Staging that sells Portland homes

Room Solutions Staging is based in Portland, Oregon, and offers a varied menu of professional home staging services throughout the Portland Metro area. Our proven staging techniques will help reduce your property's market time and maximize your equity.

As Featured in Local and National Media

Local and national media alike turn to Room Solutions Staging when reporting on how home staging helps Portland-area sellers in today's challenging real estate market. Benefit from our expertise on your next home staging project by contacting us.

Check out how our home staging and design work has been featured in the following TV and print media:

• When HGTV needed a home staging and design expert in the Portland OR area, they selected Maureen Bray of Room Solutions Staging to do design work for multiple episodes of their popular show My First Place. Air dates are throughout 2010 -- check your local listings for air times.
• KATU News & AM Northwest
• Portland Monthly Magazine
• Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine
• KATU News and the Oregonian on Oregon's first "gut rehab" LEED Platinum home. Photos of this remarkable home — and its expert home staging — can be seen at ashcreekhouse.com

Home Staging in Portland Oregon Blog

Check out our Home Staging in Portland Oregon Blog featuring the latest home staging tips, trends, and examples of our home staging projects in the Portland area.

Our Mission Statement

Room Solutions Staging is committed to providing our clients with the finest home staging and re-design services available in the greater Portland area.

We promise to offer personalized services tailored to your property's individual needs and to showcase your home to its best advantage, whether you are selling it or living in it.

We are dedicated to maximizing the profit potential of our clients' properties and reducing market time.

We pledge to deliver superior service at competitive prices and to perform our work with honesty, integrity, and the utmost respect for your property.

Staging Your Home Works

Real estate statistics show that staged homes sell faster than un-staged homes, and usually for a higher sales price as well. A properly staged home showcases the home's best features, downplays any flaws and adds a warm, inviting touch that resonates with buyers and creates a powerful first impression. Contact us to make sure that your home stands out from the competition!

Staging Your Home Is A Smart Investment

The investment in staging is always less than a price reduction. Regardless of market fluctuations, staging will give your home an edge over competing properties. It's the all-important "packaging" that helps a home sell faster and for maximum profit.

In addition, your investment in staging may also be tax deductible; refer to IRS Publication 523 and your professional tax advisor for more information on deducting this marketing expense.

Our Home Staging Services in the Portland OR Area

Room Solutions Staging offers a variety of professional services to homeowners, investors, and realtors; we're flexible and want to work within your time frame and budget. If you have a service request that isn't listed here, just contact us to let us know how we can help you.

We primarily serve clients in the communities of Portland, Tigard, Tualatin, Wilsonville, Beaverton, Aloha, Hillsboro, West Linn, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon City & Happy Valley. For clients located outside of our service area, we are happy to provide E-staging services or a referral to a qualified staging professional in your area.

Home Staging Services Offered To Homeowners, Builders, Banks and Investors

• Walk through Verbal Consultation (Occupied Home or Vacant Property): This service is geared towards the homeowner (or Realtor who'd like to provide this service for their client) in an Occupied or a Vacant home. We walk through the property with the homeowner or listing agent while you take notes of our recommendations for easy cosmetic repairs, light fixture replacements, interior & exterior paint colors, creating focal points, optimum furniture placement, deep cleaning and decluttering, curb appeal & landscaping enhancements, etc. We also provide written tips on preparing for the Open House and keeping your home ready for showings. Up to 2 hours of our time; within 20 miles of SW Portland – $150.
  
  Optional Service: After your Consultation, if you'd like us to return after you've completed your "To Do" list, we can return to give your home a final hands-on staging service to ensure that it looks warm and inviting to potential buyers – based on an hourly rate of $75/hr.
  
