"The INVESTMENT of staging

is LESS than your First price reduction."

Divine Staging & Decor--What Others are Saying:

"As you know we listed our house almost 5 months ago, but only implemented part of your staging instructions.  We received one offer that fell through within a week.  Then the market downturn happened after the tax credit expired.  After a lot of frustration with showing after showing not being fruitful, we decided to finish implementing the rest of your staging instructions, it was a lot of work.
However, one week to the day after we finished your staging plan, we received and accepted an offer for 98.6% of our asking price!  Wow! Wow! Wow!"

Holly Lindsey, Tulsa, Oklahoma



“Carol, when I first heard from my client, she was upset, horrified that your instructions had her removing all of the decoration that she was sure showed the house off to its best advantage. She was concerned that by removing so much, it just left the parts in need of work too apparent. She decided that you and I are professionals, though, and she would follow through with what you advised. Once she had it all done, they all have decided that they really like it, the rooms are so much more airy and bigger, her kids were asking “can we keep it like this when we move?” And she completely understands how removing all of their stuff lets people see the architectural details. Great job, and I know it was a lot to go through.  Thanks again!”

Reba Saxon, Realtor, Keller Williams


"Thanks so much for the work you put into your report and for these pictures.  Your information was really on point and we agreed with just about everything you said.
 
Most of the items are quick easy fixes, and we’ve already moved the living room around, removed the items you suggested and we LOVE it.  It looks bigger and brighter!
 
We can’t wait to hit the rest of the list."

Yvonne Luke, Round Rock, Texas 

"Working with Carol was an absolute pleasure.  With the help of her sound advice and exquisite staging, we received an offer of our full asking price within three days of putting our house on the market.  The realtors and prospective homebuyers said it looked like a model home!  When we go through the selling process in the future, we won't hesitate to employ Carol's services again."

Kristi Jeffcoat, Cedar Park [House sold in three days for full asking price]  

                                                                          

"Hi Carol!

Just thought you'd like to know that your efforts once again have paid off for a seller.  The client's home has gone under contract today, 39 days on the market.  The home showed a lot and got wonderful feedback.  They took your recommendations to heart with a great result! Thanks!" 

Christy Gessler, Realtor®, ReMax Capital City

"Carol,  Thank you so much.  I so enjoyed meeting you, and I learned so much from listening to your expertise.  Plus, you were so great with the kids! Their excitement became contagious and helped me get through lots of the work.  Thanks, again!"

Jean Huestis, Austin

                                                                                      

 

"We cannot thank you enough for walking through our house and giving us your feedback.  Your property consultation report has been so helpful to us as we've been preparing our house to be put on the market." 

Jonathan and Christa Beaufort
Johnson City, TN

 

"Thank you for doing a great job!  My client's are happy with the results."

Pearl Jones, Realtor
Keller Williams Realty, Lakeway

                                                                                      

 

"Carol's clear and quick insights helped us come to wonderful decisions on everything from choosing the most valuable improvement project to selecting key picture placement...right during our first session.  She stayed in touch during our home improvements (which we did to sell the house), and the result of her help is that we sold our country property in 5 weeks (acreage in the country usually stays on the market for months and months).  Her color choices were dead on and delighted our friends and potential buyers.  We heard over and over from Realtors that our house shows like a dream.  Her advice on both the interior and exterior was magic, and I couldn't have done this on my own even after years of watching HGTV and being a big fan of staging myself.

"Carol can design around eyesores, show off assets, capture the vision of possibilities that don't yet exist, and use your own personal style so that "props" needed for staging your current house can be easily incorporated into your next home.  If you're not sold yet, then you should know our Realtor believes in her work so much he refunded the money we spent once our house sold.  He considers her work a key to his success.  It seems an obvious choice to use her skills on our new home, and we are already doing that!  We love working with her, and you will too."

Yea!
Diane Holmes

 

"I've now used Divine Staging & Decor services on two homes to sell and have been very satisfied with her decorating skills both times, there is no doubt that both buyers were better able to picture their future home with her decor set up.  I would not hesitate to use her company again."

Dan Amon   
Daniel Amon Custom Homes

 

"Thank you so much for helping us get our house ready to sell.  It's been on the market 24 hours, and we've already seen a huge response and hope to have multiple offers by the end of the weekend.  We couldn't have done it without your suggestions and will definitely recommend your service to friends and family...I am keeping your list for future reference.  You gave us a lot of tips that will help in our new home as well.  Thank you!

