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Platinum Home Staging, Inc. is now the exclusive Interior Design Company for Pottery Barn!

Pottery Barn & PHS, Inc. have joined forces!

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. is now the exclusive

Interior Design Company for Pottery Barn, a Williams & Sanoma Company.

Serving the Los Angeles and Ventura County areas, Platinum Home Staging, Inc. will now assist all Pottery Barn clients and customers with all of their Interior Decor needs and dilemmas.

Not sure what paint color to choose?
Unsure if the couch you want, will fit in your space?
What about bedding and towels or placement of accessories and artwork?

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. will give you a FREE one room, in home consultation to answer all of your questions or concerns. WHY WAIT? Call the Pottery Barn in Thousand Oaks, CA for more information and to schedule your Design Consultation!

Pottery Barn
THE OAKS Mall
568 W HILLCREST DRIVE
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360
(805) 373-6501

Tell them Connie from Platinum Home Staging sent you!

Revamp Your Pillows for ZERO Dollars ?!

We all have them. Piles of pillows that are either old, stained, faded or we bought "because they were such a great price" yet never to be used. You know what I'm talking about. Don't deny it.

But here is an "A-HA!" moment I wanted to share.

For ZERO $$$, I practiced what I preach and used my good ol' fashion elbow greese (and a sewing machine) to revamp all of my pillows rather than toss them, buy new slip covers or even to donate them only to then have to go BUY even more pillows.


Recently while at my local Upholstery Vendor, I asked if he had any scraps. You know; the left over yardage of fabrics that are from the end of the bolt when doing large projects - his eyes lit up and he directed me to a HUGE shelving unit filled with scraps.

"You can have them!" he exclaimed - then it was ME who lit up and my brain started working wonders.

A few days later and after a few hours of sewing: I have an entirely new inventory of pillows.



A few tips to get the biggest bang for your buck:

1) Make the pillows reversible with different, but complimentary, fabrics on each side.

2) Plan out what sizes you have in your current pillow inventory and see which fabrics you can get the most out of.


There was even enough of some fabrics to make an entire Twin bed set! =D

Happy Sewing...I mean Staging!

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Platinum Home Staging, Inc. Serving Ventura County and Greater Los Angeles Areas:Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Malibu

Are You Helping Sell the House Down the Street?

Your listing started off well. You held opened houses, there were even a few people who came by and saw the house - but no offers yet... You advertised, held a few more open houses, maybe even dropped the asking price; but there is little interest. Right now you are probably asking yourself, "Why aren't people coming to view the house?" OR you're trying to convince yourself that it's, "Just the market...."

Here are a few things to consider:
1) If your home had lots of activity to begin with, you're price may have been right - but if there are no offers, then they didn't like what they saw and moved onto the next house.

2) Even at the right price, how is the home viewed via the internet? The NAR released that OVER 87% of Home Buyers today, "shop" the internet and narrow down their list of "must see" homes simply by how the home is presented on the Internet.

3) The more pictures the better, the most appealing pictures always win out for the "must see" list.

For example: Which would you prefer? These two homes are in the same high end area, comparable number of bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. The first home is actualy priced LOWER than the second home by almost $50,000! Yet the second home was professionally Staged by Platinum Home Staging, Inc. and SOLD just 3 weeks from the date of listing for full price!

SOLD in 3 weeks!

If you were a buyer, which would YOU prefer? Which home, when all things being comparable, would YOU want to "go see" in person?

By NOT Staging your home or listing, you may very well be helping sell the listing down the street. Call us today for your FREE Home Staging Estimate! (805) 553~9952
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Be Informed Before Hiring "just any" Home Stager

Visit our extensive portfolio at http://www.PlatinumHomeStaging.com/Portfolio and call us today for your FREE Home Staging estimate. (805) 553-9952

Home Staging for Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Malibu

Need that "WOW" factor under a tight budget? Call a Professional Home Stager

This Home Owner wanted her home to have that "WOW" factor for a Fundraiser she was hosting in her home. She didn't need to completely redecorate, she just needed it done FAST and under a TIGHT budget ~ She called in the Professionals of Platinum Home Staging, Inc.

Even if your not selling your house, why not make it look like a model home?
Call us today, (805) 553~9952

Serving Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, and everything in between.

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Featured Designer on AvaLiving.com

I thought I ended last week off on a great note, but what an honor and surprise to start this week off by being notified that I was chosen as a Featured Designer at the Internationally Acclaimed, AvaLiving.com I am humbled to be selected out of such a dynamic and talented group of Designers, THANK YOU AvaLiving!

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Home Staging for Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara

Home Staging doesn't have to be a Budget Buster

When preparing your home for sale, hiring a Professional Home Stager may seem daunting, intimidating and may give off the impression of being "expensive" - but it doesn't have to be. A Professional Home Stager will ease your worries, calm your fears and most offer a wide range of service options that can easily fit into most budgets. One cost effective option for Home Owners is a Re-Design. Using your own furnishings and the addition of well selected and placed accessories, your home can be transformed in as little as 1 day.

Don't trust your most valuable asset to a "hobby" Home Stager, call in the established Professionals with experience and a proven results in today's market.

Visit our extensive portfolio at www.PlatinumHomeStaging.com/Portfolio and call us today for your FREE Home Staging estimate. (805) 553-9952

Home Staging for Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara

Los Angeles ~ Ventura ~ Santa Barbara Home Stager

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Have you ever walked into a home and had something hit you as just off, not right or just didn't fit in with the rest of the home? All of us have, and this home was no exception. I was called in on a Home Staging in Santa Barbara, CA which had been almost totally renovated. New floors, new skim coat and paint, new recessed lighting - then I saw "it". "It" was brass, and crystal, dull and dusty. "It" was already the replacement of what was previously there because the family had run out of money to finish the home before it went on the market. I even offered to REPLACE "It" out of my own money. "It" just wasn't working with the rest of the house... But "It" was a non-negotiable item, it had to stay...

So I EMBRACED "It", and I must say it was one the more difficult Home Staging jobs trying to plan décor around a 20 year old crystal and brass chandelier to make it work. But I think we did a FINE job. Adding a little glitz and glamour, it now looks right at "home".

We added the great beveled mirror to add some drama and brighten the room, added crystal decanters and glasses to the buffet table, and brought that attention into the Living room with glass ball table lamps and candlesticks.

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Platinum Home Staging, Inc. has been recognized and grown into a tremendous success built on customer service, integrity and best of all, customer referrals. Specializing in Home Staging, Interior Decorating and Model Home Interiors. Serving the greater Los Angeles & Ventura County areas. A home's first impression is the most important one. A home should be inviting and memorable; to stand out among the hundreds of homes that Buyer's may be looking at. Selling a home, is in fact, selling a product. Market the product, "package" it to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. After all, ...How you live in your home, and how you sell your home, are two completely different things. Call us today at (805) 553-9952

Home Staging Leads Buyers...

Upon entering this house as a Buyer looking for a home, where would you go from here? Human nature would say, "To the left, that's where the living spaces are." However in this home the floor plan is flipped. Guest bedrooms are on the 1st floor, the Kitchen, Living spaces and Master bedroom are actually located on the 2nd floor.


Following their instincts, Buyers and Realtors when looking for a huge kitchen and living room would immediately turn left to three empty bedrooms, and were a bit befuddled. Once Buyers and Realtors DID go up the stairs this is the area they would be "welcomed" by. Would you be interested in this home? Nobody else was.... So for seven months this house that is located just steps away from Ventura Beach sat on the market with little interest.


So after taking the home off of the market for a short period, partnered with a new Realtor and a grand marketing plan, the new Realtor suggested that the home should be Staged. She had worked with us on a prior property just a few blocks away, which sold in 3 weeks - so she was confident in the results Staging would be able to present.

Now after Staging, if you were a Buyer entering this home, THIS is what you be presented with. The eye is brought to the right where the entry table and marketing materials are located and spotlighted. The plants and artwork immediately bring your eye to LEAD you up the stairs, to be presented with THIS grand living space. Yes, Home Staging DOES lead the Buyer, but only in possative ways and to the right places and focal points when presenting your home for sale.
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Platinum Home Staging, Inc is your Professional Home Stager serving the greater Los Angeles and Ventura County areas. From Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, and everything in between, call Platinum Home Staging, Inc. today for your FREE Home Staging Bid! (805) 553-9952

Think of it as a $100,000 Home Selling Stimulus Package!

