September 2026

How to compare home staging quotes, and what a $2,000 gap usually means

By |September 30th, 2026|Business of Staging, Home Staging General Interest|

How to compare home staging quotes, and what a $2,000 gap usually means When staging quotes for the same house range from $4,200 to $6,500, the gap usually comes from two places. The quotes aren’t for the same amount of furniture, and the companies aren’t set up the same way to handle changes. You can check both yourself with the quotes in front of you. A seller sent us this question almost word for word. They had three staging quotes for the same house, from $4,200 to $6,500, all for roughly the same 8-week hire. What was actually different between [...]

Can you stage your own home with Kmart furniture?

By |September 21st, 2026|Business of Staging, Home Staging General Interest|

Can you stage your own home with Kmart furniture? Yes, you can. DIY home staging is a real option, and some sellers do it well. A few trips to Kmart, Target or Big W can furnish an empty house for less than a professional stage, and you keep the pieces afterwards. The better question is what the furniture needs to do. If the goal is to fill the rooms, DIY will get you there. If the goal is for buyers to want your house more than the one down the street, that's a harder job, and it's where most [...]

What home staging can’t fix

By |September 15th, 2026|Business of Staging, Home Staging General Interest|

What home staging can't fix Home staging can't fix a price expectation, a structural problem, the dimensions of a room, or the colour of your walls. It also can't sell a house on its own. What it does is change how many buyers seriously consider a home, and that's a narrower job than most people assume when they book it. Most people booking styling have never done it before. There's no reference point for what's normal, it happens under time pressure, and everyone in the conversation sells something. So here's the honest list, from a company that's styled more [...]

Virtual staging vs physical staging: what each one can and can’t do

By |September 7th, 2026|Business of Staging, Home Staging General Interest|

Virtual staging vs physical staging: what each one can and can't do Virtual staging adds furniture to a photo. Physical staging puts furniture in the home. Both change how the listing looks on a screen. Only one of them changes what a buyer finds when they turn up on Saturday, and only one can change how many bedrooms and living areas your home is advertised as having. Here is where each one earns its money, and where the cheaper option starts costing you. What virtual staging actually is A photographer or a third party lays [...]

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