Home Staging

Dallas Top Designers Dish on 2016 Kitchen Trends, From Lacquer Paint to LED Lights

By Leah Shafer / January 28, 2016 /

The emergence of the open floorplan as a home design standard means more eyes than ever are on our kitchens. Design and function evolve every year, and we’ve asked some of the top Dallas interior designers to dish on 2016 kitchen trends for us. They say the overall vibe for this year is crisp and uncluttered, with the…

Rising Star: You Can Vote For IBB Design’s Shay Geyer in Traditional Home Competition

By Joanna England / January 27, 2016 /

We absolutely adore Shay Geyer’s Hollywood Regency-meets-transitional aesthetic. She combines colors and shapes with glitz and glamour, all of which you can find in IBB Design Fine Furnishings. So we weren’t suprised to see Shay among the nominees for the 2016 New Trads Rising Stars of Design from Traditional Home. “I am so honored to have…

New Year, New Living Room (or Dining Room, or Den …) With These Amazing Deals

By Joanna England / January 7, 2016 /

Now that you’ve bought a little something for dang near everybody in your life, it’s time to focus on numero uno. Yeah, you. Go get yourself a little (or big) something at IBB Design Fine Furnishings this weekend during their one-day-only warehouse sale. You can score some amazing finds for up to 90 percent off at…

Staging Tips: What’s in Your Stager’s Bag of Tricks?

By Karen Eubank / January 5, 2016 /

Stagers work their magic daily. They turn empty lifeless houses into beautiful showstoppers, edit occupied homes, advise on colors and updates, and help Realtors get homes sold. They do it with a lot of knowledge and a pretty big bag of tricks. Of course, they carry the usual measuring tapes, furniture sliders, tools, picture hooks,…

From the Archives: Karen Eubank Explains How to Stage “Naked” Properties

By Joanna England / December 31, 2015 /

[Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared on CandysDirt.com on Oct. 24, 2014, but it’s still as useful as ever considering the hordes of requests stagers are receiving to furnish vacant properties.] One of the most requested staging services is furnishing a vacant property, what I call a “naked” listing. Every day, Realtors call…