best price for their home interests you...then consider becoming a home stager by taking my free course below...
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
As promised in my earlier letter providing staging business advice on how to handle Covid-19 (Coronavirus), we held our first "Virtual Happy
I've thought long and hard on how to approacheverything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positiveand productive email
I just finished a live webinar on "How to Make Money Doing E-Design for Clients" and the response was AMAZING! If you
Part of being a Total Design Freak (TDF) means you love, love, love to see gorgeously staged homes designed to sell...right?:-)In this
This post contains a couple Amazon affiliate links:-)
Our virtual happy hours are getting crazier and crazier as we work together as an industry to solve our clients staging and design issues while sheltering in place. In other words doing remote design and staging which we've all found to be much easier than expected...woot!
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Make sure to go full-screen on this video to be able to watch the valuable chat room comments (it blew up the entire time) AND see the many emails that stagers and designers shared with me on how they have used my "A-Z Guide to Going Remote" and pivoted their business to make money during this unprecedented time.
As usual, cheers to you and your business!
Hope to see you in my next webinar where I'm totally switching it up and talking about dreaming and side hustling:-)....hope to see you in the chat room!
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
As promised in my earlier letter providing staging business advice on how to handle Covid-19 (Coronavirus), we held our first "Virtual Happy
I've thought long and hard on how to approacheverything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positiveand productive email
I just finished a live webinar on "How to Make Money Doing E-Design for Clients" and the response was AMAZING! If you
Part of being a Total Design Freak (TDF) means you love, love, love to see gorgeously staged homes designed to sell...right?:-)In this
In last week's virtual happy hour on April 15th, I discussed the myths about doing business during this time, how the right marketing approach is critical, mistakes stagers are making, why you can work with clients remotely to do staging virtually and I recapped my "A-Z Guide on Working Remotely and Staging Virtually with clients".
The one-hour, free live session went over a lot and more importantly, the chat room of over 250 fellow happy hour friends had so many interesting comments and ideas that of course the video below includes the very active chat room.
Here's the video replay of the April 15th Happy Hour:
I'm so grateful for all the comments and emails from so many of you that took my "A-Z Guide to Going Remote and Staging Virtually" and ROCKED it with your clients! Stagers are working with clients like never before to solve their most pressing issues...to stage and sell in this pandemic or to love where you are sheltering in place.
In the training video above, I talk about the importance of being present, helpful and available with your clients...this is a time to shine as a business!
I also talk about the mistakes stagers are making during this time! You don't want to be the person who annoys but rather helps yet some stagers are marketing with the wrong tone (I show you an example). Selling aggressively is not the answer.
I recapped all of the training, Canva Templates and materials I've been teaching in my "A-Z Guide to Going Remote and Staging Virtually" so this is a good video to watch if you missed my past happy hours.
Will some positive things come out of this pandemic? I absolutely believe so and so do the people in the chat room when you read their comments!
This video will inspire and encourage you, so take a moment to unplug, grab your happy hour drink of choice and watch the full replay...let me know what you think below!
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you should market your new remote staging and design services.
I showed people a brand new marketing approach that will win them results RIGHT AWAY. Trust me when I say that you have never tried this with clients, so the value in this free presentation will blow your mind.
Here's the process I shared but I took it one step further by including very specific, copy and paste scripts to use in order to not be overly salesy but authentic. Overly salesy is not going to work in this time of crisis.
I also shared inspiring stories of people just like you who are shifting their business to work remote or starting something brand new with their life during this downtime. In other words, they are not satisfied with puzzles and Netflix:-).
The video is about an hour since we go over A LOT of stuff but I promise it will inspire you!
In fact, after I gave this eye-opening marketing presentation, I got some super cool and encouraging emails from you all...
You can download my scripts and resources below the video training. Make sure to go FULL SCREEN to see the details of what I'm sharing...
If this is your first training video with me then you will definitely want to go to my prior presentations and download my "A-Z Guide to Going Remote with Your Staging and Design Services" at this link.
Click on the button below to download the scripts and resources from the April 8 Virtual Happy Hour presentation above...
During this difficult time, I'm so grateful for all the stories and encouragement I've gotten from you all!
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to join me on:-)), I shared some early stories of how home stagers have taken my formula for going remote with their business and had great success!
Here's the training replay below of our learning Virtual Happy Hour and what you can plan to learn:
Besides all the new buzz words we've been learning these days like "shelter in place" and "social distancing" there's seems to be a new buzz word kid on the block called "pivoting your business". I've been preaching this for over a month to home stagers and designers because we have a wonderful industry for going remote!
In fact, now is NOT the time to be silent with your customers. Agents need to know how you plan to work with their clients, so setting the positive, can-do tone for that remote work is essential to you being the stager of choice to agents in the future.
In my brand new "A-Z Guide to Going Remote with Your Business", I detail how to pivot your business and position it with prospects and clients...
Click to Get the Download!
Interestingly, the home stagers who followed my guide are having great success so far! In fact, in my last Virtual Happy Hour (free happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit), I shared how stagers were using my formula to pivot their business along with tons of other useful, information!
Hopefully you have a chance to watch it above and here are the cool Canva Facebook Ad Template images I created for you to edit to your heart's content...
