About Us
At THE SELLER'S EDGE, we professionally stage homes for sale. Our designers customize houses to attract potential buyers. In addition to our staging services, we offer interior redesign, enhancing a home’s comfort and style.
Here's what some of our clients say about our work...
“This is fantastic! I love what you are doing. Thank you very much, the house looks beautiful.”
Tammie C., Agent, Coldwell Banker
“It was such a pleasure working with you. You are a true professional with a discerning eye, and you can transform an ordinary room into something elegant. Thank you for turning my home into something special.”
Louise B., Homeowner
"Our designers work is beautiful and timeless. He combined my tastes with functionality and elegance. I particularly enjoyed his ability to rearrange furniture and items, often pulling pieces from other areas of the house to make a room look vibrant and new. He is very creative and cost conscience. I admire my new surroundings and know that I will be benefiting from his invaluable service."Colette G., Homeowner
“Having worked with many artists in my lifetime, I can truly say that Richard possesses the quality of a great one. His creativity and ingenuity are unparalleled and his eye for detail is so precise that it can pull an entire room together. He turned my home into an original masterpiece that I am proud to show off!” Taylor B., New York City
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Richard C. Blakin
Chief Designer
Richard is a native New Yorker, a student of art history, and a lover of the arts.
Throughout his career, he has absorbed the cultural richness of the city and integrated it into his style. He has an innate ability to create interiors which are both sophisticated and functional. With a childhood spent in the family flower shop, he emerged as an accomplished floral arranger.
Richard has a unique approach to interior design. With his concept of “underlying form", he views objects not solely based on their function but on their fundamental form. As a result, a tympani drum is transformed into a coffee table, a collection of "plum bobs" (a curiously designed carpenters tool) evolves into a wall sculpture, a blank ceiling becomes a trompe l’oeil skylight, and exotic feathers are integrated into a stunning floral arrangement.
Mr. Blakin is an HSR Certified Professional Home Stager/Redesigner and a member of The American Society of Home Staging and Redesign.
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Q&A
Why stage a home ?
- An article published by Realtor Magazine reported that “staged homes sell 50% faster than non- staged homes and that professionally staged homes sell on average for 7% more money than non-staged properties”.
- According to a USA Today Article "When Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Los Altos, California, looked at nearly 2,800 properties in eight U.S. cities, they found that the staged homes, on average, sold in half the time that the non-staged homes did. The sellers with staged homes on average ended up with 6.3% more than their asking price.”
- A National Association of Realtors survey found that the longer a home stays on the market, the further below list price it drops. Homes that sold in the first 4 week averaged 1% more than the list price; 4 to 12 weeks averaged 5% less; 13 to 24 weeks averaged 6.4% less; than list price; and 24 weeks averaged more than 10% less than list price
Why stage with THE SELLER'S EDGE ?
Other companies may impose their design ideas on clients. Our approach is to consult with you and determine which styles, colors, and textures you find attractive and pleasing. We then expand and amplify this information, resulting in an attractive, functional space .
