I was contacted by a woman from Colorado this spring. She found me on the internet, she wasn't sure but I think it may have been from Active Rain. Her dad had lived here in Connecticut and had passed away last September. She had come out her and emptied his condo and listed it with a local agent. She called me around the first of March,  feeling very frustrated about the situation. She knew all about staging and really believed in it, she said the agent did not. She hired me over the phone promptly sent me a check, she told me not to mind the agent and that I was to do whatever I thought necessary. Of course I put an estimate together and ran everything by her. Even though it had been recently painted I thought it looked like a vanilla box, so we brought in a painter, we changed out the light fixtures (that was a hugh improvement) changed the faucets and cleaned carpet and even the ductwork. I wanted to get all the subcontractors work done before trying to stage, so I wasn't able to get "my hands" on it until the third week of March. I used Cort furniture and added all the artwork and artwork,some small pieces of furniture and accessories. I finished staging on Monday, April 2nd, we had a brokers open the next day on the 3rd and on Thursday the 5th it was under contract! I think I won over the agent, and just received a staging job from another agent who attend the brokers open. A neighbor I met while working on this project also just referred his son to me as well. Here are a few after photos: