Beth Lester Designs

Staging a home for sale with the owners living in it can be done a couple of different ways by a professional home stager. First, the owner or realtor can call in a certified professional home stager for an inexpensive consultation.  At Home Staging Designs of California, we walk through the home...

"Fall is in the air."  Don't you feel it?  Indeed, with the cooler weather and the start of school, it feels like time for a fresh start, so I wanted to share a few ideas with you on how you might freshen up your home for this season by switching things up.   Williams Sonoma Home One spring a few...

Last year Dan Eason interviewed me here for Energized Seller, highlighting Home Staging tips for outdoor living spaces.  It's time to expand these tips and put them in writing! Whether your property boasts a deck, balcony or patio, staging it for outdoor entertaining will be a boost to your poten...

Stagers & Realtors - Personal safety is something we probably all need to pay more attention to.  In this blog below, the woman realtor "lucked out."  It's not always the case, as you can see in the comments. In staging, we always tell clients to remove knife blocks and obvious weapons around th...

Typically I keep my posts to items about the Home Staging industry, but this weekend a column by John Bogert on the D-Day Anniversary in our local Daily Breeze newspaper (Southern California) has so been haunting me with its profound lessons that I thought I would share with you this story. Heinz...

Last week a new realtor (for me) asked for my help staging an occupied lovely 3800 sq' home with an ocean view in Rancho Palos Verdes.  She said that the owner had beautiful furniture, but it needed some work.  Upon arrival, I learned that the elderly gentleman had lost his wife only a few months...

Homeowners can make their homes rise to the top when they really understand the principles of home staging and have some direction. Home Staging Designs of California did an "occupied consultation" for home staging in Torrance, California.  This included picking out the paint colors and giving ca...

Since HGTV has shown home sellers what a huge difference home staging, or property styling, can make, savvy sellers want to do everything they can to sell faster and make more money.  Professional home stager Beth Lester, owner of Home Staging Designs of California (www.hsdca.com), relates five r...

Enjoy an evening of wonderful orchestral music from the Palos Verdes Regional Symphony Orchestra.   Friday March 5, 2010 James Armstrong Theatre Torrance, California $10 each   Contact Jennifer Alvardo at pvrso10@gmail.com Tickets are selling fast.     Beth Lester Home Staging Designs of Californ...

This  is a well-written blog to realtors to find another source of referrals.  I agree heartily!  I am more than happy to refer homeowners to realtors that I partner with. Everyone LOVES referrals right?                                       Wouldn't it be swell if they just fell from the sky?? ...