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Sell Your House for More With These Paint Colors

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

We’ve previously discussed what top home features sell a house for more, and faster. Today, we’re taking a dive into which are the best paint colors for home staging that will actually increase the selling price of your home. Blues and Greys What’s the secret to increasing your home’s sale value? According to Zillow who … Continued

Test Your Home Staging Skills Take Our Quiz

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Are you having trouble figuring out how to properly stage your home in preparation for a sale? Take our quiz to find out some helpful tips about staging your home the right way. For further help from a team of experienced and qualified home staging professionals connect with White Orchid Interiors and get a fast … Continued

Here’s What We Loved About Dwell On Design 2017

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Dwell on Design was an absolute delight this year. The design mega-conference provided guests with an exciting and clear presentation of this year’s most popular modern home staging and design trends. Hosted in the Los Angeles Convention Center June 23rd–26th this exhibition featured over 2,000 modern furnishings and products, and over 30 different onstage presentations. … Continued

3 Keys To Hack The Summer FSBO Market

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Listing your home For Sale By Owner can be a hefty task. You’ll need patience, availability and extra time to dedicate to the details but it can ultimately save you up to thousands of dollars on selling costs. If you put a little extra effort into the details it can help you get your home … Continued

Harry Styles’ Hollywood Hills Home Reimagined With Home Staging

By Lauren Matthews

Harry Styles home is for sale. According to Curbed LA, Harry Styles recently listed his Hollywood Hills house for $8.5 million. The house is 4,400-square-foot, and three-bedrooms. Harry Styles’ house features a pool, a home theater, a gym, and views of both downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. The modern style abode, though well appointed, currently features … Continued

Wayfair Adds Outdoor Furniture Options For Summer Home Staging

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Calling all professional home stagers! Just in time for the long, luxurious days of summer, major ecommerce site Wayfair announces the addition of numerous must-haves to it Wayfair outdoor furniture collection. Therefore, Wayfair’s new pieces are guaranteed to impress all your summer open house guests. Brightening up your home to ready it for sale this summer. … Continued

Home Staging Musts For Professional Home Flippers

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Wondering how to flip a home like a professional flipper? Maybe you’ve already poured a considerable amount of time, effort, and money into flipping a house and you’re ready to sell. Professional home flippers face unique considerations when selling their newly renovated properties. Home staging can be key for how to flip a home. It … Continued

How Much Does Home Staging Cost?

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

Home staging costs: while it may seem counterintuitive to invest in a house you’re saying “sayonara” to, nominal home staging cost can earn a home-seller tens of thousands more than their original asking price. Today we’re breaking down what exactly goes into figuring out home staging costs. Selling your home takes time, effort, and money. … Continued

4 Reasons House Staging Is Essential This Spring

By Lauren Matthews

Not sure is=f staging a house is the right move this spring? See why house staging this spring is essential to making an easy and profitable home sale. House staging is a key factor in getting your home sold faster and for top dollar. Home staging is designed to help market and display your home … Continued

Styling Tips For Staging These 4 Architectural Types

By Lauren Matthews

Selling an architectural home? Get home staging tips, like the dos and don’ts of styling an architectural home before hiring your professional home stager. Learn what to spot in a top home staging expert. First, a key to successful home staging is enhancing your home’s best features. Home staging design options can vary depending on time of … Continued

How Home Staging Works

By Lauren Matthews

Considering home staging but wondering exactly how home staging works? We’ll take you through the home staging process. Feel good about hiring a professional home stager and selling your home faster and more easily than before. Home staging has exponentially gained popularity. It is a home-sale must. Realtors and home-sellers, alike, swear by the ability of great … Continued

Love It Or Hate It? Rate These Spring Decor Trends

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

White Orchid Interiors home staging expert Lauren Matthews recently shared some of her favorite shades of green for spring, now we’re curious what you think of some of this spring’s hottest home staging decor trends. Whether you’re a home staging professional, or you have a major crush on design you’re going to want to weigh … Continued

Green With Envy. Our Favorite Shades of Green For Spring

By Lauren Matthews

I’m sharing my favorite spring paint colors 2017. Repainting for an upcoming home staging? Maybe you’re just giving the house a refresher for spring. Either way, I’ve got the scoop the best green paint colors for spring. Wondering what the hottest spring paint colors 2017 are? Spring is a time of renewal; when the flora and fauna … Continued

