“Lauri’s touches of table settings, towels, flowers, bottles, books, etc. change vacant houses into homes. I've used her talents many times with great success.”

-Marla Nyberg Sudler Sotheby's Int'l Realty

Welcome to one of the city’s most effective and experienced interior staging services. Led by award-winning Interior Designer Lauri Krakora, Staging Chicago offers artistic and analytic value to the marketing process.

Our goal is to reduce selling time and enhance property value. Our clients are leading real estate brokers, and residential and commercial developers.

For nearly 25 years, Lauri has been creating interior solutions in Chicagoland. She was chosen the 1999 “Designer of the Year” by D. Edmunds Interiors. Lauri grew up in her family’s interior design business, has taken formal art and design at the University of Illinois, and studied design in Rome, Italy.

Today we concentrate on adding value and market appeal to upscale Chicago properties for sale. Working as a partner to the seller, Lauri values productive and positive teamwork.

Lauri’s experience as a furniture and accessories buyer, as well as personal contacts with suppliers and contractors from a wide variety of industries give our clients access to an invaluable list of dependable, quality resources for doing further work. We can recommend or coordinate excellent painting, repair, cabinetry, flooring, cleaning services and landscaping.

Staging Chicago is backed by an Executive Management team that has been successfully running businesses in Chicago and beyond since 1970. More...