Jill Fisher
Cedar Park, Texas

 

"I just wanted to send a quick note to thank you for the great job.  I was so amazed at how different our house looks.  Your team did a great job and I was really impressed.  My bedroom is amazing and I am wishing we had done that sooner while we were living here!  The downstairs is absolutely perfect-NO way could I have ever come up with the combination that y'all did.  Thank you again and I am so grateful for everything.  I noticed that you swept and dusted too!  Our house will sell so much faster and I know that the staging is a huge part of that.  We will let you know when we put it on the market and when it sells.  [House sold in two days.]  Thanks again this was really a great experience!

Krista Monk
Austin, TX

 

"Staging my home made all the difference in the world!  While other homes of the same floor plan went unnoticed, I had an offer on mine within the first few days of listing it.  WOW!  Staging really made the  difference!  Thank you." 

Bonnie Anderson
Leander, Texas

 

"...As you know, I was reluctant to ask for your services, even after seeing the excellent results at [my fiance's] house.  I had one of those spic-n-span sparse houses; let the buyer decorate my empty rooms.  I finally called you after six weeks on the market, then sold within days.  Pictures, window views, color, inviting furniture placement, and your frank wallpaper advice are obvious improvements in hind site.  You have a talent. This was a good example of  'I didn't know enough to know I didn't know.'  [My wife] and I want you to decorate our next house when we move in, not when we move out.  [Then] we can enjoy your decorating for years, not days."

Calvin Watson
Austin, Texas

 

Thank you for staging our house.  You did a wonderful job.

Tim Trandai, Realtor
Selective Realty

 

"Wow!  Looks great!  [Carol] sure did an excellent job with the furniture.  It shows off the house nicely!!"

June McMaster
Instructor, Interior Design, Washburn University

"I am writing to thank you for the fantastic work that you did on my company's model home at 1405 Faber in Pflugerville Heights.  Your home staging really transformed this house into a home.  The increased appeal of the model home is helping my company grow."

Jeff Vernon
Live Oak Custom Homes

 

"Dear Carol,

I want to thank you for your expertise in staging my home to sell.  I was recently married and needed to put my home on the market.  You came in and gave me wonderful advise on my home that I thought already looked pretty good.

"You showed me where to place furniture and showed me what needed to be eliminated or re-arranged, with the most amazing results!  The comments I now get when someone views the property are, ' Wow, it shows like a model home.'

Carol, once again thank you for your Divine vision."

Sincerely,
Thresa Stadheim
Cedar Park, Texas
[This house sold the next weekend]

 

Dear Carol,

"I cannot thank you enough for the awesome job you did staging our home.  What a tremendous difference you made especially when I saw the before and after pictures.  Your technique was flawless and provided such a beautiful canvas for the buyer's eye to see nothing but a beautiful home for sale.  Our home was on the market less than 24 hours -- we had an offer from the very first people that view it.  Home Staging is absolutely the best way to sell a home in record time!  I'm sure it would have sold in due time, however, an offer within 24 hours is definitely due to your Staging techniques!  I highly recommend your service to anyone wanting a professional job to be done right the first time!"

Donna Lee
Round Rock, Texas
[This house sold within 24 hours and had multiple backup offers.]

 

Dear Carol,

"I cannot thank you enough for your help regarding my kitchen.  You listened to all my scattered ideas, organized them, and gave me the pros and cons of each, simplifying them in a way that made real sense to me.  With your professional insight and experience, not to mention a wonderful sense of color, you gave me several plans from which to make my decision.  From those, I was able to easily see how I would achieve my updated look that would be tasteful and yet timeless (for marketing purposes later on).  I now feel much more focused and very excited about the project, whereas I lacked direction and therefore, the ability to get started!  I just really feel so good about the whole thing now.  Thank you so much."

Donna Johns
Round Rock, Texas

 

[E-mail sent to a group of friends]
"I am not a real estate agent and decided to sell a rental property myself.  I just closed and it worked great....I wanted to tell you how I did it....I also found by chance a woman who "stages" houses--never even knew there was such a person.  Carol Schoeneck gave me many suggestions to make the house ready to sell.  www.divinedecorbycarol.com And then came and furnished/decorated it to show.  Neither of these people ask me to send this and I am not getting anything for this recommendation--except to help other people that want to sell their property themselves."

Janice Godwin
Austin, Texas
[This house sold the same day it was staged for more than the original asking price and had more backup offers.]