Press Release: Indianapolis Home Stager contributes to new Home Staging Book

Linda Barnett, Creator of Home Matters, Served as Technical Editor on Home Staging For Dummies

State-of-the-art help is at hand for those struggling in the current housing market: May 5, 2008 marked the release of Home Staging For Dummies by Wiley Publishing, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN. Authors Christine Rae and Jan Saunders Maresh and Technical Editor Linda Barnett bring a wealth of property-presentation expertise and resources to home sellers in these tough times.

Home Staging For Dummies--released simultaneously in the United States and Canada--is a practical, comprehensive, 360-page manual, which provides detailed, all-inclusive information on how to sell a home faster and for more money--even in today's challenging real estate market. The book features current facts and statistics, resource lists, black-and-white and color photographs, room-by-room and step-by-step guidance, and home-preparation checklists. Its target audience includes homeowners, realtors, builders, investors, home stagers and those interested in exploring a career in home staging. The book is available at bookstores and can be ordered online at www.dummies.com.

Christine Rae is an internationally recognized trainer and author in the home staging industry. She is the founder and President of Certified Staging Professionals, through which she has instructed over 2,600 entrepreneurs on how to start and grow a successful home staging business. She has received numerous industry awards; most recently, the 2007 Staging Innovator of the Year from the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA), which has members throughout the United States and Canada.

Jan Saunders Maresh--a Certified Staging Professional--is a bestselling author and nationally known journalist, instructor and television personality with more than 25 years of design experience. In 2005, she founded Naked Room Solutions, a home staging and interior redesign company.

Linda Barnett--an Accredited Staging Professional, interior decorator and former realtor--founded Home Matters in 2004 and has since worked with more than 500 homeowners throughout the Indianapolis metropolitan area, helping them to sell their homes for an average 98% of the list price and in an average of 48 days on the market after staging. Her extensive body of successful work earned her a nomination for the 2007 Professional Stager of the Year award from RESA. She and Home Matters have been featured in numerous media, including The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis House & Home Magazine, Indianapolis Business Journal, REAL ESTATE Lifestyle Magazine, FOX 59 News and, most recently, in a WISH-TV/Angie's List segment that aired on January 28, 2008.

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