• An initial walk~through to decide what should stay and what needs put in storage or disposed of.
• A room to room detailed walk through with detailed check list to cover each recommendation.
• Design rooms to show space and desirability to prospective buyers.  (Each room in the house should have a purpose)
• Pick out paint colors and sheens for walls and  trim, as needed from samples provided.
• Pick out carpet, flooring from samples provided.
• Discuss and choose wall art to make a room inviting.
• Offer resources for any thing needed to stage the house to the best advantage in today's market.
• Answer any questions sellers may have about turning a house into a hot property.
• Do all or part (whatever is decided upon by the sellar) of the staging on an appointed day.
• If desired, an appointment is set up for me to return to do the  final staging.

**With certain properties it makes more sense for the owners to invest in repairs before staging, and “home staging with integrity” means that the stager will point this out.

When a home is a true fixer-upper and has a long list of structural issues and obvious defects, no amount of paint or new furniture will disguise the problems.

If I'm asked to stage such a home, I would suggest that the owners fix what’s wrong before having it staged because any problems will be revealed in the home inspection anyway.  There’s a big difference between patching up cracked plaster and repainting after a leaky roof has been fixed, and doing the same to hide the fact that it’s leaking!