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Traditional interior designers are ill-suited for home staging's intense physical demands

Meredith Baer · Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map. · Dec 1, 2025 · at 45:59

Meredith Baer explains her hiring philosophy when opening Meredith Baer Home's secondary market in New York.

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“I wasn't hiring interior designers. No one's gonna walk around in high heels and a cute dress and do staging. It's hard work.”

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