SIMPLY STAGED LLC

Fabulous! Sharon offered helpful suggestions on flooring, cabinetry, and paint colors as we update our current home. She offered recommendations on where and how to place our current furnishings to make the most of what we already own. She gave us a comprehensive list of items in our home we might want to update and items to purchase in the future (as our time and money allows) to make the most of our home for our family to enjoy. We are grateful for Sharon's talent and "decorator eye" to guide us. We have also used her previously for staging and were extremely pleased. Well worth the money.

Sharon responded quickly, as the appointment was set  quickly.
I was given all of the information & services that I needed.

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I can't say enough about how impressed I was with Sharon of Simply Staged and her work.  Some of her furniture arrangement ideas were "light bulb" moments for me.   I have heard of other staging companies that just "tell" you what to do.  It is so beneficial to have a detailed written plan to refer to vs. relying on memory.  We are steadily redoing and repainting rooms at our convenience, enjoying the results now and confident that we are making changes that will help any possible future sale.  I have recommended Simply Stage to others in the process of selling or who like us, just want to make the improvements that will be worthwhile and attractive for a future sale.  Sharon of Simply Staged was also the nicest professional to work with on this project.

Sharon always arrived on time and was very pleasant and professional.  She went through each room of the house making recommendations on furniture, window treatments, and accessories that would make the house more appealing to buyers.  She utilized the existing items as much as possible and then wrote up recommendations that she thought would make the house more saleable.  She even provided 5x7 cards with stores, item numbers and prices of things that she recommended we upgrade.  Her recommendations were always very nice but very reasonably priced.   We had changed our formal living room into a recreation room and both she and our realtor recommended we change it back to a formal living room to appeal to more buyers.  We rented furniture from her but, here again, she utilized as much as she possibly could from our existing items before adding her furniture.  Overall, she did a wonderful job on our house and her recommendations definitely helped sell our house.  I would definitely recommend Sharon to anyone considering selling their home.

Sharon went through our entire home and suggested different furniture arrangements to make the flow better, suggestions on where to put our existing artwork and knick knacks and other items to display them to their best advantage, she listed paint colors that work well together for updating and modernizing our existing home. 



We were also provided with a great "when you can" list of items to look for to enhance the look and feel of our home further.  (What color of furniture to buy in the future, what type and color of rug for entryway, a suggested type of artwork for a certain spot, etc.)



I keep our "when you can" list with me when I shop and have been able to find some great deals on things that improve the look of our home thanks to Sharon's expert advice.

I am a Realtor in Downtown Minneapolis and I have worked with Sharon and Dan for several years.  They do a great job helping me get my listings ready to sell.   They have a good stock of furniture and accessories and always are reliable. They also take excellent photos and have created virtual tours of the neighborhood for me.

Sharon and Dan always do an awesome job with my clients.  They all say what a wonderful experience they had with them.  Extremely professional, warm people.  They run a great business.  There is always an eye for detail.  If I need staging or photography services, they are always my first call.

The furnishings provided were simply awful. The staging in the dining area was a mixture of a dark brown table with green floor-length fabric chairs combined with red rug that made the dining area look much smaller than it is. In the bathroom, small white 18 x 12 inch rugs were laid against white vinyl floor with light tan towels mathced against white walls. In one of the bathrooms, my shower curtain was replaced with a dark brown curtain that clashed terribly with the gray painted wall. The couch in the living room was of a color somewhere between mauve and tan and it had a hold in the back of the cushion. In the main bedroom, the comroter was muticolored and striped with very inexpensive and very small white table meant to be night stands that made the room look cheap. My girlfriend of six years said the chairs in the dining room reminded her of a funeral home. My neighbor, who stopped by, was so incredulous at the furnishings that he grabbed my phone, called his wife and said, and quot;You won't believe it, come over here, you've got to see this.
When I emailed the owner to say I was not happy with her work, she questioned my taste, the style tastes of my neighbors, and the style tastes of my girlfriend stating that we had neither the credentials not the experience to know anything about interior decorating. She reminded me how dated my house was, that I had antique brass fixtures, vinyl flooring, and berber carpeting (perish the thought, berber carpeting!!). Then she said that the realtors who did not like the staging work were simply trying to get my listing and were appeasing me by agreeing with my comments (not only do I have no fashion sense, but those around me also have no integrity). When I told her that either we needed to work together or part ways quickly, she said she was willing to switch out a few pieces and then admitted that they were so busy that their 'warehouse' was empty; evidently, what I had gotten was the last of their inventory. Perhaps they were the last items that they had chosed not to put in other people's homes?
I looked at pictures of some of her other items from houses scheduled to close within the next week but decided to stage the house myself with furniture from my other house rather that risking another staging attempt when things had gone so poorly the first go-round. The owner said they could pick up the furniture the followiing Wednesday (one week after staging) but that she would only refund me $900 of the $1,400 she had charged. Tuesday morning, I was sitting in the staged house working on my computer. Suddenly, I heard someone trying to get into the house (did not bother to knock until after finding that the door was locked). The guy at the door, who I have since learned is the owner's husband, said he and the fellow with him were here to pick up the furniture. I told him that the owner had said they would come on Wednesday. He said, and quot;Isn't it Wednesday?and quot; Dumfounded, I told him, and quot;No, it's definitely not Wednesday.and quot; The conversation went downhill from there. He asked me to move my car so they could back their trailer into the driveway. I looked at the trailer knowing that with the steep incline of my driveway that the trailer was likely to scuff up my newly sealed driveway. Noticing my look, he said, and quot;What?and quot; I told him my concern; he said it was no problem last time so it would not be a problem this time.
After finishing my work on the computer, I watched his helper turn a picture in my stairway that made a clunk as it hit my wall. When I told him what happened, the worker said that he doubted he had done it. I told him he could check the bottom corner of the picture as there would be white paint on it fromt he impact to my wall. The owner's husband asked if I had any spackling, followed me into the garage, grabed a troweling knife and said, and quot;Here's a putty knfe.and quot; When I told him it wasn't a putty knife, he said, and quot;Well what is it then?and quot; Having had enough of his rude behavior, I told him that if he was going to argue with me or cause any more problems that he would have to leave. He backed up, I told him I would fix the dent myself, and he never said another thing to me. BTW, when they tried to leave, they had to stop to unload the entire trailer, because it was about to gouge the driveway. Long, long, long story short, it cost me $500 to rent bad leftover furniture for one week, not to mention that at the same time, my house was delayed from getting on the market.

