our staging experts

monique barnum - Owner and Stager

Monique has over 30+ years of decorating and design experience. An expert in home staging and understanding the needs of sellers and homeowners, her knowledge of current market trends and staging styles will surely get your house sold fast and for top dollar. When she's not staging, Monique likes to travel with her husband and 2 daughters and also loves scrapbooking!

OLIVIA PETRELLA - Staging Associate

Olivia is Monique’s right hand girl! She has been a lover of all things design related since a very young age. Olivia was born and raised in Melrose, MA and now resides in Salem, MA. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2016 and then went on to become an event planner for 5+ years at a prestigious company in Boston. Olivia’s event planning background helps our team here at Serenity Designs with all things logistic related. Olivia also manages the Serenity Designs social media pages and helps Monique with all marketing related tasks. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and exploring her photography skills.

sven DIMOV - Owner/mover, “X movers”

Sven is all of the muscle behind our home stagings! Sven was born and raised in Bulgaria and now resides in Cambridge, MA. He and Monique met each other just about 9 years ago. He assists our team by moving all of our furniture in and out of our stagings. He brings a positive can-do attitude to every job he works on with us. In his spare time, Sven loves to travel and stay active. His most recent travels brought him to Africa where he climbed all the way to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro!