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Stephanie Decker, a professional property stager in Mill Valley, California, recently published and article in NAR’s Styled, Staged & Sold internet magazine that presents five ways to affordably bring expensive to any staging project. Stephanie’s ideas include:

• Use one expensive piece in each room
• Use white
• Look at what can be recycled
• Rotate color
• Buy one month after the season starts

If you like to see the complete article please follow this link.

The website Styled, Staged & Sold by REALTOR Magazine presents five “Hip Tipz” from professional stager Charlene Storozuk of DEZINGERDIGZ. Take a look. Some of these offer interesting ideas for a spring DIY project — no need to stage for a move!

A preview of Charlene’s ideas:

• Paint bedroom furniture antique white and the walls a darker tint.
• Frame a favorite tea towel for display in the kitchen.
• Make the rooms off the hallway appear larger by painting them a lighter shade than the hallway.

You can view the complete report and the last two ideas by visiting the online article here.

Front doors are a perfect place to set that “first impression” and the holiday season gives us a tremendous opportunity to create a unique entry for our homes.

Styled Staged & Sold has created a short list of pictorial exmaples that are interesting and may inspire you this holiday season. The use of color, decoration and setting helps to create a different appeal in each example.