Architects of Ambience
Staging, interior decorating, and home organizing within a hundred miles of Chicago.
Studio Ikos shapes the rooms people sell and the rooms people stay in.
What our staged listings do
Median across Studio Ikos listings with recorded outcomes, 2026 to date.
Home staging
We stage vacant and occupied properties throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, furnishing each room so a buyer can picture the life they would live inside it. Walkthrough, plan, install, and removal — all of it ours to carry.
We stage empty listings and new construction outright, and work around sellers still living in the house when the home is occupied. Terms renew by the month if the listing runs long, and the install is always timed to arrive before your photographer does.
Interior decorating
Decorating a home is a hundred decisions that have to agree with one another. We make them in order — finishes first, then furniture, then the styling that pulls it together.
It begins with an afternoon in the house — reading the light, the traffic, the way the rooms hand off to one another. From there we plan the layout, source and manage the pieces, and return to style it once everything has arrived.
Home organizing
Organizing built to last past the afternoon we finish. We shape storage around the way your household genuinely moves through a home, not around what looks tidy in a photograph.
Kitchens, pantries, closets, and garages, or a whole house taken room by room. We also work ahead of a listing, clearing the frame before photography, and on either side of a move — sorting and donating before, unpacking and placing after.
We also handle pre-listing preparation — the paint, touch-ups, and small corrections that decide how a house photographs before it ever reaches the market.
From first walkthrough to final removal
Walkthrough
We walk the property, measure the rooms that matter, and agree on which spaces to bring to life. Photographs and a floor plan will do if the house is farther out.
Written quote
The rooms, the term, and the total, in writing and usually the same day. Nothing is scheduled until you say so.
Install
Delivery, placement, and styling in a single day, always ahead of your photography date.
Removal
When the listing closes or the term ends, everything comes out and the house is left exactly as we found it.
Where we work
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, roughly within 100 miles of the city. Each market asks for something a little different, and we have written about what staging means in most of them.
What agents and sellers say
She has become my exclusive stager for a reason. Her design style strikes the perfect balance of neutral, on trend, and sooo stylish, creating spaces that feel sophisticated, inviting, and appealing to a wide range of buyers without ever feeling basic — the homes she stages sell quickly and consistently achieve fantastic results, selling over asking price.
Working with Miceala and Studio Ikos under a tight timeline was seamless. She was patient with the chaos of our space prepping for a move, was able to create a vision that highlighted the unique features of our home, and executed flawlessly with zero complaints from neighbors in the building.
I’ve worked with many staging companies over the years, and Studio Ikos is truly a standout. Miceala and her team thoughtfully tailor each design to the space and the specific buyer we’re trying to attract.
Common questions
How much does home staging cost in Chicago?
Staging is priced per property — by the number of rooms we furnish, the square footage of those rooms, and how long the furniture stays. Once we know the room count, most listings settle into a predictable range. Your quote arrives in writing with the full term priced up front, so nothing is added at removal.
How long does it take to stage a home?
Most installs are finished in a single day, and the stretch from walkthrough to finished rooms is usually around 48 hours. We always schedule ahead of your photography date rather than after it.
Do you stage occupied homes, or only vacant ones?
Both. Vacant staging furnishes an empty property entirely from our inventory. Occupied staging works with what the home already holds — editing, rearranging, and adding a few pieces where a room asks for them — while keeping the house comfortable for the people in it.
What happens if the listing takes longer than expected?
The term simply renews by the month. If the property is still on the market when the initial term ends, we carry on at the renewal rate rather than removing and starting over.
What areas do you serve?
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, through DuPage, Cook, and the North Shore. If your listing sits within roughly 100 miles of the city, it is almost certainly within reach.
Do I need to be there for the install?
Not at all. We need access and a scheduled window — most agents leave lockbox access and we take it from there.
Have a home that deserves more?
Send the address and a list date, and we will send a written quote — usually the same day.