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Bright colored walls. Wall paper borders. It’s all in a day’s work.

April 24, 2018 by melissamarro

Homes with bright colored walls and wallpaper can still benefit from home staging. In a normal home staging consultation, we would advise that sellers remove anything too taste specific. This includes common selections like painting over bold or bright colored walls, removing wall paper borders, and removing murals from bedrooms (or really anywhere in the…

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How body language affects the home buying process.

November 12, 2017 by melissamarro

home staging body language

When I teach the Realtor Continuing Education class, I frequently point out how body language can affect the sale of a house. Messages that the buyer’s body sends to the buyer’s brain, can determine whether or not they will purchase that particular property. Sounds crazy, right? But it is completely true! What message is the…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: body language, furniture positioning

You get what you pay for. Cheap home staging can cost you thousands!

October 24, 2017 by melissamarro

how to stage with built in tv spaces

It seems that our Jacksonville home staging company has been called in a lot lately to “fix” the market presentation of properties that were previously staged by other companies. Whether it is the listing agent contacting us, or the homeowner, the conversation always seems to go the same way. “We went with the cheaper option.”…

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Filed Under: Before and After, Budgets and Economics, Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: control buyers eye, demographics, home staging, how we are different, optimal layouts, psychographics, removing objections, return on investment, vacant homes

Quality Control: It’s one of the key differences between Rave and other staging companies.

August 3, 2017 by melissamarro

traditional vs transitional home staging

I would love to say that each and every staging job goes completely smoothly. Unfortunately, especially when you are super busy, like we are, a stager can have an ‘off’ day. Last week that happened on our team. Fortunately, because of our systematized approach to staging, we were able to catch it and correct it…

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How a few simple changes take a listing from stale to SOLD!

July 31, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

st augustine home staging

Rave Home Staging is known for our work in vacant homes. Most weeks we stage anywhere from 6-10 vacant homes, all over Jacksonville, in all price points. Occasionally however, we’ll get a call by an agent who has an occupied listing and it’s getting no traction. Either the home isn’t getting any showings, or the…

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Filed Under: home staging skills, Marketing Tagged With: before and after photos, occupied home staging, stale listings, using sellers furniture

We are not the cheapest staging company in town. We are the BEST.

July 11, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

jacksonville home staging

I was speaking with a Realtor that specializes in luxury homes yesterday and in our conversation she advised that she thinks what we do is great, but that we are priced higher than our competition. That’s not a surprise to me. There will always be stagers who will undercut our pricing. The truth is that…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: budget, cost, demographics, how we are different, psychographics

What do I do with that? Helping buyers understand your home.

April 21, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

jacksonville home staging

I love my home staging career. Every home is unique, so every day is different. I get to adapt and determine how to best showcase features and benefits, while minimizing negatives. What happens when you can’t decide if an architectural element is a feature or a flaw though? When buyers wonder what the heck you…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: awkward spaces, contemporary, home staging, mid century modern, platform seating, staging with a stage

Sold by Design: Which Coffee Table is Right for My Home?

April 5, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

choosing a coffee table in design

Whether you are selling your home and working with a professional stager, buying a new home, or simply redecorating, design choices can be overwhelming. The “right” piece is often more than dimension and style. Often homeowners know when something ‘doesn’t look right’ but they don’t know why. This also means that they don’t know how…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: coffee tables, glass coffee tables, ottomans, wooden coffee tables

Sold by Design: The importance of Rug Size in Home Staging.

April 4, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

when is it ok to use a 5x7 rug in home staging

Using the proper rug size in home staging is not just about good design, it is about making a room feel large, comfortable, and ultimately controlling the buyer’s eye.  Many years ago we defined home staging, to our customers, as a marketing project, not interior design. That doesn’t mean that interior design principles aren’t still…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: design tips, home staging, rugs

What are you looking at? Home staging at first glance.

February 24, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

rave home staging jacksonville fl

At first glance, home staging may seem like a fun business full of decorating ideas. When I tell someone what I do for a living, they usually say something like, “Oh how fun! It must be exciting getting to decorate everyday.” This is a common misconception of what our job actually entails. What home stagers…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: control buyers eye, optimal layouts, perceived value, removing objections

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melissa marro on jacksonville morning newsOwner of Rave Home Staging, located in Jacksonville, FL, Melissa Marro is one of the best known stagers in the industry. Formerly the Chairman of the Board for the Real Estate Staging Association, she keynotes at International staging conventions annually. Having grown not one, but two large home staging companies, one in FL and one in SC, in the last decade, her no-nonsense marketing techniques can help transform any staging business into a top producing local brand. Marro is also one of the only staging training providers to actually successfully build a staging company. With over 500 residential homes staged in 2019, and gross sales in excess of $1.25 M annually,  Rave is one of the largest staging companies in North America.

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