Downstairs, the reflected window in the half bath showed part of a brilliant curtain, beyond which lay the green grass of childhood summers.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish

Several stagers have toured my home, and some of their suggestions have been contradictory: One loved the flowered curtains in my kitchen and the giraffe-print shower curtain in the master bath but said my palm-tree bathroom wallpaper had to go.

WSJ: How Much Staging Is Too Much?--WSJ House Talk