HouseStage Guides
Guides for Bay Area home buyers and agents
Practical answers from the team at 126 Design, which stages and furnishes homes across the San Francisco Bay Area. Each guide starts with the short answer, then the details, with our own project numbers where we have them and links to outside sources where we do not.
Can you buy the staging furniture when you buy a house?
Yes, often. Who owns staging furniture, how to ask, how pricing works and why timing matters.
Closing gift ideas for buyers that they will actually use
Closing gift ideas for buyers by budget, including a design consultation for the new home.
How much does it cost to furnish a house in the Bay Area?
Room-by-room furnishing budgets for a typical 1,765 sq ft Bay Area home.
New home furnishing checklist: what to buy first
A move-in checklist ordered by what you need on day one, week one and month one.
What happens to the staging furniture after a house sells?
The destaging timeline, and how buyers can ask to keep pieces before they are removed.
See what a buyer page looks like
Open the sample home at 123 Maple Lane, Palo Alto: rooms, a designer-approved proposal with real furniture, and a 3D walkthrough.