Testimonials
Lesley helped us immensely with the design of our main floor renovation. With clarity, she prescribed elements that brought our vision together to a final look we are so pleased with. She gave great suggestions we hadn’t thought about before and expertly chose colours and design elements that tied the whole look together. She was also so helpful via text/email to give us in the moment advice as we were shopping. Thank you Lesley! Deanna F Barrie 2019
Hi Stage Presence!
I had the pleasure of having Tanya come to our home to give us advice on staging our home. We have been there for 11 years , we have 3 kids in the grand space of 1150 square feet! So its tight and I have many hiding spots. Having a little booklet as a guideline really helped us get reading for staging, especially all the small touches that make a difference. So the night before pictures and videographers came (Tanya was not working) she helped me with accessorizing and tweaking little things. I sent her pictures via text. And she told me exactly what to do! What a relief. She was so helpful and kind. Our home sold in less than 24 hours! Thank You Stage Presence!
Cara Feb 2017
I had the pleasure of having Tanya come to our home to give us advice on staging our home. We have been there for 11 years , we have 3 kids in the grand space of 1150 square feet! So its tight and I have many hiding spots. Having a little booklet as a guideline really helped us get reading for staging, especially all the small touches that make a difference. So the night before pictures and videographers came (Tanya was not working) she helped me with accessorizing and tweaking little things. I sent her pictures via text. And she told me exactly what to do! What a relief. She was so helpful and kind. Our home sold in less than 24 hours! Thank You Stage Presence!
Cara Feb 2017
The Faris Team Realtors recommended Stage Presence to help in preparing our house for selling. We could not have been happier with the choice! Tanya was
able to work within our tight time frame, she was very personable right from the moment I opened my front door! I showed her around the house and she quickly dove right in. She was very hands on with de-cluttering and reorganizing to make our house look “show ready”. Tanya was very professional and worked with the stuff we already had. The results were amazing she made it look so easy and natural. We really think her staging helped us get above our asking price. We would not hesitate to recommend Tanya with Stage Presence again!
Heidi & Bruno
Aurora, Ontario
Jan 2017
able to work within our tight time frame, she was very personable right from the moment I opened my front door! I showed her around the house and she quickly dove right in. She was very hands on with de-cluttering and reorganizing to make our house look “show ready”. Tanya was very professional and worked with the stuff we already had. The results were amazing she made it look so easy and natural. We really think her staging helped us get above our asking price. We would not hesitate to recommend Tanya with Stage Presence again!
Heidi & Bruno
Aurora, Ontario
Jan 2017
Thanks again Lesley. Your services were the best investment I made in the property!
Don
Jan 2017
Don
Jan 2017
"Hi Lesley, thank you so much for working with us to help our house sell so quickly! It looks beautiful and everyone loved it! Such a fresh look and you taught my husband a few things about decor (huge thank you)!
We were presented with 8 offers all well above asking price!
Thanks again! "
Kim & Jason C - Barrie 2017
We were presented with 8 offers all well above asking price!
Thanks again! "
Kim & Jason C - Barrie 2017
Lesley was amazing to work with. She exceeded all of my expectations. I was able to rent furniture and pictures/decorative items from her to make the space look modern, spacious, and inviting. She turned all of the "too small" feedback I was receiving for over a month on my unfurnished property to an offer of my listing price within days. She delivered, set up, and came and took the items away. She is very talented and makes you feel like your home is the only project she is working on. Great customer service. Thank you again Lesley.
Laura, Barrie 2016
Laura, Barrie 2016
Thank you again for beautiful design and direction! So appreciate your work, it shows amazing!
Sincerely, Greg and Krista
2015
Sincerely, Greg and Krista
2015
Staging our house with Lesley was a great experience. She came, gave us her suggestions and helped us throughout the whole process. She made everything fast, easy, simple and assisted us during the process buying the right pieces without expending a lot. We purchased just few decorations arts, pieces and plants, and she basically used what we had in a different way.
