Two questions that keep coming up from new or aspiring home stagers:
Should I do my first few projects for free just to let agents see what I can do? Should I wait until the house is sold and get paid for my home staging services from the proceeds?My answer is a resounding NO to both questions and… Read More →
Home staging, also known as property styling, real estate staging and even house fluffing, is a growing field driven by many factors including the ups and downs in the real estate market.
The popularity of decorating, real estate and staging TV shows also drive up buyers’ expectations,… Read More →
Home staging combines the popular topic of decorating/design, with the even sexier topic of making money in real estate. In other words, it’s HOT!
Don’t just take my word for it, Entrepreneur Magazine identified home staging as one of the hottest growth businesses, and the… Read More →
I just finished reading Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. While I’ve been happy not to read economics books since finishing my MBA over 20 years ago, this is way different!
These authors are not your typical economists and what pulled me in was the provocative chapter… Read More →
One of the concerns or questions that always comes up with my new students is: What do I do if the house looks so great when I get there that there is nothing for me to recommend during my home staging consultation?
Trust me, that won’t happen! Every house has something that needs to be moved… Read More →
I hear from so many creative people who would love to be a successful home stager.
Too often they share stories like these:
“If I could successfully start and grow my own home staging business, it would be a dream come true!
I have just recently experienced the loss of my job of 20 years … Read More →
I have a client in the Hudson/Vaudreuil area of Quebec who needs a home stager.
This house staging project is only available to Graduates of the Staging Diva Program. If you’re interested, email me ASAP with:
Your name Company name Phone Email The address of your website or page on the… Read More →This is part of the living room of a house I staged in Montreal in 2002. It sold for $30,000 more than it had been purchased for and the owner (me!) only owned it for 8 weeks before putting it on the market. In fact, that’s partly how I got into home staging; it finally hit me that I really did… Read More →
One of the side benefits of having so many Staging Diva Graduates spread out all over the US and Canada, and now as far away as Australia, Wales and South Africa is that I’m learning lots of interesting facts and geography.
I have a staging project in Yorba Linda for a client who has just… Read More →