  Note: If you prefer a Written Consultation, we can provide one that contains the same information as the Verbal report – the cost varies depending on the size of the house: $300 to $450.
• Home Staging Service for Occupied Homes: If the home is Occupied while on the market, we will work with and edit the seller's furniture and provide any additional accessories (if needed) to create an inviting, cohesive look to the décor. Our service includes quality digital photos that can be used in the online listing or in marketing materials. The pricing of this service depends on the size of the property, the number of rooms staged and whether accessories are included for rent. Because every project is unique, we're happy to provide a no-obligation staging proposal for your property.
• Home Staging Service for Vacant Homes: Using our extensive staging inventory, we can stage a Vacant property to ensure that it's appealing to your target buyer. We usually recommend staging the main "impact" rooms of the home, but can also provide "light" staging if required by the budget and situation. Our service includes quality digital photos that can be used in the online listing or in marketing materials. The pricing of this service depends on the size of the property and the number of rooms staged. Because every project is unique, we're happy to provide a no-obligation staging proposal for your property.
• Electronic Consultation (E-Staging): If your property is located outside our service area (anywhere in the world) we can provide a detailed Consultation Report. Using photos and room dimensions that you provide electronically, we will advise which pieces of furniture to keep, which to remove, how to showcase the space for maximum appeal, as well as cosmetic improvements to consider. The cost of this service is $200 to $250.
• Full Day or Half Day Home Makeover (ReDesign) Projects: If you'd like a fresh look in your home or just don't know how to best configure your furniture, our home makeover service may be just what you need. This "redesign" service is less expensive than hiring a traditional interior decorator and very effective! We can make your home warm and inviting, and can also suggest where to buy the best accessories (or we can do the shopping for you). Pricing starts at $400 for 2 experienced Redesigners for 4 hours; a no-obligation quotation is gladly provided.
• Staging Offices, Reception Areas, Waiting Rooms & Small Businesses: All properties – including commercial offices – can benefit from staging. We'll assess your place of business from the perspective of a customer, then advise you on what simple cosmetic and furnishings changes should be made to create a more inviting and professional look. Easy changes can make your clients feel welcome and relaxed! A Verbal Consultation is just $150 for up to 2 hours of time.
• Paint Color Consultation: Need help selecting just the right interior or exterior paint colors? Whether you're selling your property or staying in it, we can find just the right color that works with the existing elements – billed @ $75/hr.
• Furnishings Rental: Our extensive inventory of furnishings is available for rental in staged properties. This includes a wide variety of quality furniture, area rugs, lamps, artwork and wall décor, linens, plants and trees, plus home décor accessories to suit many styles and tastes. Monthly billing is determined by how many items are needed.
• Shopping Service: If you're too busy to shop for home décor or aren't sure what's needed to improve the look of your home, we can do the shopping for you. Using our intimate knowledge of the local furnishings market, we can find the items you need (often at bargain prices), deliver them to your home and properly arrange them to fit the space; shopping service is billed @ $50.00/hr.
• Gift Certificates: Room Solutions Staging offers custom-designed Gift Certificates for Home Staging Consultations, Re-design Service, or Home Makeovers ~ in any amount. Surprise your friends & family or business clients & associates with a wonderful gift that will be much appreciated by the recipient!

Ready to make your home (or office) the talk of the town? Contact us for more information about any of the services listed above.

Home Staging Services Offered To Realtors

Do you have a listing that could benefit from the services of a professional home stager? We can provide cost-effective Verbal Consultation Reports, Full or Partial Staging, Accessories, and more. Whatever the budget, timing or obstacles, we're sure to have a solution to make your listings irresistible to buyers.

If you'd like professional-looking flyers to include in your listing presentations to clients, just let us know – we'll custom-design one just for you. Our Realtor partners receive special pricing on all of our staging services.

Benefits of staging your listings with Room Solutions Staging:

• Our expert staging techniques sell homes faster – please check out our local staging statistics here.
• We know how to tactfully and diplomatically advise your clients about the changes and improvements necessary to sell their home.
• Our staging service will boost interest in a home that's been lingering on the market for too long.
• We will post photos and details of your listings on several nationally-known real estate websites as well as in our own blog.
• We can provide quality digital photos for your online listing and marketing materials.
• Including our professional home staging flyers in your marketing materials will position you as a valuable source of advice and resources to your clients.
• We provide reciprocal links to our realtor partners' websites.
• Custom-designed Gift Certificates available for you to give to your clients – for Consultations, Home Makeovers, or any of our other staging services.