After all, our house looked so charming, attractive and different, that we even felt better living in a space very well decorated. We recommend her services! Thanks, Leslie!
Marcelo and Leandra Gondim
02-2015
After all, our house looked so charming, attractive and different, that we even felt better living in a space very well decorated. We recommend her services! Thanks, Leslie!
Marcelo and Leandra Gondim
02-2015
I had the privilege of having Lesley, owner of Stage Presence, transform my home into a show piece. She helped me from beginning to end in countless ways from choosing paint colors, window treatments, and furniture placement. She is pleasant to be around and I loved the whole experience.
I would definitely recommend her services.
2015-01-30
I would definitely recommend her services.
2015-01-30
If you are looking for a decorator or a stager to help sell your home, hiring Lesley King would be the best investment of your time and money. I was very impressed with her straight forward, honest and professional manner and I can recommend her with the highest confidence. Upon entering a room Lesley can instantly feel what needs to be done to balance colours, textures and furniture so as to make a room more inviting and memorable. Her suggestions are all easy to do and she can adjust to whatever budget you set out. With her years of experience and innate sense of good taste, Lesley can help you turn your house into the "home" you always dreamed of having. Signed V.A. 2014
Lesley was amazing to work with in getting my house ready for sale. When she first came by, my house was in the midst of work getting completed. Furniture was moved into the middle of rooms, and most of the rooms were primed and colourless. During the initial consultation she took inventory of my home, and provided me with a list of things to do and items to get in order to stage my house. I got to work, and when Lesley came back for the 2nd consultation, she took the furniture and artwork I had gathered and worked her magic. As a result my house looks amazing in it's first days on the market. Lesley was available throughout the process to send pictures of progress and get update suggestions. Her online store was easily accessible and reasonably priced for a few last minute items. I followed her advice to a T - and it all paid off with the final product. Thanks Lesley!!! Adam 2013
BEFORE painted over khaki green and had mis-
matched furniture and no accessories.
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AFTER painting, adding new curtains, furniture and accessories.
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March 24, 2014
SOLD our house in less than 6 hours! Thanks for yout help, you were great!!
F.H. Barrie
SOLD our house in less than 6 hours! Thanks for yout help, you were great!!
F.H. Barrie
“In January 2014, my husband received an offer of employment too good to pass up…in Sudbury. How quickly could we sell our house especially in mid-January? Lesley came to the rescue! I followed her detailed 4 pages of “to do’s” to the letter. When she came back in for the final staging a week later, she hopped out of her car with her tool kit and put the final special touches to the house. It was stunning. She made a truly daunting task easy and seamless! We listed 2 days later and 2 days following that we sold our home for asking price. When the realtor gave us the marketing material for our home, I was completely blown away…I couldn’t believe that was my house…it looked like a magazine spread the way she had staged it! Thank you Lesley from the bottom of our hearts! I truly think you were an integral part of the sale of our home. “
Kerri-Ann & Joey Francoeur
Kerri-Ann & Joey Francoeur
Thank you so much for your well designed staging. We loved the finished look.
We found the whole experience with you to be very helpful and that by following your suggestions, we could keep our tastes in décor and have it pulled together so well. Your touch in finishes, added so much to the rooms. Even when it was something so simple as moving a vase from one room to another.
When we first saw your ideas on paper, we were a little hesitant but as we started to move things and add things as per your instructions, the rooms came to life and it inspired us to finish. It was a joy to work your ideas into our home and the finished rooms are amazing.
We keep walking through the rooms and wonder, how did we not see this.
Thank you so much for your ideas, your help, for your flexibility with our budget. We loved what you did.
Jutta and Casey Coulter
Jan 2014
We found the whole experience with you to be very helpful and that by following your suggestions, we could keep our tastes in décor and have it pulled together so well. Your touch in finishes, added so much to the rooms. Even when it was something so simple as moving a vase from one room to another.
