About the Gold Coast, Chicago
Whether you prefer a 19th-century mansion on a quiet, tree-lined side street or a sleek lakefront high-rise, Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood offers vibrant, luxury living on the city’s exclusive Near North Side. Situated between North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street, the Gold Coast blends designs by architects such as David Adler and Frank Lloyd Wright — the perfect combination of historic and modern design choices.
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CMFTO’s Approach to Staging
Founded in 1999 by interior designer Claudia McLaughlin, CMFTO specializes in preparing homes for market — creating inviting spaces that appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers.
Whether your Gold Coast home is a historic mansion or modern high-rise, our approach focuses on the following white-glove staging services:
- Editing & Decluttering: This initial, twofold step in staging your Gold Coast home includes:
- Organizing and identifying furniture and accessories to be moved or stored
- Removing personal items, including valuable artwork and antiques, to set the stage for a calming, neutral space
- Decluttering all rooms in your home, to further eliminate distractions for potential buyers. (We understand how daunting clutter can be and will help you efficiently sort through years’ worth of your belongings, as needed.)
- Clearing out your basement and/or attic
- Organizing: We address your remaining household items with the following services:
- Tagging items for loved ones, packing and mailing packages
- Working with auction houses and other vendors to sell unwanted valuables, such as china, silver, art, or antiques
- Dropping off any donations and securing receipts for tax purposes
- Repurposing larger items, such as furniture, that will be used to stage your Gold Coast home for sale
- Updating & Repairing: While the CMFTO team focuses on editing, decluttering, and organizing your Gold Coast home, we simultaneously work with our trusted roster of carefully vetted resources — who specialize in historic spaces — to update, repair, and refresh your space. This can include:
- Painting
- Flooring
- Finishes (for example, updating kitchen cabinets)
- Millwork
- Plumbing
- Electricity
CMFTO’s end-to-end approach to staging your home for sale ensures that your Gold Coast property will be fully optimized and ready for market. Our staging services not only help your home sell faster, they also pay dividends — as our thorough editing and organizing process results in fewer unwanted items to move to your new residence.
Schedule a Complimentary Call
Fill out our contact form and we’ll schedule a complimentary, 45-minute call to discuss your project goals, timeline, design intent, and answer any questions you may have. We’ll walk you through the CMFTO process and set up an in-person follow-up meeting, as needed.
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