Seattle Staged to Sell markets themselves as highly professional, but our experience was a case…read morestudy in arrogance and denial of responsibility. They took multiple pieces of our personal furniture and décor during de-staging and then acted as though it was somehow our fault for not reporting it fast enough. The missing items included sentimental pieces that were never returned. What's astonishing is how little effort was made to repair the situation. Rather than prioritizing an apology or proactive resolution, their first communication was a demand for payment -- while our belongings were still missing. Even once items were eventually located, no meaningful concession was offered. They refused to acknowledge the seriousness of their mistake and minimized it at every turn. Blaming the customer ("you should have told us sooner") while holding onto our property is unacceptable. A reputable company would take ownership, apologize without conditions, and offer fair compensation. Instead, SSTS nickel-and-dimed us, hid behind their contract, and shifted blame. If you want to deal with a company that talks down to its clients, charges top dollar for mediocre work, wastes your time, and shows zero accountability when they make serious mistakes, then this is the staging company for you. For everyone else: stay far away.

Seattle Staged to Sell staged our home in March 2025. Their designer recommended a "partial stage"…read moreusing many pieces of our personal furniture, housewares, and decor. When they de-staged our home they ended up taking several of our own expensive items (including an area rug, floor lamps, vases, and sculptures), those same standards were not applied. This was especially disconcerting because we were told that during staging, SSTS would not move existing furniture under any circumstances, yet during the de-staging moved a steel frame four-post bed to take our area rug from upstairs in our bedroom. SSTS prides itself as highly professional and reputable, but our experience was the exact opposite. The owner, Shirin, imposes strict rules on homeowners with language in the contract that heavily protects the company, but does not take ANY responsibility for damages to the homeowners property or for missing items. Once notified that they had taken our things, many weeks went by without any attempt to make things right. Instead of an apology or resolution, the first communication we received from them was a reminder that our invoice was unpaid. Ultimately, most but not all of our items were located and returned to us, with the exception of a sentimental sculpture and a wall mirror. I had requested that our total invoice be reduced for the inconvenience and was told no. No concession was offered to me for the major inconvenience, and I was told I can follow up with them in "court or litigation." Upon push back, SSTS agreed take $250 off of our nearly $10,000 bill. Based on our experience, I would not recommend Seattle Staged to Sell given the lack of accountability and professionalism experienced.

Rebecca is a wonderful business owner. It's nice to have an owner that will actually answer the…read morephone every time you call. I met her team members at our property and they were all very nice, polite and helpful. If you're thinking about using a staging company alabaster Staging is your best fit and best value.

Rebecca and her team are AMAZING. Rebecca has been helping my business partner and me for years…read more Alabaster Staging works with a lot of top-notch Realtors. She is delightful, responsive, and does an amazing. Their rates are reasonable too.

Manisha was polite, caring, and professional throughout the entire staging process. I had hired…read moreanother company without properly vetting them, and the staging was very disappointing. Manisha listened to what I was looking for and provided beautiful, quality staging at a reasonable price. I really appreciated her attention to detail with artwork, table and countertop items, etc. I did provide my own curtains and shower curtain as those were items she did not offer, but this was not a big deal. Manisha truly took the appearance of my property to the next level. We spent a lot of time on upgrading the property before staging, so this in combination with the staging led us to receiving a full price offer within a couple weeks of listing. The sale went smoothly, and I'm very grateful to Manisha for her help in the process, including a last-minute extension of the staging to allow us to keep it through closing. I highly recommend Manisha and her services.

Rebecca worked on our Seattle house for several years and even helped with the exterior. We really…read moreenjoyed working with her on the design process. She took the time to listen to our goals for the house and made sure to strike a balance between what my wife and I wanted. She was very respectful of the house's age and focused on creating a timeless design for each room. We're big fans of color, and it's clear that she's really skilled at working with it, which is why we chose her in the first place. Overall, we couldn't be happier with how everything turned out!

We hired Rebecca in December of 2021 to work on three rooms -- our entryway, living room, and…read moremaster bathroom. Our contract stated that she would provide design and project management services. We also purchased furniture from her for our living room. In total, we paid her approximately $50k for all of these services and products. Throughout the project, Rebecca made us feel as though we were her absolute lowest priority and frequently showed little to no regard for our time. After we paid her for the furniture, Rebecca stopped communicating with us. Her contract states that she will respond to questions and comments within 3 business days, but she frequently ignored our emails and we would typically not hear from her for 4-6 weeks, only after repeated emails from us requesting updates. For 6 months, Rebecca repeatedly told us our technical drawings would be ready within 1 or 2 weeks. Then we would not hear from her for 4-6 weeks, and would often have to email her two or more times before we would even receive a response. In her response, she would simply repeat that we could expect our drawings within 2 weeks. This cycle repeated for 6 months, and we finally received technical drawings in March of 2023, nearly 15 months after we began working with her. The drawings themselves lacked details such as terminations and returns, and even included the wrong colors. These issues were never corrected. Rebecca showed very little regard for our time. She frequently canceled appointments at the last minute without explanation, usually in the middle of the day that she was supposed to meet with us. We generally did not hear from her again for 4-6 weeks at a time, only after repeated emails. After 18 months of this behavior, we finally sought legal counsel. Only after this did Rebecca finally respond to us and deliver our furniture. However, when we had an issue with one of the chairs that required a warranty claim, the same behavior emerged. We would not hear from her for many weeks on end, and appointments were canceled at the last minute, on the day she was supposed to visit. We had a remarkably poor experience with Rebecca. Our project for 3 small rooms should have taken several months, but has instead extended to nearly 2 years without being completed. We would strongly recommend avoiding her services.

