Home stager preps love nests

From the July issue: In addition to helping hopeless sellers, home stager Ilaria Barion is also helping hopeless singles. Barion, who makes properties on the market more appealing to buyers, is using the same techniques to help the romantically challenged. Barion’s new service “Staged to Date” aims to make properties more relationship-friendly. “When you see a property to buy, you realize in the first 90 seconds whether you like it or not,” Barion said. “The same thing happens when you see the apartment of someone you’re dating. People can be turned off by the condition of the apartment.” more By Vanessa Londono

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