This past Saturday, Sept. 15th, was World Wide Staging Day for the International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP). Our local West Los Angeles Chapter's project was the Day Center at the Downtown Womens' Center (http://www.dwcweb.org). The Downtown Women’s Center provides 40,000 meals, 47 permanent  housing apartments, and a wide array of  other supportive services to over 2000 homeless and very low-income women each year. The Day Center is a space where homeless women can come during the day to take a shower and a nap and have something to eat.

With generous donations from CORT Furniture Rental and Fashion Furniture, our local ASPs were able to transform a once dreary room into a warm, homelike sanctuary for these women. I can't tell you what a rewarding experience it was to unveil the room and see the looks on the faces of the women who live in the Residence at the Center. Their smiles and thanks made all our planning and hard work worth every minute!

Brooke Lykins, the Volunteer Department Manager, told us that one of the things shown to increase the effectiveness of services provided to homeless women is a warm, homelike environment. We were happy to provide that for the many women who use this fabulous Center.

Jill Allen of J. Allen Interiors was the WWSD Ambassador for our Chapter and her incredible work on this project over the last year was what made it such a huge success! 

Below are before & after photos of the room we transformed. 

BEFORE

AFTER 

Local ASPs who participated on the Staging Day were (from top left) Annie Pinsker-Brown, Jill Allen, Tina & Bill Parish. Others who helped through purchases made ahead of time were Mariana Fodolyan and Penny Cunningham. 

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Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to Sell
Owner & Principal Designer
310-384-1084
www.stagetosell.biz

"We get you to SOLD so you can get on with your life!"

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Stage to Sell is the premier West Los Angeles Home Staging Company.

Owner & Principal Designer Annie Pinsker-Brown is an ASP (Accredited Staging Professional), a member of IAHSP (International Association of Home Staging Professionals), an affiliate member of the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors and a member of the Culver City and West LA Chambers of Commerce.

Annie has Staged LA homes for Bravo's hit show "Million Dollar Listing" and TLC's "Property Ladder." She has also been featured in recent articles on Home Staging in Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times, Costco Connection and Frontiers Magazine.

If you would like to see more of our Home Staging work, visit our website. There is an extensive gallery of before & after photos, as well as a list of our Staged properties currently on the market.