Vacant home staging
A tailored furniture and styling plan for sellers, builders and investors that helps buyers understand the scale, flow and full potential of an empty home.
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Stage. Style. Sell. Southwest Michigan home staging
Designed to be remembered.
Staged to be SOLD.
Warm, market-ready interiors that invite buyers in—and give every listing its strongest first impression.
20+Years of real estate
& design experience
& design experience
About us
Experience that began
long before the business.
Long before Lakeshore Staging & Design existed, Jill was learning what makes buyers connect with a home.
While attending interior design school, Jill and her husband renovated and sold homes throughout Chicagoland. They styled each property before listing it and saw the results firsthand—the homes sold fast. Jill earned her real estate license in 2001, and staging naturally became the connection between her experience in real estate, renovation and design.
After moving to Southwest Michigan full-time in 2022, Jill recognized the need for professional home staging along the lakeshore and created Lakeshore Staging & Design.
Today, Jill works alongside a talented team to help sellers, real estate professionals, builders, investors and rental owners present their properties with purpose—creating homes that feel welcoming, memorable and ready for what comes next.
Our philosophy
Lived in.
Never simply staged.
Through thoughtful space planning, layered textures and furnishings selected to complement each home's architecture, we bring warmth, purpose and life to every room.
Our goal is for buyers to picture holidays in the living room, movie nights with family, dinners around the kitchen table and a peaceful bedroom at the end of the day. Every space is intentionally curated to help buyers see the life they could create there.
Stage. Style. Sell.What we do
Every room has a job.
We help it do it beautifully.
Thoughtful staging and styling for homes headed to market, listings that need a lift, and vacation properties ready to stand out.
Occupied home staging
Strategic editing, rearranging and finishing touches that make your existing rooms photograph beautifully and show with confidence.
Ask about this service ↗Pre-listing consultations
A room-by-room plan for homeowners and agents, focused on the highest-impact changes to make before photography and market launch.
Ask about this service ↗STR design & installation
Complete short-term-rental design, sourcing, installation and styling for memorable, durable, photo-ready Southwest Michigan stays.
Ask about this service ↗Pre-listing consultationsStarting at $250
Home stagingStarting at $1,500
Final pricing reflects the property, scope, inventory needs and staging term. Request a tailored proposal for your project.
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Beautiful spaces.
Real market momentum.
Every property and market is different, but thoughtful presentation can help a listing make an immediate connection.
White Rabbit Inn
Under contractThe newly redesigned property went under contract during its first weekend on the market following staging and listing launch.
View project photos ↗808 Lake Lane
Multiple offers · Closed for $2,450,000Buyer interest arrived quickly, with multiple offers received during the property’s first weekend on the market.
View project photos ↗1703 Forres Avenue
Under contract the first weekendProfessionally staged before listing, the property went under contract during its first weekend on the market.
View project photos ↗101 Lighthouse Dunes Path
Under contract 16 days after relaunchAfter more than two months on the market without activity, this $2.5M lakefront home was professionally staged, re-photographed and relaunched August 6—then under contract August 22.
View project photos ↗The value of presentation
Staging helps buyers
see what’s possible.
Two leading 2025 industry studies point to the value of thoughtful presentation: NAR surveyed real estate agents, while RESA tracked reported outcomes from professionally staged listings.
National results are informational, vary by property and market, and do not mean staging alone caused a sale price or timeline.
of buyers’ agents said staging made it easier for buyers to visualize a property as their future home.
NAR · 2025average sale-to-list ratio reported across 129 professionally staged homes in RESA’s Q3 snapshot.
RESA · Q3 2025average time on market among the staged homes reported in RESA’s Q3 dataset.
RESA · Q3 2025Recent & selected projects
Real homes.
Remarkable first impressions.
A few featured spaces up front, followed by an easy-to-browse carousel of recent work shaped for standout photography and confident showings.
Recent work
Professionally edited project photography · New work added regularly.
A clear process
From first walk-through
to final reveal.
Discover
We learn about the property, ideal buyer, timeline and listing goals.
Design
We create a focused plan and select the right pieces from our inventory.
Transform
Our team installs, styles and perfects every camera-ready detail.
List
Your home is ready for photography, showings and a memorable launch.
Lakeshore Staging & DesignStage. Style. Sell.Client words
Trusted with the details
that make a difference.
Twenty-six five-star Google reviews reflect the care we bring to consultations, occupied homes, vacant properties and design projects.
Leave a Google review ↗★★★★★
26 five-star Google reviewsGoogle review
“Jill took our vision for our Lake Michigan vacation rental and turned it into a space that feels warm, polished, inviting and genuinely special.”
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“I’m not sure if I can overstate how happy we are with Jill and her coworkers on every job they’ve done for us. These photos speak for themselves!”
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“Jill guided me through the entire process. Her suggestions made such a difference, and she made the process very easy. It’s now a bright, beautiful, inviting space.”
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“We had a very unique floor plan and the staging knocked it out of the park. Their expertise is beyond any staging I have used previously.”
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“Jill immediately understood what the home needed to capture today’s buyers. Every detail was thoughtfully considered, and the furnishings and décor were spot on.”
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“Jill is absolutely incredible! Great communication, easy to work with, and they make a home feel truly like a home. A seamless process and great design.”
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“They did an awesome job staging my home. The furnishings and accessories matched the home perfectly. The house was sold and closed 45 days from listing.”
Client confidence
26five-star Google reviews
Thoughtful service, considered styling and a smooth experience—from first consultation to final placement.
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From New Buffalo
to South Haven—and beyond.
Based in Saint Joseph and serving Southwest Michigan’s lakefront communities from New Buffalo to South Haven, plus inland areas east to Sister Lakes, Berrien Springs and Niles.
New Buffalo · Grand Beach · Michiana · Lakeside · Union Pier · Three Oaks · Harbert · Sawyer · Bridgman · Stevensville · Saint Joseph · Benton Harbor · Coloma · Hagar Shores · Covert · South Haven · Sister Lakes · Berrien Springs · Niles
Stage. Style. Stay.Short-term rental design & installation
Rebrand this winter.
Welcome next summer beautifully.
We design, source, install and style Airbnb and short-term rental properties across Southwest Michigan—creating cohesive, durable and photo-ready stays that feel memorable from the listing page through checkout.
Winter is the window.Refresh during the quieter season, then relaunch before Southwest Michigan’s busy summer travel season.
Plan a winter STR refresh ↗Define the brand
Guest profile, visual direction and a cohesive room-by-room concept.
Source & specify
Furniture, lighting, linens, art and durable details selected for real guest use.
Install & style
Delivery coordination, placement and a polished, listing-photo-ready reveal.
Concept to completion
Ash Harbor House · New Buffalo
For this Harbor Country short-term rental, we turned a game-room concept into a welcoming, guest-ready hangout through space planning, sourcing, installation and final styling.
Recently completed · Five-star guest feedback
Vineyard House · Stevensville
Lakeshore designed, sourced, installed and styled this Southwest Michigan short-term rental from the room plan through the final guest-ready details. Completed only weeks ago, Vineyard House is already welcoming guests and earning five-star feedback.
Let’s get your property ready
A stronger first impression
starts here.
Tell us about the home, rental or listing and your timeline. We’ll follow up to discuss the right staging or design approach.