Staging Portfolio of Portland Oregon Homes

Check out our Home Staging Portfolio to see examples of our work. Also, view our before and after home staging photo gallery for more examples. Our job is never done until our client is happy with the results!

About Room Solutions Staging

Maureen Bray is an accredited and certified staging professional, a former real estate investor & property manager, and a talented interior decorator. As the owner of Room Solutions Staging, she draws upon all of those skills and experiences to advise her clients and provide them with the staging solutions necessary to be successful in any real estate market.

Maureen got her start in the real estate business by buying, staging and selling investment properties of her own in the Portland area. Over the years she recognized the importance of property presentation and knew that it made a big difference in how buyers felt when viewing a home.

Maureen holds several international staging designations (ASP, CSP) and was elected VP Membership for the Portland chapter of the American Society of Home Stagers & Re-designers (ASHSR).  She's a member of the Real Estate Staging Assoc (RESA) and served on the local Board. As a Moderator of Stage It Forward, part of a national network of professional home stagers, she promotes education in home staging. Maureen was nominated for Professional Stager of the Year 2010 (US & Canada) by the Real Estate Staging Assoc (RESA).

Maureen's Portland home staging blog features the latest home staging tips, trends, and Before & After photo examples of our recent home staging projects: http://homestagingportlandoregon.com/

Maureen is a native of Carmel, Calif and has made Portland her home for many years. She also spent eight years living in the rural countryside of County Limerick, Ireland, where she established an award-winning Bed & Breakfast. During this time she also took on several major staging and design projects for various international clients, including the University of Limerick.

Local & national media continually turn to Room Solutions Staging when reporting how home staging helps sellers in today's challenging real estate market in Portland Oregon and beyond. Benefit from our expertise on your next listing or home staging project by contacting us today.

What Our Clients in the Portland OR Area are Saying…

"Thank you for the excellent staging. Please include us in your next testimonial. We had incredibly positive comments on your staging and we feel your work was integral to the successful sale."
−− John & Priscilla DeCosta ~ Principal Brokers, Keller Williams, Portland OR

"Maureen came to my home to help with furniture arranging and staging (redesign). She had great ideas; rearranging & changing just a few things made a tremendous difference. Maureen has a great eye and was wonderful to work with. Things look so much better now; I'd highly recommend Room Solutions to anyone who is looking to freshen up their decor or staging a home for sale."
−− Lauri Dixon, Portland OR

"Thanks again for your beautiful work. As it turns out the very first people that walked into our house and made an offer are the ones who are buying the house… largely attributable to your assistance!"
−− Dana Lloyd, Beaverton OR

"The condo had been on the market for over a year. The best feature of this condo was the view of Mt. Hood, but there was a big empty living space with stark white walls. Maureen first helped with home staging advice for neutral wall paint, a few light fixtures, followed by staging of some key rooms. The difference was phenomenal! We put this condo on the market at a less optimum time of year and had an accepted offer in about a month! I truly believe that Maureen's advice and home staging helped close the sale on this property. She was wonderful to work with; she knew exactly which features to emphasize and she also understood the demographic of the potential buyer and she staged accordingly."
−− Rhonda Bakke, Broker, John Ludlow Realty, Inc., Wilsonville OR

"Thanks, Maureen, for all your expert advice and creative design. It really made all the difference in being able to sell my parents' home so quickly!"
−− Marian McAndie, Portland OR

"Your staging is the nicest I've ever seen, very professional … and thanks for your wonderful photos!"
−− Leon Simms Broker, Windermere/Bridgeport Realty Group, Lake Oswego OR

"You did an amazing job. The spaces flow brilliantly and your arrangements of color, contrast, and objects work in unison to amplify the finest qualities of the house. Your staging work is pure artistry, and my money was very well spent. We received an offer in just 3 days!"
−− Jerome Unterreiner, Portland OR

