One Two Six Design Diary

2009 has been great for us so far, we are seeing a huge jump in staging demand in January. Everyday our team of designers are busy with new staging appointments  and designing for various projects in cities all over the Bay Area, a sharp contrast in term of activities comparing to last month. 

Staging business is seasonal since we follow the real estate market closely. Nov/Dec are typically the slower months since everyone is pre-occupied with the holiday events. As the end of the year approaches, people seem not wanting to commit to any major changes, and prefer waiting for the new year to roll in. Although a busy January is nothing new, however, it is surprising to see a ~15% increase in our business comparing to the same months in past recent years! February is not showing any sign of slowing neither, our calendar is starting to filled up with projects for the first two weeks of Feb already — which is somewhat rare to have projects scheduled this far ahead.

2008 was rough on the real estate market, although there will be few more rounds of ARM rate reseting this year, we are hoping to see the real estate market bottoming out soon and rebound in 2009.