Photographer · Writer · Real Estate Advisor

Making Room for What Comes Next

Editorial portraits, honest stories about home and change, and thoughtful guidance when selling the house is part of your next chapter, in Fair Oaks and the greater Sacramento area.

Chrysti Tovani, Fair Oaks real estate advisor, writer, and portrait photographer Editorial portrait of a client by Chrysti Tovani Portrait Studio A warm, welcoming home interior A family home that parents are preparing to sell A view of Fair Oaks, California A Sacramento-area home
Hello from Fair Oaks

You’re in the Right Place

If your life no longer fits the way it once did.

Maybe you’ve lost a spouse, the kids have moved out, retirement is here, or you’re caring for aging parents. You don’t need a plan yet. You only need a place to start.

“It’s about deciding what your life is going to make room for.”
See How I Help

However we work together, you’ll feel…

Heard

I listen first, so I understand what this chapter means to you.

Prepared

Clear options in plain language, so you can make good decisions.

Supported

Never rushed, and never on your own, from the first conversation on.

Start a Conversation

Where Would You Like to Start?

Choose your path

Editorial portrait by Chrysti Tovani Portrait Studio in Fair Oaks

Portrait Studio

Beautiful. Confident. Unmistakably You.

Editorial portraits for women and professionals in my private Fair Oaks studio. Sessions start at $275.

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A home ready for its next chapter

Home and Transitions

When selling the house is part of it

Downsizing, probate, and trust sales with patience, experience, and a plan that fits your life.

How I help sellers →
Downsizing with Intention book by Chrysti Tovani

The Book and Planner

Downsizing with Intention

A roadmap for the transition most of us reach and few of us plan for, plus the planner to put it to work.

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The Method

The Making Room Framework™

1

Name It

Clarify what this chapter is and how you want it to feel.

2

Picture It

Decide what your life looks like before you touch belongings or listings.

3

Honor It

Make room for memories without letting them make your decisions.

4

Shape It

Sort, simplify, and set up the logistics with the right people.

5

Step Into It

Move forward on your own terms, including selling the home if that’s part of it.

Chrysti Tovani at home in Fair Oaks

Photographer, Writer, Real Estate Advisor

Hi, I’m Chrysti.

I grew up in a family of real estate professionals, and real estate and mortgages are where I started. Along the way I became a photographer, a writer, the publisher of I Love Fair Oaks, and the author of Downsizing with Intention.

I’m not the loudest person in the room, and I like it that way. I work with a small number of people at a time, so every portrait client and every home seller gets my full attention.

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Making Room for What Comes Next

Stories about home, change, and this chapter of life, delivered now and then. No pressure, ever.