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Setting the Standard for Lasting First Impressions

Setting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First Impressions

No matter your budget or size of home, client satisfaction is our #1 goal!

Setting the Standard for Lasting First Impressions

Setting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First ImpressionsSetting the Standard for Lasting First Impressions

No matter your budget or size of home, client satisfaction is our #1 goal!

Value Added Staging Solutions, The Business

 We are a full-service home preparation and staging business serving the City of Orillia, the Townships of Severn, Ramara, and Oro-Medonte, and the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. We specialize in enhancing a property’s condition, using lifestyle selling techniques to refresh, stylize, and redefine every room in the home. 


Our mission is to elevate your home’s presentation by maximizing its equity, ultimately creating a space that appeals to the buyer. We will sell your home quickly, and for the most value.  

Hello

Meet, Katie

Lead Stager & Stylist

Certified Canadian Staging Professional (CCSP)


Founder of Value Added Staging Solutions


Katie's design style is that of warm contemporary with a vintage influence. She loves to combine the old with the new, creating a layered interior that transcends time and space. 


Understated. Refined. Clean.

About

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

 

In 2022, following a career as a Certified Teacher and HR professional, Katie excitedly turned her passion for design and organization into a profession, becoming a Certified Canadian Staging Professional (CCSP). The CCSP designation is an endorsement of integrity, knowledge, and technical competence. Katie operates under a strict code o

 

In 2022, following a career as a Certified Teacher and HR professional, Katie excitedly turned her passion for design and organization into a profession, becoming a Certified Canadian Staging Professional (CCSP). The CCSP designation is an endorsement of integrity, knowledge, and technical competence. Katie operates under a strict code of ethics and is fully insured via Jones DesLaurier Insurance Management Inc. 


As a Mom to a young son with special needs, Katie knows how busy life can be. Juggling home and work life can be a daunting task, and adding the stress of selling your home can make this balancing act even more challenging. Value Added Staging Solutions is here to help!



Custom & Individualized Care

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

Here, at Value Added Staging Solutions, we work with all client types, whether you’re entering the golden years and looking to downsize OR a young family looking to buy up, our list of carefully tailored services is sure to please. All service offerings begin with a free 20-minute property preview. From here, we will move to a more detail

Here, at Value Added Staging Solutions, we work with all client types, whether you’re entering the golden years and looking to downsize OR a young family looking to buy up, our list of carefully tailored services is sure to please. All service offerings begin with a free 20-minute property preview. From here, we will move to a more detailed assessment of your space, your priorities, and of course, the budget. Our affordable, custom-tailored services will elevate and enhance your home’s overall look and feel, helping it to stand out for all the right reasons.  

Community Over Competition

Certified Canadian Staging Professional

Community Over Competition

As a life-long resident of Orillia, Katie understands the importance of community and teamwork. She will work with you and your family to give you the home you deserve. If she doesn't provide the service you're looking for, she will gladly refer you to a local design partner that does.


 

Services

2024 Interior Holiday Décor Services

Do you wish you had that 'hallmark-looking' home during the holidays but don't know how or where to start.


Let Value Added Staging Solutions help you take the stress out of holiday decorating. You provide the décor and we will do the rest. 


Services may include:


- Basic tree decorating

- Full-service tree set-up and decorating 

- Full interior of home, including mantles, entryways, dining tables, console tables, beds, couches, etc.


Note: These services may be applied to a residential or office space. 


Staging to Sell - Vacant & Occupied Homes

  • The Consultation: This is a one-on-one consultation as we tour room by room through your home. During this step, we will help establish a working plan of recommendations, timeline, and initial budget to ensure your home is market ready. The consultation is the most important step of the staging process. It is an objective assessment of your home’s condition, which will include paint recommendations, floors and ceiling, inside and outside, and of course, thoughtful suggestions on how to pack, remove, and place furniture to prepare your home to sell. 


  • The Work (acting on the recommendations from the home consultation): This step can vary in complexity, from simple packing and rearranging furniture to more intense work such as painting and remodeling. This is where the homeowner can maximize savings by doing the work themselves, OR if needed, hire the appropriate trades people to get the job done. 


