Charissa's Blog

I've been coordinating the work that has gone on at this property for the last month and the homeowner just listed it with a realtor today for $6,000 more than they had discussed before staging!  I did the staging consultation as if the house was going to be occupied and then they decided to vaca...

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of the house that I helped decorate for a bachelor that was moving into his first home. We spent under $2000 to turn his new house into a home.  We stretched the budget by using some of his photography and some nostalgic pieces from his childhood.  ...

We just finished the first room of my client's first house.  She purchased the dining room furniture rather inexpensively and already had the picture and candleholders that we hung on the wall.  The wreath we used for the centerpiece was purchased at a garage sale and the placemats and napkins ca...

Several of you had read one of my previous blogs and commented that you would like to know the outcome of the redesign I did on my mother-in-law's living room without her permission.  Well, today we brought her home from the airport and as we were pulling into her drive way, I told her she should...

After reading about Trisha Lane's magic trick for stagers and adding her recommended product to my list of essentials, I thought I would post something real quick asking for recommendations on what to include in a Home Stager's Toolbox.  I am sure there are many, like me, that are new to the home...

When we moved into our house, I decided to position our bed on the only wall where it would fit.  Since then we've furnished the adjoining sitting room with a loveseat, TV and some workout equipment.  I thought it'd be nice to be able to view the TV from our bed and connect a phone to the phone j...

I am a very brave woman!  I just started redesigning my mother-in-law's living room without her permission.  She got new living room furniture (sofa, chair and recliner) shortly before leaving town for a few weeks.  She's planning on letting me help her decorate so I told her that I would go look...

One of the things that drives me crazy about Sell This House on A&E is the way they paint over wallpaper instead of removing it.  I always thought this was a big no-no.  I'd be curious to know how you experienced stagers feel about this.  Is this something I'm going to have to come to terms with ...