Based on statistics of my company, we have injected OVER $100,000 into the economy and we didn't need the President, Senate or the House of Representatives to do it! How? Simple mathematics and smart partnerships.

Despite the fact that there is over a 10 month inventory of homes for sale in Southern California, our smart partnerships with Realtors, Home Owners and Developers, our homes are still selling within an average of 8 weeks (although some in just days) So for example purposes, today I'm going to use an average of 3 months.

Assisting a Developer get his remodeled, multi-million dollar home SOLD in 5 days, saved him over $20,000 in carrying costs.

A Home Owner first started with a Consultation, then decided to have us oversee the entire project of updating him home to be ready for sale. SOLD within 3 weeks for full price, saved him OVER $13,000 in carrying costs.

A Realtor enlisted our services on two of her listings for a TOTAL OUT OF POCKET COST OF JUST $300. One home went into multiple offers and closed escrow for $20,000 OVER ASKING PRICE, and saving the Home Owner $5,000 in carrying costs! The second home opened escrow in just 10 days for full price saved the home owner over $7,000 in carrying costs. The Realtor also told me she saved almost $3,000 between the two listing in adverting and marketing because the homes sold so quickly. For a total revenue injection of over $ 35,000 for the bargain basement price of $300!!!

Another Realtor enlisted our services on a vacant condo. The exact same floor plan was also for sale 2 doors down and also vacant (same asking price) After Staging the condo it SOLD in 1 month, while the vacant condo is STILL on the market to this day! This saved the Home Owner over $6,000 if it were to still be on the market today as the other unit is.

Another Home Owner did a Consultation on his multi-million dollar home for the bargain price of $550, and opened escrow in 6 weeks, saving him over $30,000 in carrying costs of the property had it been on the market for just 3 more months.

Consider it a Home Selling Stimulus Package courtesy of Platinum Home Staging, Inc. Call us today to receive YOUR portion of our stimulus package! (805) 553-9952

Platinum Home Staging - The Proof is in the Pudding!

What did these Home Sellers and Realtors do in 2008 to get results like these?

They hired Platinum Home Staging, Inc.


Greenbush Lane, Moorpark
Vacant home is Staged and opens escrow in 7 weeks!

Wiscasset Drive, West Hills
Sold for within 97% of asking price after Staging!
(Closed escrow March 5, 2008)

Arroyo Del Mar, Camarillo
Vacant home is one the market for 7 months, Staged and opens escrow in 10 days!

Saint Thomas, Oak Park
Received 5 offers and closed escrow for $ 20,000 over asking price!
(Closed escrow June 24, 2008)

Effingham Drive, Los Feliz
Vacant remodel, Staged and opened escrow in less than 1 week!
(Closed escrow July 31, 2008)

Wellworth Ave, Westwood
Owner Occupied home is Staged and opens escrow in 22 days!
(Closed escrow August 21, 2008)

Saint Croix, Oak Park
Staging Consultation helps get it sold in 2 weeks!

Seahorse Lane, Ventura
Owner Occupied opens escrow in 3 weeks after Staging!
(Closed escrow Sept. 9, 2008)

Bright Glen Court, Westlake Village
Vacant condo gets Staged and opens escrow in 6 weeks!
(closed escrow December 8, 2008)

Serving the greater Los Angeles and Ventura County areas

Call Platinum Home Staging, Inc.

today for all your Home Staging, Re-Deisgn and Interior Design needs.

(805) 553-9952

Platinum Home Staging, Inc.

Visit our extensive Home Staging portfolio of Owner Occupied homes, Vacant Homes, New Construction, Re-Designs and Re-Models. From paint colors to place settings, Platinum Home Staging, Inc. is your complete Home Staging and Interior Design Company. Call us today to begin your home's transformation.

