Step By Stage Interiors is Lakeland and Central Florida's premier home staging company. With over 12 years of staging experience and an expansive inventory, we have the knowledge, skills, expertise and materials to prepare your home for sale. Staging has proven to help sellers sell their homes faster and capitalize on profit by increasing the marketability of their homes. At Step by Stage Interiors, we work to professionally prepare your homes for sale so that it will appeal to the most amount of buyers and generate the highest price in the least amount of time on market. With over 2,000 homes sold and an average staged-to-sale rate of 5 days, we are committed to getting you one step closer to sold!
ANNE FURLOW
Anne Furlow has always had an eye for design ever since she was young. She followed her passion by attending the International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) in Tampa, FL, studying Interior Design. She has over 10 years’ experience working for several home builders and remodelers and has been staging since 2009, starting her own business (Step by Stage Interiors) in 2011.
In 2010, Anne received the Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) certification. Anne is also a member of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) and holds her RESA PRO designation. She is a certified staging instructor through RESA in the state of Florida. Her accolades include Parade of Homes 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021; 1st and 2nd Place Remodels/Showcase homes, along with receiving the Best of Lakeland 2018, 2019, 2020 award for Interior Design by the Lakeland Awards Program!
Anne is an accomplished motivator, public speaker, and often a “go-to” person for local realtors in her area who need a competitive advantage that her professional staging business can offer. She has been recognized by RESA as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging from 2018-2022.
She has locally mentored new home stagers to the industry, helping them with business plans, start-ups, guidance, and resources. She has also been part of the RESA (Real Estate Staging Association) Masterminds retreat/course, helping progress and develop the home staging industry across North America. Anne was recently elected to serve on the National Board of Directors of the Real Estate Staging Association, the nation's largest non for profit trade association for home stagers and designers.