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
As promised in my earlier letter providing staging business advice on how to handle Covid-19 (Coronavirus), we held our first "Virtual Happy
I've thought long and hard on how to approacheverything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positiveand productive email
I just finished a live webinar on "How to Make Money Doing E-Design for Clients" and the response was AMAZING! If you
Part of being a Total Design Freak (TDF) means you love, love, love to see gorgeously staged homes designed to sell...right?:-)In this
If you don't write it down...it just won't happen.There are two learning and growth strategies that always insure better focus and recall:
8 Reasons to Add Holiday Design to Your Business Are you a holiday junkie like me? If so, then why not add
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on how to go remote with your consulting services. Here's what you will find inside this critical guide to pivoting your business during the Covid-19 crisis:
All part of my NEVER REINVENT philosophy except this time, I'm opening it up to our entire industry, so simply click on the image below to get your A-Z Guide:
Click to Get the Download!
Get your VIP invite to join me on one of my Wednesday, Virtual Happy Hours where we encourage, brainstorm and chat about the industry and how to overcome and grow through this crisis...
I hope to see you in one of my Virtual Happy Hours and below are more resources to help guide you...
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
As promised in my earlier letter providing staging business advice on how to handle Covid-19 (Coronavirus), we held our first "Virtual Happy
I've thought long and hard on how to approacheverything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positiveand productive email
I just finished a live webinar on "How to Make Money Doing E-Design for Clients" and the response was AMAZING! If you
Part of being a Total Design Freak (TDF) means you love, love, love to see gorgeously staged homes designed to sell...right?:-)In this
If you don't write it down...it just won't happen.There are two learning and growth strategies that always insure better focus and recall:
8 Reasons to Add Holiday Design to Your Business Are you a holiday junkie like me? If so, then why not add
(If you're having trouble seeing it, go to YouTube directly using this link: https://youtu.be/5F5Js9gG6Os)
Essential Home Staging Props for Every Room of the HomeA key part of home staging is modernizing and the most effective way
This April 22nd Virtual Happy Hour video continuing our series on how to pivot your business and do remote design and staging
We are in Week 5 of our Virtual Happy Hours where every Wednesday at 3pm, we drink, laugh, learn, inspire and create
In our April 8th, Virtual Happy Hour I gave a detailed presentation PLUS resource links and "copy and paste" scripts on exactly how you
In my last Virtual Happy Hour (free Wednesday, learning happy hours I've been doing since this crisis hit that you're welcome to
In the March 25th Virtual Happy Hour, I did something a bit different and that is I created a one-hour workshop on
As promised in my earlier letter providing staging business advice on how to handle Covid-19 (Coronavirus), we held our first "Virtual Happy
I've thought long and hard on how to approacheverything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positiveand productive email
I just finished a live webinar on "How to Make Money Doing E-Design for Clients" and the response was AMAZING! If you
Part of being a Total Design Freak (TDF) means you love, love, love to see gorgeously staged homes designed to sell...right?:-)In this
If you don't write it down...it just won't happen.There are two learning and growth strategies that always insure better focus and recall:
8 Reasons to Add Holiday Design to Your Business Are you a holiday junkie like me? If so, then why not add
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I've thought long and hard on how to approach everything we are seeing on the news regarding Covid-19 in a positive and productive email to you my dear readers. No doubt, you are getting a lot of these emails but my hope is to take a different and more "actionable" approach that is tailored to the staging/design industry and filled with helpful tips, useful tech tools, free training and weekly inspiration... First off, I want to encourage you by telling you that this is temporary. This too shall pass (hopefully sooner than later). We are all in this together. We are all impacted. Together we can be stronger and while the news shows the negative, I believe all of us has witnessed patience, grace and kindness at our local stores/communities in the wake of this more often than not. Homes still need selling and staging. I'm going to try and follow this equation in my business, family and community so I hope that it is helpful to you too... Prepared + Perspective + Productivity + Positivity = Peace and Empowerment Prepared... For your business -
Perspective I've had to have "perspective" conversations with my sons whose friends are still out hanging out with each other while they are "stuck inside". My girlfriend sent this quote to me and it helped my boys put their isolation in perspective AND shift into a more productive mode.
Productivity - I've decided to use this time to refresh my training, refocus on my goals and give back to my community of home stagers. The first thing I'm going to do is have weekly, "Staging Q & A Virtual Happy Hours" where we are just going to do Q & A sessions, look at gorgeous photos, encourage one another and brainstorm ways to make our businesses stronger, more organized and ready for when this temporary period is over.
Join me every Wednesday at 3pm (pacific time) at this link: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/virtual-happy-hour
Here's some ideas for your business:
Here's some ideas for your family:
Positivity - This one is tough...but the world needs this from us today and we need this for ourselves. I will try to be positive and look for solutions...will you help me? Our industry is amazing and I think we can encourage and help one another weekly, so I hope you will join me this Wednesday as we kick off this new series of productive learning! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/virtual-happy-hour
Maybe if we do all of those things, we can have more Peace and Empowerment in our lives, businesses and relationships. Sorry for the long read but I hope you found it helpful! XOXO Audra
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If you don't write it down...it just won't happen.
There are two learning and growth strategies that always insure better focus and recall: Repetition and Writing it Down
I use both of these when I plan my days/weeks/months AND set my goals. By putting your plans into your Google Calendar AND hand writing them, you will have a much better success rate of retaining, expressing and completing them!
I talk about this a lot in my productivity webinar in January but the simple truth is...planning makes perfect.
Simply click on the image below to INSTANTLY download the free PDF:-)
In the live webinar I'm going to show you how I use these pages in my work and life, so make sure you attend to get fired up on your 2020 year and decade!
Nicci Nolan Wright of Staged Wright Home, one of our HSR members has a strong background in photography and shared some of her hot tips in our Stagers Connect group via video.
Can you believe how easy that was?!
For more super cool staging hot tips, join me on my next free, live event...
