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Staging for the Next Scene

Showcase of Secrets to Successful Home Staging

Allison Engel

Taylor Sherrill

Professional home stagers abhor clutter. If they have a golden rule to showing homes to their best advantage, it is to pare down piles of belongings and expunge knickknacks. That’s obvious. But in the photo gallery below are some less-obvious tips from ambiance artists, along with some visually arresting inspiration from the homes of Bighorn.

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All the Home’s a Stage
Residences for sale benefit from a professionally styled 'lived-in’ look

This article appears in the May 2007 issue of Palm Springs Life

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