PRES home stagers and redesigners offer their clients a wide variety of services. One of them is called ’sourcing’ (seek out) rental furnishings. PRES graduates will source the best rental furnishings to give broad buyer appeal to their sellers’ target markets. Many clients will use rentals if their property is vacant, or their existing furnishings do not quite give the WOW look.

In the Lower Mainland of BC we are fortunate to have many rental furnishing companies to choose from. In other parts of BC and Alberta there are a few rental furnishing companies but not as good or as large as a company such as Fluff Designs in Vancouver. Most home stagers have their own small inventory and rely on rental stores to provide larger items such as sofas, desks, beds, etc. Many home stagers in smaller locations have larger inventory especially when they know they can provide better quality and styles of furnishings than local suppliers. Kym Tarr of ShoeString Interior Staging in Kelowna has great furnishings she offers her clientelle.

Here are a few TOP SECRETS about the process and how it works best:

1) be OPEN to what the PRES stager has to say about your furnishings whether you need some or have a vacant home – we are the experts here
2) the PRES stager will go to the rental furnishing store that they believe will have the best product/inventory to meet your needs. They may go to several stores before they finally decide on the best one for you. This can take up to 8 hours if it is a very large property.
3) PRES stagers will work within your budget to meet your needs. Once we have a quote we will review it with you for your approval.
4) Many PRES stagers have some of their own inventory and may choose some items of their own to use, and, some from a rental furnishing company
5) PRES Stagers know the best colour schemes for selling and will select product to work best with what you have or what they need to create for you.
6) Once PRES stagers have selected the appropriate inventory arrangements are made for delivery and they are there ready to go with the installation/staging set up
7) When the property is sold the seller notifies the stager and the stager comes to destage and the movers come for the pick up back to the rental furnishing store.

We make it seem ‘easy peasy’ but it takes a lot of skill to be a versatile PRES STAGER!!!

A great big THANK YOU to the ‘guests’ at the Home Staging Made Easy! talk that Dana J. Smithers of Sun On My Back Redesigns put on at Fluff Rentals in Vancouver BC on Saturday October 18th. More talks will be held in the future so make sure you are signed up for our PRES Staging Resource Centre newsletter (coming soon) or Sun On My Back Redesigns newsletter.

The winner of the ‘FREE’ Consultation for Living or Selling was Laurie Thomas of Langley BC. Dana and Laurie had a great time consulting on some ideas for Laurie’s home. This is what Laurie had to say:

” Dana,thanks so much for coming to my home and giving me insight! I’ve since decluttered my living room shelves and put some romantic pictures into my room! Thanks again for a great meeting! I sure enjoyed hearing all of your advice! “

Warmest regards,
Laurie Thomas

Stay tuned for Home Staging Made Easy! talks coming in 2009, as well as Dana J. Smithers’ new book for Do-It-Yourselfers, Home Staging Made Easy!