We are a team of Certified Home Staging Professionals providing staging and design consultation services throughout Northern New Jersey. Adam Cottrell and Tara Thompson have successfully worked together staging countless homes since 2015, while working for a very busy and esteemed, Montclair real estate team. They find balance and challenge in one another’s opinions, helping develop and hone their skill set with each new endeavor. Adam graduated with his BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2006. His love of drawing & painting as a child turned to graphics, then advertising in college. Eventually a passion for fashion pushed him towards styling & visual merchandising. Staging was a natural transition, it’s merchandising for real estate. Since 2015, Adam has become a familiar face in the Montclair real estate community, staging for a established real estate team. Tara is originally from Bloomington, Indiana. Over the course of 25 years, she has resided in NYC, Hudson county, Montclair, and now Essex Fells. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Apparel Merchandising, and started her sales and merchandising career with Esprit de Corp in the NYC Garment District, soon after graduation. Her love of fashion and merchandising easily translated into staging, where highlighting each home's unique character for perspective buyers, is much like merchandising a retail store. In late 2019 they decided to earn their national accreditation as Certified Home Staging Professionals, through the New York Institute of Art+Design. They are excited to launch Blake Fox Interiors in 2020 and share their staging knowledge and expertise with a larger market place. Contact us today to discuss your home staging goals!
