The fast and furious stage
The day we get to install our stage is go-time for us - and for you! This day (or days) is the culmination of hours and hours of work which has happened behind the scenes, long before the furniture and our team arrive on-site.
Because every property is unique in a multitude of ways, we cannot simply plug and play our inventory into your floor plan. There are many factors we consider when designing for your stage and while we lean into our design background on how to pull a space together, we also rely heavily on your partnership & the partnership of your realtor in this process.
Because we hand-select all inventory that loads into your property, it is most helpful if you can provide us with information ahead of our design process to help us narrow down our selections. Educating us about your target buyer, the challenges of the property, and how you envision the utility of each room is invaluable to us. In many cases, we have our own insight/recommendations when previewing a property but it is still very much a partnership and a brainstorming session between us. We are the experts on the design side; we know what people like, the trending styles, how to pull a room together to wow those who enter it. But as the agent, you are the expert on your market and we need to know what you need from us to help you market your listing!
Once we have the information we need and a feel of your space, we begin to tag and hold specific pieces in preparation for your stage. From sofas, to dining tables and accent lighting to decor, we hand-select every single piece that arrives on-site. This process takes time. It takes our designer’s time to cohesively plot, plan and pull every item - some from our on-hand inventory and other pieces being reserved awaiting a pick-up. It also takes our moving team time to properly and strategically load our truck in a timely and safe manner, scheduling our route to most efficiently hit all stops. Our daily route is intricately mapped out the night before to ensure we get where we need to be and when. There are a lot of moving pieces!
Despite all our efforts to effectively schedule and dispatch our team and inventory, it’s inevitable that not everything goes to plan. Wouldn’t it be amazing if that was the case! Staging has A LOT OF MOVING PIECES. A LOT. Sometimes, our selections don’t look as perfect on-site as they did in our heads, a pickup got delayed with that sofa we tagged for today’s job, an agent would prefer a round dining table on the job we wrapped yesterday or the property we were supposed to stage today is actually not ready due to construction delays and we need to divert the truck and our team at the last minute and somehow plug that missed stage into an already packed schedule in the coming days meanwhile someone parked in our permitted spot.
We said there were a lot of moving pieces, didn’t we?! It is because of these inevitable last minute adjustments that we are kinda sticklers for our ‘photos cannot be scheduled until noon the next day’ policy. We rely on this small grace period of a few hours to ensure our work hits the mark for everyone. It is incredible how much we can do in a day and a half’s install time.
Staging is fast, furious and a bit of a puzzle both creatively and from a scheduling perspective.
But it is also incredibly rewarding for us - especially when we see how our work can transform a property, help it transact swiftly and for a great number.
Thank you for baring with us as we bob and weave with finesse through last minute changes and challenges while on our way to produce a beautiful stage for you.