Becoming a home stager doesn’t mean you have to get yourself into credit card debt stocking up on your own accessories for home staging.
If you’ve been putting off your desire to learn home staging because you’re not prepared for these expenses, you should know you have other options.
When… Read More →
During your home staging consultation, you come up with a price to stage a million dollar home, which is sitting vacant.
There is a lot to do. You need to have the entire place painted and furnished and there are several repairs to be made.
When your clients hear your plans, their jaws drop at … Read More →
At a recent Ask Staging Diva Live event, I was asked whether or not I bring an assistant with me to home staging consultations. I realized this might be something other aspiring home stagers are worried about, so I thought I’d discuss that question here.
When I arrive at an initial home staging… Read More →
Many a home stager will put a lot of effort into finding the wow factor in living rooms, kitchens or bathrooms.
Yet, every room is important when you’re trying to attract home buyers.
Articles on home staging often focus on de-cluttering and neutralizing. Sadly, it’s often … Read More →
Some people suggest home staging is a deceitful practice because it’s meant to disguise real problems.
This is not the case.
Home staging lets a home’s best features shine through. It shouldn’t hide serious problems that need to be addressed.
The entrance of this home says … Read More →
If you’ve never had to move with kids, it’s important to understand how stressful it is for a young family to sell their home. A child’s schedule is thrown off when showings coincide with bedtimes or meals. Cleaning and packing are extremely difficult to do around children… Read More →
When you’re staging a home, don’t neglect the hallways of a home because they’re the paths that lead people through the house. It’s also a great opportunity to leave a strong impression with prospective buyers because most people don’t bother doing anything… Read More →
When staging a house to sell, you can’t just ignore a room because it presents a staging challenge, or because you don’t think it would be as important as staging the kitchen or bathroom.
The goal of home staging is to have a buyer make a strong emotional connection with a property… Read More →
When it comes to rooms that are often forgotten in home staging, the laundry room often makes the list. After all, it’s a laundry room. How good can it get?
As I’ve mentioned in my posts about staging the garage and the basement, it’s important to remember that home staging… Read More →
Certain areas of a home are more likely than others to be forgotten when it comes to staging a property to sell. However these spaces, which seem unimportant to some homeowners (or even some home stagers), might actually rank higher than expected on a prospective buyer’s house wish… Read More →
