Shaype

Shay's company (Shaype) was recommended to me by my real estate agent after an (unsuccessful) effort to sell my house. Like many home-owners, I felt my house was in top-notch shape and did not need to be staged in order to attract prospective purchasers. Like many homeowners, I was wrong. After taking the house off the market for several months, we decided to list again, but this time I accepted my agent's advice and hired a stager with whom he had worked in the past. When Shay walked through the house, she quickly determined that I had gone overboard in my attempts to declutter, resulting in a sterile and unappealing atmosphere. She drew up a plan for each room of the home and was always conscious of the fact that I was not anxious to remove my furniture and replace it with rental items. She has a very pragmatic nature and combined a fairly small number of rented items with many small items from her own collection of decorative objects and created a much warmer and more inviting feeling throughout the house. She was able to use lighting and some screens and cleverly-hung fabric to create a comfortable "man-cave" in a very utilitarian basement. As an (unexpected) extra, Shay rolled up her sleeves and helped dust, polish and scrub certain areas that had previously been overlooked. Her enthusiasm for this type of work is infectious and I really enjoyed the time she spent in my home. The house sold for well above asking during the first open house and I truly believe that the interest and positive comments from prospective buyers and their agents was at least partly due to Shay's work. I was rather ambivalent about the idea of hiring a stager, but I won't hesitate to enlist her services when my new home needs to be looked at with a fresh pair of eyes.