The idea of home staging perfection, it’s an appealing concept, especially for all the perfectionists among us.
But is such a thing as the “perfect” home staging even possible?
I recently wrote a post asking home stagers how they feel about gray walls.
The reaction was… Read More →
Nothing wrong with being an HGTV addict, I’m one myself as are so many home stagers and interior redesigners I know. Many of us get into our home staging business after watching those shows and saying “I can do that!”
We were addicted to decorating even before HGTV.
So many… Read More →
Home staging marketing can take many forms, from expensive advertising and door-to-door postcards (which rarely work), to building a strong Internet presence and looking for ways to reach home sellers and home owners directly.
One way to boost your Internet presence and reach out to potential… Read More →
Home staging is one of those businesses you start because you feel passionate about decorating.
Sometimes you also love the buzz of real estate but you don’t necessarily want to be a real estate agent.
It was certainly that way for me.
I almost fell into my home staging business in 2002… Read More →
In my last post I discussed how home stagers, or anyone who really loves what they do, will feel less need to take a vacation than someone stuck in a job they hate.
Staging Diva Graduate Donna Dazzo commented about how hard it is to get away from your home staging business when you don’t … Read More →
As a home staging mother, I never realized when I started this journey how many women I’d meet with similar stories.
Once I started coaching home stagers and teaching home staging courses years ago, I heard so many dramatic, and often heart-breaking, personal stories from my students.… Read More →
Home stagers come from a wide range of ages and backgrounds.
After teaching and coaching thousands of stagers since 2002, I’ve noticed that I can often spot who will be successful fairly early on in their home staging careers.
Now, “successful” is a subjective term!… Read More →
There is no single path to a home staging career. Home stagers come from many different backgrounds and past jobs before building their own business decorating homes to sell for the real estate market.
I’ve had home staging students who were in: nursing, auto sales, financial services,… Read More →
I became a home stager for freedom and creativity. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve been a home stager or business person, I still get stuck like everyone else.
It’s only natural to have our energies and ideas ebb and flow. It’s part of the process of creating our ideal… Read More →
I’ve taken a few informal polls on Facebook and Twitter with my fellow home stagers and discovered that most of us are introverts. It doesn’t mean that we can’t be extroverted when it serves a purpose, as so endearingly described in this video of author Susan Cain’s… Read More →
