What’s In a Stager’s Home Staging Tool Kit?
Actually the better question is: “What’s not in my toolkit, ha?” (Ohhh, insert slow clap here)
We chucked everything into our tool totes, and we had two. We bought garden totes like this in two different colors. One was for cleaning supplies and the other was for installation supplies.
Because one of them was blue and the other was green, we could quickly figure out which bag had what things when we were on site. My sister who did most of the artwork installation, also had a tool belt that had all her personal tools.
The content of the kits did grow over time. We would add more items as necessary.
In general, our (growing) kits consist of:
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Lots of different tapes (masking, blue, gaff, scotch, double-sided, fabric)
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Scissors (regular & garden, wire cutters)
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Box cutters & razor blades
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Cleaning supplies (rags, 3M microfiber, Windex, paper towels)
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All kinds of nails & screws in various lengths
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Wires (fishing, picture, floral)
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Steamer (We swear by Rowenta)
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Extension cords in various lengths
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Light bulbs in various wattage and kind
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Pins (T, safety)
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Glue (hot glue gun, super, gorilla, epoxy)
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Zip ties
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Levels
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A couple of hammers
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Drill & all the million bits that come with it
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Wrench (regular & socket) + all the million sockets that come with
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Measuring tapes
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Allen wrenches in all sizes (those L things that comes with your IKEA furniture) & Allen keys
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Screw drivers
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Putty (wall, museum, fun tack)
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Stain removers
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Spray bottles
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Trash bags
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Magic erasers
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For furniture scratches: Tibet Almond Stick, various stains, sharpies, soft wax sticks
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Lint roller
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Marketing materials (business cards, brochures, flyers, pens, etc.)
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A small camera (This was later replaced by our smartphones)
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Power tools
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Chargers of all kind
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Spanx (just kidding)
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A mini jack to lift furniture up so you can slide movers under and furniture movers for both hardwood floor & carpet (these are slides to slide underneath the feet of the furniture for easy moving). The ones we used were no longer available, but you can find similar kits here.
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Floor protector stickers in various sizes and thickness
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Multi-purpose tool (like a Leatherman)
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Broom (tiny IKEA ones and regular length)
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Bandaids (LOTS of bandaids)
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Drugs (headaches, cramps, etc.)
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Snacks & emergency chocolates
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Camping toilet paper (In case there are none on job site, yes my job is so glamorous.)