  • Showcasing: The key to a successful sale is to showcase the home at its best. The buyer must be able to imagine themselves in your space. Showcasing will not only help to achieve this goal, but also, provide your home with a competitive edge. This will ultimately encourage the buyer to spend more money to make your house their home. Value Added Staging Solutions will work with most of your pre-existing furnishings to highlight your home’s unique features, creating the best flow, function, and emphasizing the main focal points. This is when the official staging of the home occurs – balancing colour, light, texture, accessories, and furniture placement to prepare your home for photographs. Additional accessories and/or furnishings may be required to complete your space. These items will be an additional cost.   

Decorating to Live

  • You love your home, but agree that it needs a make-over. Let Katie help you refresh, stylize, and re-energize your home using on-trend colours, textures, and patterns. This includes everything from simple furniture rearranging to changing the entire function of your space.

Room Simplifying & Defining

  • Has your ‘junk drawer’ taken over your home? Are your closets bursting at the seams? Do you feel like you're living in constant disarray? Do you need someone to organize/define your space so you can feel ‘at home’ again? Value Added Staging Solutions will help you create harmony in your home, whether it’s focusing on introducing more structure and function into your living area, or fully simplifying your entire home, we will provide a solution to the chaos and the clutter.   

Market-Ready Yard Clean-Up & Beautifying

  • This includes simple weeding of flower beds, raking, grass seeding, and simple lawn repair. Clean up and tidying of front entrance of home is also included. This package is all about improving your home’s curb appeal.  

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Please reach us at info@valueaddedstaging.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

    Staging is the presentation of a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly and for more money. The act of staging involves styling and furnishing a property to enhance its attractiveness to buyers. 


      

    Staging is the art and science of:

    - Merchandising a property’s best features

    - Downplaying (not hiding) any flaws

    - Understanding the psychology of what makes a buyer ‘fall in love’ with a space

    - Refreshing, reducing, replacing, and renewing 

    - Selling space not stuff

    - Honouring the seller and their possessions

    - Creating targeted lifestyle appeal using buyer’s eyes

      

    Professional stagers are skillfully trained and up to date with current market and design trends. They can visualize the different uses of your current furnishings while bringing in updated inventory to accent the space. The appearance of the property directly affects the emotions of potential buyers. Staging creates the WOW factor, one of the first and most important emotions needed for potential buyers to visualize themselves living in your home. 


    Research shows that 90% of buyers cannot visualize space and having large furniture pieces or too many personal belongings can overwhelm them during a showing. Let us help you market your home, and most importantly, get the highest return on your investment. 


    Sellers must understand that staging creates a feeling, an idea in the buyer that they have found their future home. Emotions sell a home. Creating these feelings through professional lifestyle staging techniques is essential in allowing buyers to truly see themselves living in a home that was once the sellers. 

    • Provides your property with a competitive edge
    • Sells your house faster and for more money
    • Creates an emotional connection with buyers
    • Helps buyers visualize themselves in the space 
    • Is an investment, not an expense – your home will spend less time on the market and this means less stress for you!

    Live staging involves combining elevated touches, layers of texture, and clean lines to create a lifestyle look. It will enhance both flow and function of the home. Specially selected and placed inventory is designed to resonate with buyers, making each space look and feel welcoming and appealing. 


    Virtual staging leaves an empty space upon in-person viewing. It will not evoke a lasting emotional response from the potential buyer. Thoughtful furniture placement that is accomplished through live staging allows potential buyers to see how the space will work, helping them to envision their own life in the home. 

    Staging is an investment, and quality staging will add value to your home.


    Pricing a staging project depends on many factors, such as size of property, quality and quantity of goods and labour, the design plan, sourcing and delivery of rental furniture, inventory fees, and a margin of profit. Please contact Katie directly to discuss fees for service.  


    We ask that you focus on the results, the value, and the quality of the work. Too many sellers compromise the opportunity to secure quality photographs by skipping on staging. It is the first impression of the listing and a measure of what you, as the seller, represent. Great photos get your home on the 'must-see' list. Contact us today, and we will help make your home look its best. 

    • Lowers DOM (days on market)
    • Maximum impact viewing
    • More referrals from happy clients
    • Strengthens your brand
    • Attractive listing photos

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    If you have questions about our services, please contact Katie directly at the phone number and email listed below. 

    Value Added Staging Solutions

    L3V 6T2, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

    705.238.7647 info@valueaddedstaging.com

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