I was very hesitant to hire a stager. In today's market you would think you wouldn't need a stager…read more I thought Kristi did a wonderful job and her price was lower than expected. The pictures came out beautiful and everyone who looked at the place was impressed!!! Even the buyers agent wanted her information. I think it was worth every penny. I got two offers after about a week. I sold our rental property for 2k more than what we were asking and 6k more than the appraisal. Thank you Kristi!!!!

Kristi did a phenomenal job transforming a listing of mine. She was professional, had great ideas…read morefor staging, and executed the plan flawlessly. I appreciated her flexibility as schedules changed. Her communication skills are excellent. The home sold quickly for more than asking. What more can I say?! Thank you, Kristi!

I was selling my home in a very competitive hot market in Ballard and I needed that extra something…read moreto set my house apart from the others. Fortunately, I was introduced to Laurelle and her business Spruced Northwest. I don't often write reviews but I felt compelled in this instance because I'm convinced to this day it was her artistic touch and knack for spacing and eye catching appeal that super contributed to the successful sale of my home. She was super easy and pleasant to work with and I highly recommend her services.

This is our first time using staging assistance to sell a house and we are so glad we did. Laurelle…read moredid a wonderful job in staging our house the sale. Her design input and advice reimagined out house in a way that we could not. The net impact was so remarkable that we rethought a lot of decisions we had made even :-) We would not hestiate to use Laurelle again and would recommend her to everyone!

First of all the staging they did in the condo was inappropriate. The mirrors were either hung too…read morehigh or they weren't big enough for the space. It just wasn't very thought out it at all. Very boring bland staging. But the most important thing is not following our condo rules. We were very clear about making sure to keep the garage door shut if unattended because of the neighborhood. I went down three times today and that man-door was open, propped open with bungee cords, etc. after I'd shut it three different times for safety concerns. This garage sits in the alley where vagrants hang. This company did the same thing when they set up and we warned them over and over again. Sally, This was done on Eastlake Avenue. I live in the condo building and was asked for my opinion on the staging. I was aghast. Also, I was around today when it was being done and taken down.

Katie and her team at Modernous did an amazing job with the staging of our home for sale. They…read morecommunicated well throughout the entire process, and made helpful suggestions for things we should do prior to their staging. The results were stunning. They took cues from the design and color palette of our house and subtly introduced complementary elements in their selection of furniture and staging object. House was listed on a Friday and we accepted an offer the very next day. For de-staging, they left our place in great condition. Highly recommend Katie and her team at Modernous.

At our realtor's recommendation, we used Living Edge to stage our single family home for sale…read more Overall, it was a slightly surreal and oddly dissatisfying experience, as described below. You can draw your own conclusions Note: When Larisa visited our house to check it out, we told her our target date to list the house was in 27 days. She said she'd get us a quote the next day but we didn't hear back for almost week due to her CRM issues. When we finally got the quote, we exchanged a couple of emails to clarify some line items in the quote. At that point, she cc:ed our realtor to keep him in the loop, which made sense. But then things got weird as Larisa simply stopped communicating directly with us. The day after the receiving the quote and email exchange, we asked what next steps would be in order to lock in a staging date of May 21-22 (based on her telling us that staging would take 2 days). Total silence for 6 days. I followed up with an email on May 12 (getting pretty close to our May 27 target listing date!). Still no response directly from Larisa herself. However she apparently got in touch with our realtor -- and that's how communications went for the rest of the time. We never heard directly from Larisa at all until we received an invoice from her asking to be paid within a week (with spam-like reminders every couple of days) Pros Consultations are free, pricing was fair, and the final result was mostly fine. Cons * No direct communications from Larisa, only via our realtor, esp during the crucial 3 weeks prior to the listing going live * Changed the agreed-upon staging date with minimal notice, caiming a conflict with another staging job. This forced us to change all the other carefully planned items on our schedule (home inspection + sewer scope, carpet cleaning, move-out cleaning, etc) * Took 5 days to complete staging, with no explanation why, much less. apology. Which also forced us to reschedule some previously planned milestones. * Used a dining table with a prominent crack that was clearly visible, with no attempt to mask it with a tablecloth or table runner * Left dirt on the floor and big, ugly hooks in the walls (that we/our realtor had to clean up and remove) after removing items used in staging.

Extremely Disappointed - Unprofessional and Misleading Experience…read more I wish I could give zero stars. I found this company through Yelp and initially connected with Larisa Kocsis about staging my home in Lake Stevens. Their website listed a $3,000 full-house staging package, which I selected. However, Larisa later claimed that price was outdated and requested $3,200 instead. We eventually settled on the original $3,000 due to the small size of my home--which didn't even have a living room. I also specifically asked if the balcony with a lake view could be included, to which she responded, "Thank you, and sounds good." However, on Saturday that was the staging day, My listing agent and I were presented with a contract that excluded the balcony. When I politely asked her to add it as we had discussed, her response was both dismissive and unprofessional: "Correct, you have brought it up, but I have not agreed to including it. As you can see the quote is itemized per room, and you already received a $200 discount. I have been more than reasonable. I am also reaching a new threshold in the number of message exchanges about this job. You can accept the quote or not." I was absolutely shocked by this poor and unprofessional attitude. Not only did she backtrack on what was previously communicated, but her tone was unnecessarily aggressive and disrespectful. I refused to sign the contract as I found Larisa very dishonest and irresponsible with no intention except wasting my time and my listing agents'. This type of customer service is completely unacceptable. I would caution others to get everything in writing beforehand and be prepared for a potentially unpleasant experience.