Why choose Us?
Creative and professional, reliable and experienced.
Our Process
The Distinctive Homestaging interior stylist who first visits you to measure and take the brief will be the same person who quotes, plans, designs, and leads the team to set up the staging. Our senior consultants are supported by highly skilled staging assistants. Our stylist team shares ideas and collaborates to get the best result for the client. We offer very personal service, building trust and empathy with our clients. Every interior is customised to suit the type and size of property. It’s the close attention to detail and those final tweaks that set our interiors apart.
We have one of the largest homestaging warehouses in Auckland where we stock a vast selection of quality furniture, accessories and original art to suit modern or classic interiors. We do all the packing and unpacking, delivering and installing. We have a ten-year close association with a specialist furniture-moving company, familiar with our requirements and our products. They offer us a range of trucks to suit the scale of property.
Style Trends
Our stylists are up to date with all the current interior design, colour and textile trends. By working closely with a select number of quality importers who bring items into New Zealand on our behalf, we are able to combine special pieces with quality items from leading local manufacturers. To keep our stock fresh and on-trend we procure new accessories on a monthly basis. We own all of our furnishing items, including a large collection of art.
Colour Schemes
We customise the colour schemes of our furnishings and accessories to enhance the style and size of house. We play with the language of colour to highlight a feature or to play down an imperfection. We feature colour accents with accessories to glam up a muted colour scheme or to contrast bold wall colours with pale-toned furniture.
Considered Space
We’re experienced at optimising small spaces or odd-shaped rooms to create a perception of spaciousness. This involves carefully controlling the use of colour and the scale of furniture items, and accessorising with a small number of expertly positioned feature items. We’re equally adept at making large interior spaces or rooms with high ceilings into comfortable, desirable living areas.
Meet the Distinctive Team
Debbie Hassell
Debbie has a passion and eye for creating beautiful interiors that people will love and want to make their own. As director of Distinctive Homestaging, she works collaboratively with her highly skilled team to incorporate the right furniture, colours, art and accessories to showcase each home. Debbie has brought to homestaging her many years of experience working in the film industry and in business management. She is loving combining her business background and interest in homestaging and real estate to deliver outstanding results for her customers. Debbie loves working with a great group of agents and homeowners every single day and ensures that the results are 100%.
Angela Taylor
Angela has a love of textile design and a passion for mid- century furniture. She and her husband have renovated, bought and sold a number of properties over the years, which has given her a good understanding of the buying and selling process. Angela has worked in a number of industries, including the travel sector, and she has experience in commercial and residential property styling. She has been part of the Distinctive team for over six years and she takes great delight in transforming each property into a beautiful, desirable home.
Annie Cantin
Annie has always been a creative and had a keen interest in Interior Design. She brings over 4 years experience in Home Staging and a Diploma in Interior Design through the Interior Design Institute of New Zealand along to the Distinctive Team. Annie loves how home staging transforms a space to one that is visually pleasing and finds it very rewarding seeing the clients faces once the staging is complete.
Rachel Satherley
Rachel has an eye for detail and a love for interiors, fabrics and home renovations. She has worked in roles focused on delivering exceptional customer service. She likes to channel her energy and spare time into creative endeavours sewing, upcycling furniture and renovating her own home. Rachel is enjoying being part of the wonderful DHS team. She loves being surrounded by beautiful pieces of furniture and curating homes to showcase their full potential.
Sarah Dixon
Sarah is a fourth year media design student at Victoria University of Wellington. She has gained a great passion in all things design and loves to be creative with her work. Although Sarah is new to the home staging field, she loves to see how the team at Distinctive help stage houses into homes.
We work with real estate agents.
Our proven track record has enabled us to build great working relationships with real estate agents, who confidently refer us to their vendor clients. We know how to homestage a property to increase and broaden its market appeal. Agents trust us to deliver exceptional design style and execution. We create maximum visual impact to elicit emotional attachment in buyers. We have a solid understanding of the Auckland property market, so we know what’s required to increase the desirability of a particular property.
Real estate agents know that we’ll be professional and businesslike, efficient, cost-effective, and reliable. The interiors we style result in compelling images that hook viewers into their online marketing campaigns. We work to fit with agency marketing plans for each listing and help to improve agents’ performance.
A proven track record
Our homestaging has a proven record for attracting more buyers, resulting in higher prices and faster sales.
SEE OUR WORK