They staged my clients vacant home and did a fabulous job. As an added benefit, they sent me pictures that I was able to use on the MLS to show my clients property in the best light. Prompt and professional. Thank you Sharon and Dan. Kim Eisen, Realtor since 1980

Sharon is superb! We first met her when she staged our home for sale through our real estate agent. The house looked wonderful, sold in three days, and for the asking price. We give a great deal of the credit to Sharon and her husband Dan with that favorable result.
SO - when we moved into our new home and were confronted with what seemed like acres of blank walls we called Sharon and she came and looked over our pieces, asked if there were specific items that we wanted in specific locations. We pretty much gave her free rein and she came up with really nice wall groupings and was able to incorporate just about all of our objects into eye-pleasing places.
We strongly recommend Sharon - she does wonderful work!

I haven't actually rented any of Sharon's items, but if her products are anything like the bidding experience, I'd think I'd be quite pleased. Very quick and painless. This girl has it down. She was punctual, professional (got right at the job at hand), pleasant, knowledgeable and even gave a free bid! Her prices appear reasonable, yet I've never priced this type of service before. I know I could buy new 'stuff on the cheap' but I just don't want any more 'stuff inventory' (I have to LOVE an item before I buy anything anymore). And besides, her products are designed to sell homes fast, so the monthly rental would be worth it if the house sells quickly. She definitely has this figured out with systems (forms she fills out as she goes). A real pro.

I loved the way Simply Staged used what I liked and made the house what I wanted it to be. She was able to decorate my house in a matter of hours while it would have taken me weeks. She helped me pick out the colors of 9 rooms which would have taken me a long time.

She was early but only so she could do the outside review before the inside. She gave us great ideas on how to use our existing furniture to the best advantage for the showings. She also gave us great ideas on how to give our house the updated look that it needs, without breaking the bank. Was very pleased with her, and would recommend simply staged to anyone who is looking to get their house ready to go on the market.

She was wonderful and I can not say enough about her. She has done a wonderful job.

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Sharon got right to work and provided us with some very good stagging suggestions within about two hyours time.

Sharon is very pleasant person to work with. She has since answered questions via email in a very timely manner.

After having referred Sharon to every seller and many buyers (I am a real estate agent at movingtominnesota.com/ReMax Results) I decided to take my own advice and ask for Sharon's help in working on an upgrade of my office space. Within 15 minutes I was excited about how just a few changes made me feel about the space! The next day I had a floor plan, a pegboard of ideas and suggestions and a referral for a techno wizard to deal with another area of my space! I simply cannot say enough about how well Sharon handles the sensitive job of redoing people space!

Sharon (from Simply Staged) showed up on time and started working right away. She went room to room sometimes making small subtle changes and sometimes changing the look and feel completely.

The house now feels warm and appealing and is ready to go for showings/open houses. Thanks to her help, the house looks great and I can now focus on other small touch-up stuff. Sharon’s help was worth every penny.

Sharon's estimate/proposal provided me with a detailed list of furniture and other items she wanted to bring in for staging. The list also gave the price for each item. She gave us the option to add or subtract items from the list. She was very organized and very professional. When I saw the staged house, I wanted to sit down and cry because it was so beautiful! She far exceeded my expectations. The house sold within a month and I know Sharon's staging made that possible. It is totally worth the money.

The whole experience was great! I contacted 3 stagers and Simply Staged got back to me within hours, while one other stager took a week and the third never got back to me. Sharon got an estimate to me based on my online home description and then verified its accuracy a couple of days later. She was always quick in her responses, which I appreciate immensely. Her price was far below the others' and I thought the quality was perfect for the type of house I have.

We were putting our home up for sale but I felt we needed additional furniture and someone to help me stage the home. I called Simply Staged ( I had read about them in the St. Paul paper). Sharon came to the home and helped rearrange the furniture I had left in the house. She then gave me suggestions on what furniture to add to help stage the home. She and her husband then came a few days later with great looking furniture to help make our home appear presentable. I loved the furniture they provided. She was not "pushy" about what to put in the house - we talked it over and both had the same ideas on what to use. We have received many compliments on the staging and furniture used.