Staging Tips, Tricks and Reviews

We strategically place colour, furnishings and artwork to make your listing photos ‘pop’, and we ensure your home is just as inviting in person.   The key is to help prospective buyers immediately feel at home.

 

2022 Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging

So grateful to this industry and the people who paved the way. I hope to give back with as much generosity. ~Ellen Ellen Mann holds two certifications in Behavior Change Management to go with her Staging Certification. She understands why people buy properties the way they do, and knows how

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Nominated for 2022 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging

Ellen has once again been nominated for the Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging Award by the Real Estate Staging Association. Launched in 2008, the RESA awards are known as the home staging industry’s most prestigious awards. The Real Estate Staging Industry’s Most Influential People™ Global is a category

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2021 Top 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging

2021 TOP 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging
How can I possibly give back enough to this industry that showed me if someone believed in me, what I could be? I have been supported every step of the way from my amazing training provider Certified Staging Professionals and the Real Estate Staging Association. Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me.

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Best in Home Staging Industry

Hands down, one of the best in the industry! Ellen did a detailed walk-through of our home as we prepared to sell and offered invaluable advice to make our home stand out to buyers. She helped us see our home through “buyers eyes” and suggested simple and inexpensive tweaks for

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Fast Home Sale

Ellen was extremely professional and was able to provide wonderful suggestions to our home before she came in to do her magic. The home looked so nice that we wanted to buy the furniture she staged it with! In the end our home sold in record time. We would highly

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Artwork - Technique, Style + Key To Staging

HOME STAGING TV: USING ARTWORK TO STAGE A HOME

So grateful to have this opportunity. Thank you Tori Toth for this interview! It was so great to catch up with you. “…give people something pleasant for their eye to rest on as they’re looking around the room, and that’s why art is so critical for any staging.” ~ Ellen

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Stunning Staging Furniture

Stunning Staging Furniture

I did renovations as part of preparing my house for sale. Ellen was amazing throughout the process. Having her as a resource to select paint, flooring and light fixtures that would maximize buyer interest was invaluable. In addition, she provided stunning staging furniture for my sale to showcase the property.

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100LakeEmeraldRd

Show the buyer how they can use the space best

Thank you so much to Ellen, Jen and Reece for helping make our home ready to be on the market. Selling a home isn’t about putting your life on display to sell, it’s about staging the home for all the best qualities to show the buyer how they can use

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100LakeEmeraldRd

Professional and helpful

Ellen came to our house and gave us advice on how to stage it for potential buyers. We went from room to room and Ellen gave us some great ideas on how to make each room appealing to potential buyers. She was very professional and helpful and she had some

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chrysalis home staging

LISTING YOUR HOME DURING THE HOLIDAYS

While the months of November through January are considered to be the worst time to sell a property, there are some positives to listing during the festive season. Fewer listings occur during this time, and while showings may slow, buyers looking during this time of year tend to be more

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5 REASONS WHY STAGING BENEFITS HOME BUYERS AS WELL AS SELLERS

People often think home staging only benefits the seller by hiding flaws in a property that’s listed.  Sometimes they even think we “dupe” sellers into spending more than they should for a house. That is certainly not what any reputable and trained stager will do.  Our job is to ensure

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2129 Bowness Rd NW

Brighter, lighter and beautiful

We had our house on a market for 10 months with two different realtors. We knew we needed help. We invited Ellen for a consultation. Ellen did a walk through and gave us suggestions on improvements to attract potential buyers. We decided to stage our house with her. Needless to

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chrysalis home staging

Quick sale

We had Ellen come and stage our house to sell. She was very honest and understanding. Started with a walk through and a list of advice. We did nearly everything she suggested. With two little kids and a dog, keeping a place “show ready” isn’t always easy, but she worked

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THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN HIRING A HOME STAGER

Bearing in mind there is no governing body for home stagers. No education or insurance requirements, anyone can call themselves a ‘home stager’. That’s why sellers should take time to ask any home stager they’re thinking of hiring a few questions. Here are a few topics you can cover in

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Vancouver Island Home Staging

HOW VIRTUAL STAGING AND INTERNET DATING ARE SIMILAR

This weekend I had an interesting question from a very nice realtor who was holding an open house. She was showing a typical un-staged house in a popular area for young families, but has had little ‘action’ on the home.    When she found out what I do for a

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Stage my home

I was very unsure selling my house in today’s market-In walks Ellen, and everything changed! Ellen spent two hours at my home giving me recommendations, offering her ideas to stage my home to sell fast as I had already bought another home.I was skeptical at first, but I acted on

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The Real Estate Company

Ellen brings a great work ethic and eye for creativity to the table when working with my clients, while staying within a very cost effective budget. I’m so impressed with her enthusiasm and love for creating an inviting environment that I know makes a positive impression on Buyers. I certainly

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Artwork, accents and transformation

Ellen is fantastic!…..I am a single mom of two teenagers and after going through a separation I found myself with a house I hoped I could manage but I couldn’t so I found myself entering a housing market which I heard was full of gloom and doom. Then entered Justin

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Remax Central

I connected with Ellen from another Realtor in my REMAX office after I had trouble selling a property. He spoke extremely highly of her and mentioned that his listings sell after using her services. Clearly that sparked my interest and after consulting with three professional stagers, I chose to go

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Staging MAGIC

Let’s not beat around the bush first! The most important thing you want to know about hiring Ellen at Chrysalis to stage your house is this: We received an offer in THREE DAYS at 99% of our asking price! The results speak for themselves! We gave ourselves over to her

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Father, Husband, Son, Wine Importer.

We were referred to Ellen Mann by our realtor to assist with the downsizing of my mother’s duplex in the spring of 2017. For anyone who has helped a parent in a similar situation likely empathizes the range of challenges starting with accumulated belongings all the way through the fear

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