By Melissa Dittmann Tracey

Welcome to Styled, Staged & Sold! This blog, by REALTOR® Magazine, is dedicated to giving you the latest design news and trends to help you spruce up your listings and educate your clients. 

We’ve assembled a team of experts to bring you the latest trends in green building, staging, remodeling, design psychology and more.

Some of our blogging experts include Christine Rae, author of “Home Staging for Dummies” (Wiley, 2008); Constance Forrest, PsyD, and Susan Painter, PsyD, founders of the field of design psychology; Erik Fowler, one of the first recipients of the National Association of REALTORS®’ GREEN designation; and Filomena Thompson, executive director of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry’s Mid-Maryland and Greater Baltimore chapters.

Read more about our bloggers.

We also encourage you to send us your stories! We want to hear your insights, opinions and expertise on home design. Post comments to the blog entries or volunteer to serve as a guest blogger and share with us your knowledge of a new design trend or a story of a recent home makeover.

We also love to see photos! Send your before and after room makeover photos to mtracey@realtors.org and we’ll feature them on this blog. In your e-mail, include your name, contact information, a brief description of what you did to transform the room, and don’t forget to attach the photos too!

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