Melissa Dittmann Tracey is a contributing editor for REALTOR® Magazine. As editor of Styled, Staged & Sold, Tracey blogs about the latest home design and staging trends. She also produces a segment called “Hot or Not?” in home design that airs on NAR’s Real Estate Today radio show. Follow Melissa on Instagram and Twitter at @housingmuse. She can be reached at mtracey@nar.realtor.
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