(805) 553-9952

The Difference in hiring a Home Stager or a "stager"

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. was called in on a very larger property for a Home Staging Consultation. This bachelor has what every bachelor has in his dining room - a POOL TABLE, of course! Well, his Broker suggested using a Home Stager to get his home up to par, since the exact same floor plan across the street was also for sale. (Thumbs up to him!)

After talking with this home owner several times, we're 99% ready to move forward and I suggest this beautiful, handmade dining room set which seats 8. Everything in the home is Casa de Mexico, handmade, rich woods, terracotta tiles, etc. The dining room is 15' wide by 17' long, so this was my suggestion for a small monthly rental fee. Keep in mind, this is the ONLY piece of furniture we have to bring in for him, so this would be his ONLY furniture expense.


So flies in the Broker to save the day! His Broker has "a warehouse of furniture that he uses for staging that we can use for FREE!" - "Great!" I replied, "We can use what he has" - we do this every day; incorporate other pieces into the plan, besides it's only 1 room of the entire 6,000+ square feet of house - right?

Here's the kicker - THIS is the set that the Broker IS CURRENTLY USING in a house right down the street, which he is offering for us to use for free! How generous of him! Thankfully the Home Owner agreed that this set was a bit "weak" to use as the formal dining set.

That is why people hire experienced, Professional Home Stagers to STAGE homes, not just put furniture in a house....

Plainum Home Staging, Inc. is your experienced and professional Home Staging Company serving the greater Los Angeles and Ventura County areas. Call us today for your FREE Home Staging Bid at (805) 553-9952

Home Staging is not just for "Selling" Homes

The term "selling" a home is actually quite broad and varied. Think about it - "Selling" a home is not just for selling homes. If you are a Property Manager, or have a second income rental or vacation property, you are also "selling" your home, or rather it's services, every day.




These homes are not "for sale", yet they are essentially "selling" themselves; their service of a location for a relaxing vacation or quiet weekend, a family reunion, a weekend by the beach, or a ski trip in the mountains. Keeping in mind that over 98% of all potential clients or customers will view and decide on your rental or vacation property purely by how it is presented via the internet. How the property is presented through it's photographs IS the first impression.





For a very minimal investment, a Professional Home Stager can help Re-design your property using what you already have or for small additional cost, bring in accessory items, artwork, even furniture. Platinum Home Staging, Inc. will even take new, high resolution digital photos of the property once it has been Staged for use via internet marketing and print ads. Additional services such as Virtual Tours and embedded HTML codes are also available.

Using the same approach of "selling" your Rental and Lease properties can pay for itself within days as many home owners in today's economy are looking to lease homes verses apartments.

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Call Platinum Home Staging, Inc. today (805) 53-9952 for your FREE Home Staging Bid. Serving the greater Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Home Staging for Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara

This Realtor in La Canada, CA Gets IT!!!

With some recent Agents saying that what I do as my chosen profession categorized as being "out" for 2009, I wanted to post a link to a Realtor Blog in La Cananda, CA that gets it!

Phyllis Harb of Dickens Podley Realtors
Her Los Angeles Real Estate Blog hits the nail on the head and I invite everyone to take a read and realize that this is coming from an Realty Industry Professional, not a Home Stager, and please leave a comment on her blog.
No wonder this Glendale home took 241 days and three price reductions to sell!

Home Staging is a viable marketing, selling and listing tool that Realtors should, and need to, embrace. The NAR recently released that over 87% of Buyers are "shopping" the internet first. Realtors everywhere are commenting on how advertising a property in local newspapers is a thing of the past and a waste of money. That being said, how the property is portrayed via the internet IS the homes FIRST IMPRESSION!
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Platinum Home Staging, Inc. has been recognized and grown into a tremendous success built on customer service, integrity and best of all, customer referrals. Specializing in Home Staging, Interior Decorating and Model Home Interiors. Serving the greater Los Angeles & Ventura County areas. A home's first impression is the most important one. A home should be inviting and memorable; to stand out among the hundreds of homes that Buyer's may be looking at. Selling a home, is in fact, selling a product. Market the product, "package" it to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. After all, ...How you live in your home, and how you sell your home, are two completely different things. Call us today at (805) 553-9952

Your Professional Home Stager for Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Canoga Park, Van Nuys, West Hills, Northridge, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Wood Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara