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How It Works

Most have never worked with a designer or home stager. You may have read or heard things or had a TV show plant a seed in your mind. But you wonder, really, how does it work?

Hey Nineteen!

Hey nineteen! WHOA, how could that possibly be?? But it’s true! And how cool is it, that nineteen years in, The Refreshed Home’s core design and staging client has remained…

Will Work for Food: Consults for a Cause

There’s a lot I can say about the current ongoing shame and disgrace of the financial sustenance being cruelly denied to our most vulnerable. Then yesterday I read of a…

The Seven, Q4

Welcome back to The Seven: New and noteworthy ideas and trends to contemplate for you, your spaces, and your life. Trends and fads both come from very real places, and…

Color forecasting is the serious behind-the-scenes science, math, and data crunching that drives what we consumers see on the racks, the shelves, and the showroom floors. Global and year-round, what they’re working…

How Old Are Your Smoke and CO2 Detectors?

In December of 2008, on the last day of a roof repair in my complex, a worker using a torch improperly started a fire. I was working from home that…

Cezanne and Matisse: Masters of Late Summer Tablescapes

The most successful sellers never forget homebuyers want more than square footage or number of bathrooms. They want a place for their dreams to come true. Late July to Labor…

The Seven, Q3

Welcome back to The Seven: Macro to micro, a quick quarterly melange of people-space-stuff type things The Refreshed Home thinks you’d like to know about. In design and real…

Staging Without Rental Furniture

Concerns about anticipated costs and lack of control are the biggest roadblocks most have when talking about stagers, staging. So it’s both ironic and frustrating to see so much time…

When to Consider Staging with Rental Furniture

TRH believes it’s better to consider home staging as the overall thoughtful process of preparing a property for sale, with the use of rental furniture as one option in that process.

Five Reasons It Pays to Stage Co-ops

Real estate professional or a curious bystander, to your benefit, this post will give you reason to rethink two popular paradigms: What home staging is, and how/why it pays to…

Marie approaches her recommendations with a down-to-earth sensibility and is also a lot of fun! I have a new friend.

– Susan Sachs, Chappaqua

After Marie staged our house, we had second thoughts about leaving. Couldn't believe we live here.

– Paula and Roger, Hastings-on-Hudson

I don’t always like deferring to experts, but my investment was paid back approximately 20:1.

– Thor Mann, Croton-on-Hudson

Marie has a skill set that is professional and gentle. She removes a homeowner's stress and feeling of being overwhelmed.

– Bonnie Stein, Julia B Fee, Rye

Marie was very easy to work with. I wish we had used her expertise years ago!

– Barry Zelin, Ardsley

Marie Graham gets 5 stars from us! She was spot on in knowing exactly how our house should look for the photographs and the showings.

– Charlotte and Hal, Ardsley

Marie helped us with both selling our old home and decorating our new home. She recommends practical items of good value and is so committed to the details.

– Sandy McCormick Sleepy Hollow

I'm very thankful for Marie's excellent suggestions, from paint colors to floor finishes. We had 3 offers and sold above the asking price!

– George Casale, Bronxville

Marie is the color whisperer. We wanted totally new colors, and now our home is colorful, energizing and harmonious. Our friends comment on how welcoming and warm it is.

– Lesa Rader

She is smart, funny, engaging, with a great eye and creative ideas that we’ve implemented ourselves. I highly recommend her!

– Nan F., White Plains

She’s through and goes throught your home without judgment, providing recommendations with absolutely no pressure.

– Karen Dreher, New Rochelle