"I highly recommend your services – you have done an amazing job staging my listings! With your help I was able to get a listing that had previously been on the market for over two years sold in just 6 weeks! Thanks again!"
−− Jeanie Osborne CRS ~ Broker, John L. Scott Real Estate, West Linn OR

"Our Realtor believes that the staging was significant in the showings and quick sale of the condo."
−− Jean Salvador, Portland OR

"Thank you for using so many natural elements in your staging of this LEED Platinum home."
−− Paul Scardina IIDA ~ Designer/Owner, Paolo Design Group, Portland OR

"The home you staged for my client sold in only 3 weeks, even though other homes with the same floor plan in this neighborhood remain unsold. In today's market that's an excellent outcome and great return on my client's investment in staging."
−− Lee-Pin Chu, Broker ~ Robert Deigert Real Estate, Portland OR

"I am most impressed. You've made me a believer in home staging…you are a terrific stager."
−− Dede DeJager ~ Broker, Windermere/Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Portland OR

"You and your amazing team did it again! My client's condo sat vacant on the market for 15 months. Each month there was cash out for the mortgage, HOA dues, taxes, utilities & insurance. Then you staged it and we had a sale in less than a month. Your "MAGIC" worked – my clients and I feel you were instrumental in this sale and we thank you very much!"
−− Shar Bailey, Portland OR

"I do believe the staging helped get this town home sold in just 6 weeks. I will definitely be using your services in the future."
−− Gabby Tyer, GRI, CRS ~ Principal Broker, Realty Solutions LLC, Portland OR

"Thank you for making my home look more appealing to potential buyers; it sold in just 10 days!"
−− Ken Stevenson, Portland OR

"Thanks Maureen - you have been so wonderful for my clients and I really appreciate your hard work."
−− Jan Cullivan, GRI, ABR, CRS ~ Broker, Re/Max Equity Group, Portland OR

"The expense of staging certainly paid off. Having the home staged made people more able to imagine themselves living there -- it sold in just a few days, after being on the market vacant for many months."
−− Marc Hoffman, Philadelphia PA (formerly of Portland OR)

"I love your staging – it looks gorgeous and so do your photos! Thanks for your hard work. I will refer you to everyone!"
−− Wendy Snyder Broker, Portland Creative Realtors, Portland OR

"Only 2 days after you staged this home we had an accepted offer…it was the first offer after being shown for 3 months as a vacant home."
−− Jack Keith, Tualatin OR

"You helped me re-design our new home with existing furniture from our previous home - excellent, very professional and easy to work with. You could see & arrange things that I could never have come up with myself. You used the time wisely and I highly recommend you as very talented & skilled."
−− Karen Fruehauf, Beaverton OR

"Once again you did a wonderful job staging! After this home had been on the market for almost a year it sold soon after staging. I have very happy clients."
−− Cari Crossley ~ Broker, Coldwell Banker Barbara Sue Seal Properties, Beaverton OR

"Our house is three stories and the Room Solutions crew staged every room, in some cases quite dramatically. Maureen was so helpful and responsive and was able to ensure a great experience. I walked into my house after their work and was blown away. They made the house more open and appealing."
−− Sheri Fitts, Portland OR

"It was such a pleasure to work with you and have you do your magic – we had a sale within 2 weeks! You were very professional and showed utmost respect for my clients and I appreciate all of your time, creativity and hard work ethic. You really have an art for staging and I look forward to working with you again soon!"
−− Deborah Jackson, PC, GRI ~ Broker, RE/MAX Equity Group, Beaverton OR

"Our home looks stunning. Thank you for all of your contributions; this has been a great experience for us! I recommend this process for anyone who wants to simplify their environment - selling their home or not."
−− Melissa Sackett, Tigard OR

"Thanks for a staging job well done…the property now shows beautifully and in its best possible light."
−− Harold Schockelt ~ Principal Broker, Centerwood Realty, Tigard OR

