Shirin Sarikhani

Staging a Tudor House in Seattle’s Montlake Neighborhood

June 1, 2013

Montlake is one of the more charming neighborhoods in Seattle, WA. It is filled with interesting homes with most of them designed in Tudor style. This older neighborhood is close to the beautiful Arboretum, Husky Football Stadium, and Lake Washington. And we just love to stage Montlake homes. So it is not surprising that when we received…

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A Small House with a BIG Personality

June 1, 2013

Some homes are charming just because they are small. Small homes with big personalities are some of my favorite homes to stage and this could not be truer than this Seattle home on South Weller Street which belonged to one of my Realtor clients, Allie. Allie called and asked if I could stage her own rental property.…

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Energizing This 70’s Madison Pk Condo

April 8, 2013

 We recently were asked to stage a 70’s condo on Madison Park Ave East, which has not been updated either from the inside or from outside. This downside was compacted with the fact that this condo was on a busy street. Our Solution? COLORS! We energized this condo with bright and cheerful colors. By adding…

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SOLD! A Success Story of a Staged Green Lake Craftsman House

February 26, 2013

It is not every day that you get to stage your next-door neighbor’s house. But this is exactly the case when we staged this lovely Craftsman Style home for our neighbors who were leaving Seattle, WA.   We were delighted that we had this opportunity and we went to work fast. The updates to this home were…

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Houzz 2013 Awards in Best Design & Customer Satisfaction Categories

February 11, 2013

We are honored to have received the Houzz 2013 awards in both categories, Best Design and Customer Satisfaction.         When I began Seattle Staged To Sell, I had one vision in mind which consisted of three goals. As crazy as it may sound, making money was not one of my goals.  …

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What Does Happiness, Science & Decorating Have in Common?

January 29, 2013

Recently, I came across a study done by the University Of Florida about the relationship of our happiness with our ability to easily make decisions and feel at peace once we have made them. Basically, the study suggested that people who think too much before making decisions and debating with themselves as to whether they…

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Holiday Decorating Tips When Selling Your Home

November 24, 2012

Holidays are about families, getting together, buying presents, and expressing our sense of style and merriment with our holiday decorating. Most importantly, we want to be having fun while doing all these things. However, such activities can be somewhat challenging, and perhaps even unpleasant, if trying to sell one’s home during the holidays. It’s true…

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Ho To Maintain Garden and Curb Appeal Year Round

November 21, 2012

Just because it may be wet and cold outside, that doesn’t mean that you can’t have outside focal points and interest in your gardens.  Nor does it mean that you can’t achieve an attractive curb appeal. It’s easy to have a year round garden here in Northwest. There are many steps that you can take and there are…

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Why We LOVE Our Seattle Based Home Staging Business Model

November 13, 2012

Not all homes are alike and this is why here at Seattle Staged To Sell, we design and stage each home uniquely and stay away from a formula design where house after house, the design basically remains the same with little or no variation. It is true that using such a formula would save a lot…

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Staging A Magnolia Neighborhood Contemporary Home

October 30, 2012

Lately we, at Seattle Staged To Sell, have been busy staging lots of homes in one of Seattle’s favorite neighborhoods, Magnolia.    Our latest staging project in Magnolia was this contemporary home with the views of Ballard Canal. As residents of Seattle, we consider ourselves lucky that we have the choice of having so many different water…

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