Home Decor Staging And Design

We hired Nancy to stage our condo for sale. Nancy was professional and her communication was good. She knows her stuff and she can make a place look very good for pictures and showings, but she's also very strict it was frightening. Some options were not feasible for us in terms of cost and resources so we would offer work-around or alternatives. Needless to say, our ideas were shutdown. Maybe this is a common practice in the staging business, but it was hard to get actual cost of the rental from Nancy. We just wanted to balance out what we should rent vs what we should buy. We also had a budget and going over it was not in our plan. She also wanted us to clear out our cupboards and fridge to at least 50% of the stuff we use on a daily basis. Since, we live in the condo it was difficult to do. In end we did not empty out our closets or cupboards because the pictures will not show it and we'll take the chance on someone looking and peeking in our stuff during showings. Overall, Nancy made our place look very good in the pictures and for the showings. Did it help sell our condo? I can't tell. The condo market is quite slow this year. But again, the staging did look great and, as a placebo, yes I think it did help sell our condo.