"I would never have thought to (stage) things this way. I'm just blown away by it. Thanks for trying to juggle your schedule around for me. I am continually impressed with your level of service."
−− Roy Jacobson, Portland OR
       Room Solutions client, in a KATU-Ch 2 TV News feature on home staging

"We are really impressed – after 8 months on the market as a vacant property, we had a sale just 4 weeks after you staged our home. Thank you so much!"
−− Angela Varney, Portland OR

"Congratulations, you made it happen! My listing had been on the market for a year. Although there were multiple open houses and showings, no offers came through. Once you staged it however, in less than 2 weeks we had a sale! You know your stuff. Thank you from both my client and myself."
−− Bob Hoyt, GRI ~ Broker/Owner, Hoyt Realty, Portland OR

"Thank you so very much for the beautiful staging of my condo. It had warmth, livability, humor, and just the right touch of elegance. I don't think the property would have sold so quickly without it!"
−− Karen Brandenburger, Portland OR

"I received many compliments about your staging – it made a huge difference. The house sold a week after staging, after being on the market vacant for 7 months. Thanks again for all of your help…I have passed your information to everyone in my office as a competent stager who does a great job."
−− Christa Glasgow ~ Broker, Windermere Realty Partners, Portland OR

"I cannot begin to thank you enough for the wonderful job you have done staging our house…we received a full price offer in only two weeks."
−− Joe Martin, Portland OR

"What a huge difference…I am so impressed. Your staging made this house a home and it will help the sale immensely. Thank you so much."
−− Jill Gregory, ABR, CRS ~ Broker, The Sunset Group, Beaverton OR

"In a slower market where properties like mine have an average selling time of 3 months, after staging my home sold in only 14 days. Your staging really made the difference here!"
−− Richard Merrill, Portland OR

"Your staging of my vacant listing was very effective! After 5 months on the market and no offers, after your staging we had a sale in 3 weeks. The creative solutions you came up with allowed potential buyers to imagine living there. You provided high quality service and I appreciated your willingness to keep the budget in mind. Thanks for making this house more marketable."
−− Leslie Jones, GRI ~ Principal Broker, RE/MAX Signature Properties, Portland OR

"The house had a full price offer in just five days. In this market, it was the best outcome I could have hoped for. Again, many thanks to you and your team."
−− Todd Harris, Portland OR

"Thanks! The feedback on the house has been great. We received two offers and a sale for full price within two weeks of staging and listing…Nice work!"
−− Dave Amato ~ Broker, RE/MAX Equity Group, Portland OR

"My broker said the house is shown often and several agents have asked about the staging, saying it's the nicest they have seen!"
−− Shelley Hall, Beaverton OR

"You quickly assessed what my home needed and brought in tasteful accessories as well as rearranged my own items. The furnishings and colors you used were very inviting – and my home is sold! You and your staging crew were professional and efficient throughout the process."
−− Carolyn Morgan, Portland OR

"When Maureen works her staging magic, existing space challenges are solved and the whole house flows better. Staging is now part of my marketing package and as a result, my staged listings sell in a week compared to our local area's DOM of 148. I don't have to do classified ads any more; my money is better spent on a home staging consultation. Maureen is wonderful, she's a professional who easily manages difficult personalities."
−− Kristin Rader, Broker, Keller Williams Realty, Beaverton OR

"Your home staging advice is top notch. With your eye for design and knowledge of color you make the most basic home look outstanding. You have a talent for knowing how to help a seller get Top Dollar for their home in the shortest amount of time. A staged home definitely puts more money in the seller's pocket. I enthusiastically recommend your service."
−− Terry Shumway, CRS, GRI ~ Broker, RE/MAX Equity Group, Portland OR

"Thank you for staging my home – it looked so beautiful. It certainly takes a unique set of eyes to stage a home to sell it. With today's market being so competitive I don't think my home would have sold so quickly without your staging help."
−− Sue Tsang, Portland OR

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