When we first saw your ideas on paper, we were a little hesitant but as we started to move things and add things as per your instructions, the rooms came to life and it inspired us to finish. It was a joy to work your ideas into our home and the finished rooms are amazing.
We keep walking through the rooms and wonder, how did we not see this.
Thank you so much for your ideas, your help, for your flexibility with our budget. We loved what you did.
Jutta and Casey Coulter
Jan 2014
As the Lead Staging Consultant at Staged Presence, Lesley King combines a great eye for design and space along with solid knowledge of buyer psychology and cost control.
Our house far exceeded the list price when it sold firm within 1 day of being listed, with the MarkFaris Team. We contribute much of the quick sale to our home being “stage ready” as a result of working with Lesley at Staged Presence.
We were fortunate to have Lesley return to our new property to assist us in making decisions as we undertook major renovations. Lesley had the confidence to guide us through the many decisions we needed to make. Whether it was colour choice, hardware, custom cabinetry or pulling it all together with the final touches, Lesley helped us achieve our dream. We are thrilled with the final result.
Lesley brings confidence, professionalism and is a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend Staged Presence.
M & S Kennie
2013
Our house far exceeded the list price when it sold firm within 1 day of being listed, with the MarkFaris Team. We contribute much of the quick sale to our home being “stage ready” as a result of working with Lesley at Staged Presence.
We were fortunate to have Lesley return to our new property to assist us in making decisions as we undertook major renovations. Lesley had the confidence to guide us through the many decisions we needed to make. Whether it was colour choice, hardware, custom cabinetry or pulling it all together with the final touches, Lesley helped us achieve our dream. We are thrilled with the final result.
Lesley brings confidence, professionalism and is a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend Staged Presence.
M & S Kennie
2013
Thanks for all your help getting my home ready to list. Your room-by-room suggestions were very easy to understand and implement. I appreciate you taking the time today to tweak everything and show me how to have things for showings.
I'm sure that your staging techniques will result in a successful sale.
Dec 2013
I'm sure that your staging techniques will result in a successful sale.
Dec 2013
Lesley has helped us on many occasions with getting our home ready to sell as well as choosing wonderful decorative pieces for our new home.
The placement of furniture and paint colors that she helped with over the years has always been bang on!
Lesley has saved us a tone of time and money and has also been a mediator between us when making decisions and choices!!
Thank you so much Lesley for all of your help over the years and expect more calls from us in the future!!
Traci and Todd
Dec 2013
The placement of furniture and paint colors that she helped with over the years has always been bang on!
Lesley has saved us a tone of time and money and has also been a mediator between us when making decisions and choices!!
Thank you so much Lesley for all of your help over the years and expect more calls from us in the future!!
Traci and Todd
Dec 2013
Lesley was amazing! We were introduced to Lesley through our realtor in preparation of listing our house for sale. She completed a walk through of the home and made a list of recommendations for us to complete in order to make our house more marketable and move in ready for potential buyers. We are horrible with colour schemes and placement of decorative items. Lesley provided us with trendy and neutral paint colour suggestions as well as colour and pattern ideas for decorative pillows, art work and accessories that would compliment each other. After we painted and purchased the decorative items, she came back in and worked her magic by reorganizing, hanging wall art and placing items in the appriopriate locations. Her recommendations were very economical with a high impact. The finished product was a huge success. Lesley was professional, courtious and a joy to work with. I highly recommend her. Thank you Lesley! Angie A. 2013
We had the pleasure of meeting Lesley through listing our house with The Mark Faris Team. Lesley Staged our house for the market and her ideas were wonderful and very helpful in preparing our house to show it's best. We are hoping to convince Lesley to give us her advice when we move into our new home :)
Rob and Theresa, Barrie
November 2013
Rob and Theresa, Barrie
November 2013
Working with Lesley King of Stage Presence has been a positive, rewarding experience.The time and effort we put into staging our home has paid off in a level of comfort and confidence upon putting our home on the real estate market. This is our second attempt at selling our home within the year; the first time un-staged, the second time staged.Lesley worked with the items and style we currently have and combined that with her skills as a stager to create a clean, contemporary look. Our home is attractive and updated, two things that will appeal to potential home buyers. We were so excited to
show off our hard work to Lesley upon her return and she quickly set to work transforming our home with new flooring and newly-painted walls into a home that is warm and inviting. Lesley's open, approachable manner made it a pleasurable experience. We are confident that when our home sells it will be due in large-art to the staging process with Lesley King.
