Maureen Bray is an accredited and certified staging professional, a former real estate agent & property manager, and a talented interior decorator. As the owner of Room Solutions Staging, she draws upon all of those skills and experiences to advise her clients and provide them with the staging solutions necessary to be successful in any real estate market.
Maureen got her start by buying, staging and selling investment properties of her own in the Portland area. After moving to Ireland, she established an award-winning Bed & Breakfast in the countryside of County Limerick — where she lived and worked for eight years. During this time she also took on several major staging and design projects for various international clients, including the University of Limerick.
Maureen moved back to the U.S. to serve as the general manager of Stanford University's private hotel in Palo Alto CA, then subsequently returned to Portland to be closer to her family and to establish Room Solutions Staging LLC in 2006.
Maureen is an accredited (ASP) and certified staging professional (CSP) and was elected 2008-09 VP Membership for the Portland chapter of RESA (Real Estate Staging Association). She's also a Board member of the Portland chapter of the American Society of Home Stagers & Redesigners (ASHSR). In addition, Maureen is an affiliate member of the Women's Council of Realtors, Portland chapter (WCR). Maureen has also served as the Moderator of Portland's Stage It Forward Round Table, part of a national network of professional home stagers.
Maureen's home staging blog, featuring the latest home staging tips, trends, and examples of her home staging projects in the Portland area, can be found at: http://activerain.com/blogs/roomsolutions