About Northfield, Illinois
Located less than 20 miles north of downtown Chicago, Northfield is a small, upscale community on the city’s North Shore. Popular with families and retirees alike, the leafy village offers plenty of parks, restaurants, and coffee shops. Northfield is known for its highly rated schools, including New Trier High School, known for academic, fine arts, and athletic excellence.
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CMFTO’s Approach to Staging Services
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 Northfield 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 Northfield 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 Northfield home for sale
- Updating & Repairing: While the CMFTO team focuses on editing, decluttering, and organizing your Northfield 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 Northfield 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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