Edwardsville, Illinois · Staging since 2015
Staged so buyers see themselves in the room.
Occupied or vacant. Furniture moved so a room opens up, color chosen so nothing competes for the eye, details that show a space at its real scale.
Brookshire New BuildVacant staging
What we stage
Occupied staging
Your furniture, your home, edited. Andrea works with what the room already holds and places it so buyers read the space instead of the belongings.
What staging day looks like
Vacant staging
An empty room reads small and cold. Furnished to scale, the same room reads as somewhere a buyer could already be living.
Which rooms get furnished
New build and design
Model homes and custom builds, styled for the buyer the builder is trying to reach. Design and styling work runs beyond the listing too.
Working with buildersWhat staging does
The numbers behind the decision
Figures from the National Association of Realtors, measured across the country rather than in one Edwardsville living room.
of buyers’ agents said staging made it easier for a buyer to picture the property as their future home.
of sellers’ agents saw staging cut the time a home spent on the market.
reported staging raised the dollar value offered, by 1% to 10%.
Source: National Association of Realtors, 2025 Profile of Home Staging.
How it works
What does a home stager in Edwardsville do?
Cricket on the Hearth is a home staging company in Edwardsville, Illinois, working across the Metro East since 2015. Andrea Wetzel prepares a house for the market by editing what is already in the room, furnishing what is empty, and placing the furniture so buyers read the space instead of the belongings.
Andrea worked as a realtor across Edwardsville and the Metro East before opening the firm in 2015, and has more than twenty-eight years in the real estate industry all told. The read on what buyers notice comes from that, and it shapes how each kind of staging is run.
Five offers in six days
Staging makes a huge difference when listing your home. Andrea staged our home and we had 5 offers in 6 days. She went above and beyond in advising us on updating our home including arranging for painters, counter installers etc. Andrea's style is fresh and innovative. I highly recommend Cricket on the Hearth for staging your home for sale and decorating your new one.
Tamra Coldren Spudich Recommended on Facebook
Andrea staged my old house and decorated my new one!! So beautiful!!
Jamie Kay Bunte Cook Recommended on Facebook
Andrea is such a great person to work with! She makes a house look like a home. Her attention to detail makes the difference.
Susan Seubert Recommended on Facebook
Common questions
Before you list
What does a home stager in Edwardsville do?
Cricket on the Hearth is a home staging company in Edwardsville, Illinois, working across the Metro East since 2015. Andrea Wetzel prepares a house for the market by editing what is already in the room, furnishing what is empty, and placing the furniture so buyers read the space instead of the belongings.
Do I have to move out to stage my home?
No. Occupied staging at Cricket on the Hearth is built around the fact that you still live there. Andrea Wetzel edits and re-places what the home already has, brings in what a room is missing, and keeps the house usable through showings. Vacant staging is the separate service for properties that are already empty.
What is the difference between occupied and vacant staging?
Occupied staging works with the furniture a seller already owns, editing and re-placing it so buyers read the room instead of the belongings. Vacant staging furnishes an empty property from scratch, because an empty room photographs smaller and colder than it is. Cricket on the Hearth quotes both from the same walkthrough.
Does staging change what a house sells for?
Staging changes how a buyer reads a room, not what the house is worth on paper. Cricket on the Hearth stages so the listing photographs carry the property and the walkthrough confirms it. Andrea Wetzel has more than twenty-eight years in the real estate industry, which is where the read on buyers comes from.
Listing soon?
Andrea walks the property, writes the plan, and quotes the work. Edwardsville, Granite City, Glen Carbon, Troy and the surrounding Metro East.
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