Meet The Red House Team
Get to know the dedicated stakeholders who make up Red House Staging! Our team is comprised of professionals from a variety of backgrounds and expertise to provide you with a great staging and impressive results.
Lyric Turner,
Founder & President
Lyric was working as a DC real estate agent when she saw the need for a unique service that could substantially transform and improve properties and their listing potential.
Drawing on her expertise in real estate, marketing, and project management, Lyric
launched Red House Staging & Interiors in 2005 to help owners and agents highlight
the best attributes of properties, helping them to sell quicker and oftentimes for more
money. The Company has grown from being a one-woman show to a staff of 30+
talented professionals. Together, the teams at Red House have staged thousands of
homes in the DC metro area.
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Lyric and her business partner, Jaye Langmaid opened a hip, urban design studio and
furniture showroom in the Adams Morgan/U Street Corridor neighborhood of
Washington, DC in late November 2014. The retail showroom, Hudson & Crane,
features classic and on trend home furnishings, decor, art, lighting, rugs, and specialty lifestyle and gift items at an accessible price point.​
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Lyric launched Suite Exclusive as a sister company to Red House in order to meet the
needs of other staging professionals and Realtors who are in need of affordable furniture rental for their properties and listings. Suite Exclusive provides furniture rental catering to independent stagers with their own inventory of art and décor and also provides
lounge and conversation area furniture rental for events such as corporate meetings,
weddings, parties, and more.
Anne Christensen,
Chief Results Officer & Director of Design
Anne Christensen was a longtime Sr. Project Manager with Red House since May 2013
until taking on a new role as Chief Results Officer & Director of Design in August 2016. She has a Master’s Degree in historic preservation and city planning, three years of
experience in real estate selling multimillion properties in the Potomac and Bethesda
markets, and has three wonderful and intelligent children. Anne can really do it all, but her self-determined style strengths are in transitional/traditional spaces and paint color consultations. Anne has been known to tackle every challenge that comes her way and is one of the most positively motivated individuals out there. In her new role, as “team
cheerleader” she calls it, she is working diligently to motivate and push each and every
team member at Red House to achieve personal and companywide objectives and goals. Anne is a “Jill-of-all-trades” and is our go-to when things get tough.
Holly Theis,
Senior Project Manager
Holly Theis is one of our Senior Project Managers. She has lived in the DC Metro area
for over 15 years and has 2 Italian Greyhounds, Bella and Jojo, that she just can’t get
enough of! Holly came to Red House around 2009, back when the company was
much smaller and just a handful of employees. She quickly got noticed as one of the
best Staging Designers around and has been receiving accolades and requests for her
stunning work ever since. Her love for travel, experiencing new cultures, and meeting
new people is often exhibited in her design aesthetic. She is fun, hip, and trendy,
without trying too hard, and she tends to approach a space with a more eclectic sense
of style, mid-century modern being her favorite go-to. She loves trying new things
and is always coming up with bright ideas for unique spaces, finding fun and beautiful
ways to “work outside the box". Anyone that knows Holly will tell you that she is
creative, hardworking and kind, fresh and chic, and always up for a good time!
Sydney Gaskins,
Senior Project Manager
Sydney (Syd) Gaskins is one of our Senior Project Managers and joined the Red House
Staging Team in Spring of 2013. Since then, she has quickly grown into the role of Senior Project Manager and works on some of the most high-end and demanding staging
design projects the Metropolitan D.C. area has to offer. Before joining Red House, she
participated in a semester abroad in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she undoubtedly
learned to be the life of the party and gained countless valuable life lessons. Syd graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) with a BFA in Interior
Architecture. Since then, Syd has been meticulous in her creative interiors and an
invaluable member of the Red House Team. Syd can be quick with a quip and just as
quick with a smile. Syd has the ability to transform a space from drab and dark to glitzy
and glam, and everything in between. Some of her favorite and most prolific styles that
she stages are contemporary, transitional, and modern.
Evie Burguieres,
Project Coordinator
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Deandra Coleman,
Project Manager
Deandra Coleman is a newer Project Manager on our Red House Staging Team. Born
with a propensity toward luxury and drama, Deandra is a lover of all things design. She
studied interior design at the Art Institute of Charleston and acquired her home staging
certification in 2009. Before coming to Red House, she also worked under world renown event designer, Preston Bailey, producing events for noted people such as the Princess
of Saudi Arabia. Although she is relatively new, she is an invaluable member of our Red
House Staging Team. Deandra loves to come up with creative solutions for tricky spaces and her eye for clean-lined aesthetic beauty and ability to accessorize anything are just
two of her many awe-inspiring talents.
Belinda Ramos,
Senior Project Manager
Belinda Ramos is a Senior Project Manager and is a Connecticut Yankee with Latino roots. Her Cross-cultural vitality helps her understand a variety of styles quickly and
allows her to deftly draw from the strongest elements of each. She began her career
in Boston working for designers in the city’s most desirable neighborhoods. Extensive
travel throughout New York City and to Miami’s South Beach honed her admiration for architectural and interior design diversity. Living in the Washington area since 2001,
Belinda has worked with the region’s top developers, designing stagings for model
homes, high-rise condominiums, apartment buildings, townhomes, common spaces,
and more. Belinda has been in the industry for over 20 years and has a keen sense for
knowing when a project will be ready for staging. When her acute sense of scale and
stellar color coordination skills are coupled with her commitment to ensure a positive
process for all involved, she is guaranteed to knock it out of the park!
Laurie Ryan,
Senior Project Manager
Laurie Ryan is one of our Senior Project Managers. She joined the Red House Staging
Team several years ago, bringing with her years of sales and marketing experience and
incredible design skills. As a Project Manager at Red House, she is constantly exceeding
client expectations with her stunning and seemingly effortless staging designs. Laurie has a strong creative acumen and enjoys pulling inspiration from all of her experiences to
create functional, original, and imaginative layouts in every property. Laurie is all about
selling the space and she does it well! If you catch her off the clock she’ll probably be busy in the kitchen, "staging plates" or hanging outside with friends and family. She also loves
to travel and discover new things that inspire and challenge her!
Phylicia Ghee,
Staging Assistant
Phylicia Ghee is one of our most senior Staging Assistant and Install Coordinator at Red House Staging. She was born in Baltimore, MD, and received her BFA in
Photography with a Concentration in Curatorial Studies from Maryland Institute
College of Art in 2010. Taught by her Grandfather at an early age, her background
in painting, design, and illustration began to cultivate a growing interest in
experimenting with different mediums. Phylicia has curated and developed
numerous exhibitions, events and public programs throughout Baltimore. She has
exhibited her own work at various galleries and museums throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and beyond. In 2011, Phylicia began working
with Red House Staging & Interiors, where she continues to do stunning work
staging homes throughout Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia.
Phylicia is able to transform homes and spaces with her deep knowledge and
understanding of interior & spatial design. Working with Red House has deeply
influenced Phylicia’s personal photography and installation work, and her artistic
brilliance and positive attitude continue to positively affect the entire Red House
Staging Team.
Angela Dugarte,
Staging Assistant &
Install Coordinator
Angela Dugarte is a Staging Assistant and Install Coordinator, she has been with Red
House since early 2016. She is a Venezuelan Italian American who grew up locally in
Montgomery County, Maryland. She is fluent in both Spanish and English. She has always been artistic and interested in fashion. As a child, Angela made jewelry in her spare time and was known for being crafty and unique. Her artistic propensities are what lead her to pursue interior design and staging in college and career. She is very observant and prides herself on quickly being able to envision what a room should look like with furniture, art,
and décor. Angela likes outdoor activities such as hiking, camping or glamping, kayaking,
rock climbing and biking. Angela is smart and fun, she brings a great attitude and a lot of
talent to the Red House Staging Team.
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