All I did was...Home Staging Success Stories

You never know what a difference a day makes. Advantage Staging received a phone call from a client who had found me online. Their waterfront home in the Barrie area on Lake Simcoe had been listed for three years. It was an architecturally designed home on a great lot with lots going for it. The ...

In this home staging in the Aurora area, I performed a staging consultation leaving a very capable homeowner with a list of to do items for each room in the house. Within 10 days this home was decluttered, foyer painted a neutral colour, furniture rearranged for good flow and the yard trimmed. Th...

Michelle Finnamore, owner of Advantage Staging has been nominated for the Ontario Home Builders SAM Award for best decorated model under 2200 sq. ft. This model home was designed for the site in Alliston by Devonleigh Homes. Features include using eco friendly finishes to market the homes to buye...

  This post is by Sergio DePinto, an agent at Remax Premier who attended a couple of seminars that I conducted there. Sergio listened intently to my suggestions on why you would want to be part of Active Rain, the largest free networking site for agents, home stagers etc. Sergio took to heart the...

Advantage Staging had the opportunity to stage two model homes for the Parkside site in Alliston for Devonleigh Homes. I decided to stage in as "green" a way as possible to increase the marketing ability for these homes. The scope of work for this staging included selecting finishes, light fixtur...

In home staging your purpose is to highlight the features and focal points of a property for sale. When you list a house, you really want to premept objections by showing the property in its best light. Take a look at these before and after shots and see if you can pick out the features that shou...

In this home staging in Vaughan I wanted to show sellers and agents the importance of their listing photos. This condo had a beautiful kitchen but it was difficult to see in photos with the accumulation of day to day living. Hectic lifestyles leave little time to get your home ready for sale. For...

In this home staging in Vaughan I would like to show the difference between what your home looks like while living in it compared to when you are selling your home. When you are living there you don't really think about how other people see your home. When you are selling, you are now selling a p...

I find Active Rain such a useful building block of my business that I recently held a seminar at Remax Premier in Vaughan. I encouraged everyone to bring their laptop to the seminar and I would get them logged on, fill out their bio's and start their first post to their blog. As most were not fam...

In this home staging in Woodbridge Ralph Oppendisano from Royal Lepage Maximum  called Advantage Staging in to do a consultation on a 9.4 million dollar home on the National Golf Course. The agent that sold it a few years ago asked what is I was going to do there as it had been designed by Brian ...