10 Secrets To Holding The Perfect Open House

By Lauren Matthews

We’ve talked about how you can get a leg up when it comes to taking the For Sale By Owner, like how to stage a big house on a tiny budget and 6 secrets to successfully sell your home FSBO. Now I’m dishing on how to host the ideal open house your first time out.  When it comes to selling … Continued

Happily Ever After: This Home Redesign Will Melt Your Heart

By Lauren Matthews

We’ve showed you how you can stage a million dollar home in just one week on DIY’s “Raise the Roof,” now White Orchid Interiors is honored to contribute to an emotional home redesign surprise on Freeform’s “Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?”  From Raising The Roof To Roses At White Orchid Interiors we get to participate … Continued

Lauren’s Top Decor Picks For Home Staging This Winter

By Lauren Matthews

You’ve battened down the hatches. You’re ready to snuggle up in front of the fireplace. Winter is nearly here. But before we watch the clock tick down on another calendar year, all across the country there are still tons of houses waiting to be sold. Check out these top picks for a successful winter home staging. Real Estate’s … Continued

The Secret To Home Staging At Any Budget

By Lauren Matthews

Regardless of whether you’re selling a budget-friendly home or a multi-million dollar property, home staging is an essential part of an easy and profitable home-sale.There are a number of critical to-dos when selling your home, but home staging is the one that can net you the biggest return on your real estate investment. Learn the secrets … Continued

Meet The Home Staging Team: Marisa Harris

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

We’re taking you behind the scenes here at White Orchid Interiors to learn more about how professional home staging works, and about the people who make each home look so appealing and effortlessly put together.  White Orchid Inteirors‘ Marisa Harris has an eye for aesthetics and a passion for design. With an education in interior design, Marisa has climbed … Continued

Home Staging Success: The Design Secret That Got This Realtor Two Instant Full Price Offers

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

List Price: $750,000 Location: Denver, CO Size: 2 Bed, 1 bath; 1,230 sqft Home Staging Style: Comfortable contemporary Home Staging Program: Office, living room, master bedroom Home Staging Outcome: 2 Full-price offers in 3 days! About The Home-Seller Do you know the design secret to help ensure full-price offers on your home, instantly? Lorie G., a Denver real estate agent, does. … Continued

Why Fall Is The Best Time To Sell Your Home

By Lauren Matthews

Fall can actually be the most beneficial season to sell your home, despite popular belief. Many people think that spring is the best season to sell a home. Whether that idea persists because the weather is cheery, or because selling a home might be the ultimate form of “Spring cleaning,” this belief has greatly contributed … Continued

Behind The Scenes Of Our Second “Raise The Roof” Home Staging

By Lauren Matthews

This time we got to provide professional home staging for a once-small bungalow in Denver’s Wash Park neighborhood. It’s been truly amazing working alongside “Raise The Roof”contractor-host Keith Nylund to see how he pops the tops of these houses, in order to make them truly modern homes. These homes had so many fun historic elements. By bringing in great … Continued

Success Story: Re-Listed With Home Staging, This Mid-Century Sold How Fast?

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

ABOUT THE HOME Sale Price: $529,900 Location: Denver, CO (Park Hill neighborhood) Size: 4 Bed, 3 bath; 2,562 sqft Staging Style: Contemporary Mid-Century Staging Program: Staged living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.   Before home-seller Kellen contacted White Orchid Interiors, he had listed his home in Denver’s hot Park Hill neighborhood for sale vacant. … Continued

Lauren Matthews Featured on DIY Network’s “Raise the Roof”

By Marni Epstein-Mervis

We’re incredibly excited to announce that White Orchid Interiors Founder, Lauren Matthews, will guest star on DIY Network’s new home-improvement show Raise the Roof. On September 6 and November 4 at 8pm PST/9pm MST Lauren will appear alongside contractor-host Keith Nylund to give recently-renovated homes the stylistic edge they need to attract buyers and bids, fast. Raise … Continued

How To Live In A Staged Home

By Lauren Matthews

Staging your home for sale is a valuable part of the home-selling process. But if you’re still living in the house how can you avoid messing up the staged home on a daily basis? I’m asked this question all the time. All. The. Time. Work, kids, pets — the prospect of cleaning up every last … Continued