Sincerely,
Cassandra Medve-Racine
show off our hard work to Lesley upon her return and she quickly set to work transforming our home with new flooring and newly-painted walls into a home that is warm and inviting. Lesley's open, approachable manner made it a pleasurable experience. We are confident that when our home sells it will be due in large-art to the staging process with Lesley King.
Sincerely,
Cassandra Medve-Racine
"It was with great pleasure that I was able to work with Lesley on the staging of my home. She has an incredible knack for colour, layout and design. She is an extremely hard and efficient worker with an amazing end result. I was able to sell my home within 4 days and I thank Lesley for her contribution to this quick sale! Thanks for all your great work Lesley" C. Morgan
Lesley took what in the past was an extremely stressful situation between my wife and I, and made a room that we both agreed on and feel comfortable in. Lesley undertook the challenge of redoing our family room which also serves as our sons play room. Not being a very large room it has the ability to become very cluttered. Her ideas involved downsizing a large entertainment unit to a smaller, yet still functional T.V.stand as well as changing from an awkward love seat to two recliner chairs. These two changes alone opened up considerable floor space without loosing any seating.
Decorative, functional shelving also aided in providing storage space that did not take away from the whole look.
The biggest benefit of Lesley's services was that it freed up our time and brought fresh ideas to past attempts and headaches due to our inability to agree on how the room should look.
Thank you Lesley,
Todd
Decorative, functional shelving also aided in providing storage space that did not take away from the whole look.
The biggest benefit of Lesley's services was that it freed up our time and brought fresh ideas to past attempts and headaches due to our inability to agree on how the room should look.
Thank you Lesley,
Todd
May 2009
Hi Lesley
Both Kathy and I wanted to say a big thank you for your help in selling our home.
The home staging was a very important step in the selling process, we are glad that we took the time to follow your suggestions and really appreciate the passion and excitement that you showed throughout the process.
The end result was a SOLD sign on the lawn for over asking price..
Again, thank you and if/when we move again, expect our call..
Your truly,
Kathy and Bruce
Hi Lesley
Both Kathy and I wanted to say a big thank you for your help in selling our home.
The home staging was a very important step in the selling process, we are glad that we took the time to follow your suggestions and really appreciate the passion and excitement that you showed throughout the process.
The end result was a SOLD sign on the lawn for over asking price..
Again, thank you and if/when we move again, expect our call..
Your truly,
Kathy and Bruce
My husband and I have recently built a house in Innisfil. I called Lesley for help in choosing paint colour for the entire house. What seemed like an overwhelming task was quickly organized by Lesley as she was able to choose clean, neutral tones to keep the house flowing room to room in preparation for sale. Thank you for your professional and speedy help! Laura Skilling
In August 2005, we were anxious to make a relatively quick sale because we were interested in purchasing another home in the same neighbourhood. Our house was a common model and would be competing with several others which were already for sale in and around the immediate area.
Lesley took our house from nice and practical, to elegant and spacious. Not only did we sell our house in 2 weeks, but for the price we had counted on! Hiring Lesley was a small investment, which produced a large financial return! Thanks Lesley! Roman and Sarah Calvano
Lesley took our house from nice and practical, to elegant and spacious. Not only did we sell our house in 2 weeks, but for the price we had counted on! Hiring Lesley was a small investment, which produced a large financial return! Thanks Lesley! Roman and Sarah Calvano