A star of home staging and design

The gig: Meridith Baer is the founder and force behind the house-staging, furnishing and interior-design company that bears her name. Started in 1998, Meridith Baer & Associates has about 100 employees, upholstery and drapery making capabilities and a 130,000-square-foot furniture warehouse in Vernon. At any given time, she has about 170 homes outfitted. Baer has warehouses in Connecticut and Florida and is expanding slowly into Manhattan.

By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times

February 26, 2012