Which One Is Better For Luxury Staging AND Why

Elizabeth Erin Designs Home Staging, Interior Design, Luxury Staging

Okay, so I might have tricked you with the title there. Sectional vs double sofa, there is no clear winner on which one to use overall. They each have their ideal scenario on when they work the best. Generally I lean towards sectionals for lower level spaces and larger stagings or show homes and sofas for our “day-to-day” stagings. This …

Why Hard Work & A Great Design Make The Best Reviews

Elizabeth Erin Designs Home Staging, Interior Design, Luxury Staging

Over the years we have worked with all types of clients: Realtors, builders, homeowners, investors, etc. You name a field, EED has probably worked with it! What’s the point? Experience. Accreditations are great and all, but one fancy piece of paper can’t make tough calls on site for stage days. Don’t get me wrong, we are proud to be recognized …

Why We Recommend Every Homeowner Should Have A Verbal Consultation Before Selling

Elizabeth Erin Designs Home Staging, How To, Interior Design, Tips and Tricks

Getting your house ready for today’s real estate market can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be! Right now, several homeowners are choosing to list their properties early due to the current “hot” market. Most who were looking to sell their house in a few years, are now looking to sell in a few months. This can put a …

Luxury Vacant vs Luxury Verbal vs Luxury Virtual – What do they all mean?

Jodi Peterman Home Staging, Interior Design, Luxury Staging, Uncategorized

You see us posting all the time on our social handles about our Luxury Home Staging services, but we wanted to stop and take a minute to explain in detail what each service entails. By working with clients day in and day out, we designers can sometimes get caught up in the loop and forget that not everyone always knows …

7 Easy Tricks You Need To Use When Accessorizing Your Built-Ins

Elizabeth Erin Designs Interior Design, Luxury Staging, New Ideas, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized

You have asked, and we have answered! One of the most common struggles that homeowners can come across when getting their home market ready is how to accessorize their built-ins. Almost everyone has some sort of open faced built-in, either in a Kitchen, Living Room, Laundry Room, Pantry, etc. Here are seven different tricks you can use to achieve our …

Sold In 48 Hours For Full Asking Price – Luxury Home Staging Testimonial

Elizabeth Erin Designs Interior Design, Luxury Staging

Realtors, are you tired of being sold on something? I swear those pesky telemarketers are increasing in numbers day by day. You sell homes day in and day out, the last thing you need is for someone else to try and sell you on something. So I’ll make this short and sweet and stick with facts. Staging works, and this …

A Day In The Life Of A Luxury Home Stager – One Moment At A Time

Elizabeth Erin Designs Before & After, DIY's, Home Staging, Tips and Tricks

There is no typical day, every single day is different.  My duties range form time in the office getting caught up on emails, appointments with clients, meeting with Realtors, designing and planning for the staging, pulling all the items for the staging and then implementing the staging.  I could be doing one of these task all day or trying to …

How To Stage Before The Holidays

Elizabeth Erin Designs Furniture, Holidays, Residential, Seasonal, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized

According to the Iowa Association of Realtors, in August 2020 there was a total of 4,448 listings sold with an average days on market of 56. Compare this to last winter in January 2020, the Iowa Associations of Realtors said there were only 2,132 listing sold with an average of 70 days on market. These numbers just show that from …

Staging : Less does not always mean More

Elizabeth Erin Designs Uncategorized

Staging is a delicate balance of bringing in enough furniture and accessories to see the function of the space, while not brining too much where it looks like someone is living there. Take our showroom, for example. When we first moved in we set up three vignettes : living room, a dining room, and a couple extra chairs. Now, at …

Staging : Less does not always mean More

rebel Uncategorized

Staging is a delicate balance of bringing in enough furniture and accessories to see the function of the space, while not brining too much where it looks like someone is living there. Take our showroom, for example. When we first moved in we set up three vignettes : living room, a dining room, and a couple extra chairs. Now, at …