Next, I hired Mona Ross Berman, an interior designer based in Philadelphia, to help me stage my apartment. I needed a fresh pair of eyes to transform my boring two-bedroom into a beautiful space. But rather than simply make my current home more attractive to a buyer, I also wanted to select some new furnishings that I could take with me to my next house. I’ll admit that I spent more money than I would have if I hired a traditional home stager. But I actually feel as if I got a better bang for my buck since I now have some gorgeous lamps, pillows and curtains that I can take with me.

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Maureen Doron’s favorite spring look at her Bryn Mawr store is a Milly floral coat over a striped dress. So it’s no surprise the owner of Skirt wanted to use color and pattern in the first home she bought at 29 with her husband, Nathan.

“I wanted it to be classic, yet young and fresh,” she says of the stone Colonial in Broomall. She also wanted it to look finished even before she moved in.

Mona Ross Berman was just the kindred spirit to help Doron. But the Chestnut Hill designer presented her with an element banished by the previous generation of homeowners – wallpaper.

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