Home Staging

With Election Season in Full Swing, is a Campaign Sign in The Front Yard a Good Idea?

By Joanna England / October 15, 2012 /

I doubt a piece of cardboard and a stake is going to turn off a prospective buyer, but would you want to risk it?

Apparently yes, at least for some people. I’ve passed several homes on my rounds through Dallas’ many upscale neighborhoods with not only a “For Sale” sign in the front yards, but large signs extolling their picks for public office.

People Who Live in Glass Houses… Should Just Wear a Lot of Designer Clothes from Highland Park Village With New Extended Shopping Hours (Did Someone Say Luxury is Dead?)

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2012 /

It makes perfect sense: you live in a house of glass, so everyone can see you. Therefore what you wear becomes supremely important and let’s face it — no hauling your butt to the fridge bare-ass naked. So it is smart, very smart indeed that the folks at Highland Park Village trekked out to New Canaan, Connecticut to…

Why Stage a House? Because it Gets Them Sold (Quickly!)

By Joanna England / May 29, 2012 /

We had a Tuesday Two Hundred last week that was super cute and move-in ready. The Lakeland Hills midcentury-modern home at 8829 Hackney was priced right and perfectly staged by Karen Eubank.

Now, a lot of the mid-mods that hit the market as of late have sold at a crazy-fast pace. But this one was only on the market for TWO WHOLE DAYS before getting snatched up, says listing agent Kerry Paradise Slaughter. And get this, there were multiple offers!

Star Stager Karen Eubank Scores HGTV Audition For Coming Reality Show

By Joanna England / May 18, 2012 /

We have a potential star in our midst, folks!

Our own lovely Karen Eubank, expert stager extraordinaire, recently auditioned for an HGTV reality show about her passion: staging homes to get them sold!

Staging Your Home To Sell: Don’t Let The Furniture Match the Art

By Candy Evans / January 11, 2012 /

You’ve heard this before: never buy your art to match the sofa. True, but if you are seeking some beautiful, reasonably-priced art to stage a listing or your own home, what if there is no sofa to NOT match? Hop on over to Gallery Interiors HUGE new art sale. Owner Mark Lafferty has gotten in a…