Cathy Brosius - Staging the St. Louis region

You only have one chance to make a first impression!

It's not enough to have a home on the market that only looks as good as its competition--that dilutes the odds that a buyer will choose your property. Make your home stand out and gain an edge in this housing market. We offer a full range of services for occupied and vacant properties that fits any budget and time frame.

• From inexpensive do-it-yourself consultations to complete staging in occupied or vacant houses, we can make the homeowner's transition as quick and stress-free as possible.
  
• Realtors: include a verbal staging consultation with your services--it adds huge perceived value to your sellers.
  
• 94.8% of ASP-staged homes sell on average in 37 days or less.
  
• 91% of agents recommend staging and the Return on Investment is 343%, according to a HomeGain.com survey.

About me, Cathy Brosius, owner of Arranged Smartly LLC:

• I've been interviewed on KMOV's Great Day St. Louis, providing tips on how to stage homes successfully.
  
• After earning the Accredited Staging Professional designation, I have been elected to serve on the board of the St. Louis chapter of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals for two consecutive years.

We tailor our services to fit your requirements

Home Staging

• Our services are flexible and we tailor them to fit each home seller's requirements.
  
• We're a home staging company with solutions--we help sellers choose neutral paint colors, identify possible stumbling blocks with buyers and give suggestions for removing excess furnishings or recommend better furniture placement.
  
• Most of all, we understand sellers want to spend as little as possible to get their homes sold.

For Any Home

• We offer color consultations, redesigning rooms with existing furnishings or shopping for new decor and home organizing to make your space function for your lifestyle.

Our statistics

There were 8 properties we staged or consulted on in March and April 2009. SIX of those had contracts in early May: One was sold in 45 days, one was under contract in 40 days (it was on the market in 2008 for 6 months), one sold in 7 days, two went under contract in 2 days (one of which was on the market in 2008 for 6 months), and one sold in under 24 hours. Two of these properties sold to the first buyer who saw them.

Staging works--for occupied as well as vacant properties!

I'm very happy and satisfied that I chose Arranged Smartly to stage my house for sale. Cathy Brosius was very friendly and professional, but most importantly, her design ideas brought out the special features of my otherwise plain home. She suggested fresh, contemporary paint colors for many of the rooms. All the furniture and accents she chose were perfectly suited for my home, and I genuinely feel that without her staging, my home would've continued to sit on the market for a long time without any offers. The staging fee was affordable and worth every penny!

--Catherine Lucy, St. Louis, MO

Since I began using Cathy's services as part of my marketing plan for sellers, I have had tremendous success in selling my listings very quickly--all within 30 days and some even within the first week on the market. Cathy is very professional and quickly develops a good rapport with my clients. She offers them very practical advice regarding what they need to do to stage their home so that it outshines the competition. What my clients seem to like the most is that Cathy can help them work with what they have, rather than spend money on furniture and/or accessories. Their biggest expense may be paint. If so, Cathy helps them choose a color that will appeal to the widest pool of buyers and also present well in the pictures that are posted on the MLS and other web sites. Cathy's services are an integral part of my marketing plan.

--Kathy Koutsobinas, Marketing Specialist, Coldwell Banker Gundaker, St. Charles, MO