IDesignSpaces

IDesignSpaces does a great job with home staging for going on the market. They have a very modern sense of style, always make the house look stunning, and take great pride in their work!

Melanie did a wonderful job for my client in San Jose. Everything was done swiftly and efficiently. Not to mention the furniture and accent pieces were all perfect for the house! She really turned my listing into a 10+ model home! I will definitely be using her services again! Thanks Melanie!

We didn’t even meet Melanie, yet her staging of our house was probably the single most important (and easiest) part of the process. Her bid was significantly lower than any other and she was low-​touch and easy to work with. Her design made us not want to sell our house. Ultimately, though, a great buyer snapped it up just 7 days after it went on the MLS. Melanie is amazing. Go with her and you won’t regret it.

This review is long overdue. Melanie and her team worked a miracle on one of my listings last August. The market had recently shifted from a crazy sellers market to one that was much more balanced. There were 3 other active homes (similar characteristics) on the same street that wasn’t getting any traction. The seller had priced his tenant occupied home for over market value against my advice, and it sat on the market for 2 weeks before the seller reluctantly dropping the price. Another 2 weeks passed without any offers and the seller became frustrated and downright hostile. He withdrew the listing, kicked out the tenants, and performed some minor cosmetic maintenance work.
The seller gave me 2 weeks to sell the home at his minimum price or he would be forced to take the home off the market and rent it out again. That’s when I brought in Melanie to help spruce up the place. Poor Melanie took some harsh criticism from the seller, but she handled him professionally. The seller rejected much of her ideas and was not being cooperative. After reasoning with him (and offering to pay for some materials myself), I got him to agree to be a bit more open-​minded.
I re-​priced the home competitively and was able to bring him 8 offers at the deadline. The highest offer came in $ 35k more than his minimum price! It was amazing to see the instant transformation of a grumpy old man into something of a giggling schoolboy when the offers were presented. As for the other listings on the same street, they eventually sold for $ 25k-​$ 45k less than what my listing got.
Thank you Melanie for making me a hero!

This is my very first review on Unilocal,but I would love give this chance to Melanie. I met her in person on the day she staged my boss’s listing, she was working hard with her crews to arrange everything. She is very professional and we like her taste on color, design. You can zoom up every corner. Will continue to use her service :)))

IdesignSpaces did a great job. Worked fast and professional. I’ve used them several times and they always make the property shine.

I have worked with Melanie for nearly ten years as we’ve grown our business together. She is fantastic with the clients and very flexible which is critical in the residential real estate business. Her designs are creative, tasteful and always make my listings shine! I look forward to us working together for many more years!

Fabulously stunning staging! My house has a sophisticated, spacious and inviting feel with Melanie’s artistic staging– just what I wanted. She’s contemporary, has a great eye, and worked hard to fit me in her already full calendar. Steady stream of compliments on the staging from our open house visitors!

I have used Melanie at IDesignSpaces for a couple of years now to stage my listings and she is fantastic! Melanie has a great eye for space and design. She works quickly and efficiently and I love her ability and use of technology. I’m always excited to see the before and after and am never disappointed. She knocks it out of the park every time!

We used Melanie to stage our home. We were blown away by the result and almost decided not to sell! Our house looked better than it had ever looked. She nailed color and furniture layout. The home looked big and bright and sold in a week!

When it comes time to stage there is only one stager who has consistently done amazing work for our team. Whether for our Listings, Spec homes, or for our clients needs our team always recommends Melanie Terry with i Design Spaces. She works hand in hand with the Boyenga Team making recommendations for preparing the home for sale.
Whether we are selling a Luxury estate in Los Altos Hills, a condominium in Cupertino, or an Eichler in Palo Alto, Melanie and her team have the perfect eye for staging and showing the home in it’s best light. So if you are looking for the best stager in Silicon Valley Real Estate only one name comes to mind and that is Melanie Terry with I Design Spaces.

I am a Realtor who loves multiple offers on my listings so I can get the best for my client and part of capturing that goal was to hire iDesign and put Melanie’s creative mind to emphasize the best features of the home.
I had 40+groups come through that Open House Sunday due to Melanie’s great work as it showed beautifully on the virtual tour. I think 5 groups were even there before I opened the doors. Everyone was raving about the property and it’s design, nothing but great compliments all around. Thank you, you did a phenomenal job.

Melanie and her team staged our home for sale. They did a great job to incorporate most of our existing belongings to create a very elegant look for our home. We had three open houses which attracted over a hundred groups of buyers to our home. We received six offers and went into contract in ten days. We think the staging and the pictures on the MLS played a big part in drawing these people to our home. We would certainly look to Melanie again when we are ready to sell our next home.

Melanie was really efficient and and professional in the staging process. She used what worked of our furniture and added some of her own touches.
I also felt her fees were really reasonable.
I will definitely recommend her for staging, redesign. Our house sold and we are ready to move on.
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Melanie staged my house, which I recently sold. I’d say her staging of my house was better than the dozens of staged houses I saw as I was looking for one to buy and move into. Perhaps you’ve seen pictures of staged houses that look impossibly nice — not safe and boring, but interesting yet understated, somehow managing to still be a bit extravagant, yet safe enough for the general appeal needed for staging. That was the result, and the cost was not at all exorbitant.
The initial consultation resulted in a list of suggested changes and fixes, with Melanie doing the most difficult part: picking the colors. Due to other complications with the whole buying/​selling process, there ended up being a full year between initial consultation and actual staging. I had used enough of Melanie’s time and expertise to merit a consultation charge if I didn’t move forward with staging, and she let that ride for a full year until the timing was right for me. That’s flexibility!

Melanie is simply the best stager I have ever worked with in my business. As a residential real estate agent, having a great team of professionals will create a wonderful environment for a successful sale and the best results for the seller.
Melanie is the hardest working stager I have ever met, staying long hours at a home getting it ready for seemingly impossible deadlines and always with a great positive attitude and a get it done work ethic. She will work with existing furnishings and accessorize or stage an entire vacant home. She really makes the homeowner feel at ease with the staging process as well.
I highly recommend Melanie!

Melanie helped me with the staging and sale of my property and I am extremely satisfied with her work.
The things that impressed me about her are that she is very friendly, easily approachable, smart, concise, dedicated, detail-​oriented, thorough, and she is the best in what she does. She has a lot of contacts who do quality job.
She is an all-​in-​one package! She is excellent.

I’m a Realtor and know a number of staging and interior designers. I use Melanie /​i Design Spaces because she is great with my clients, being both professional and explaining why they need to make changes, paint, etc. I have used her services to both prep homes that are going on the market, and also to help clients decorate and figure out their new homes.
Two different new homeowners this summer told me that hiring her was a lot cheaper than a marriage counselor!
In summary, I have referred several other Realtors to her, and they are all using her for staging, and I am hiring her to redecorate my own home. I don’t know of higher praise than that.

Melanie at I Design spaces did a phenomenal job in transforming my boring bachelor pad into not only a more functional place to live but one that is much more updated to today’s standards!
We went through my whole house and remodeled it from head to toe and added some great art work and paint with lighting as well. Melanie not only values your opinion but gives hers and at the end, it was my house and she took my idea and ran with them!
She has some great ideas and knows the ropes when it comes to getting great deals on furniture, art work and all the the little knick knacks you need for all those little touches that add so much to a house!
If you are looking to totally remodel or just transform your house into something totally brand new, call Melanie and I Design and you won’t be disappointed!
Steve
San Jose, CA