home stager
n.— «Hadda turned to a surprising source for help: the “home stager” she’d hired earlier to strip the personality from her old home so it would be more attractive to potential buyers.» —“Act II for Home Stagers” by Michelle Andrews U.S. News & World Report June 6, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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