Thinking about how I might support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I asked Staging Diva Dispatch subscribers if any of them were also breast cancer survivors who might want to share their personal stories about fighting this disease and going on to reinvent their futures.
My intention was… Read More →
I built my first website in 1999 to promote the Debra Gould Home Collection and was amazed when I was able to sell my art and home accessories across the US and Canada.
Since that time I’ve personally built a number of other sites including SixElements.com… Read More →
With all the mixed news about the economy and the shocking drop in value of investments during the last recession, baby boomers are concerned about their retirement. Many are turning to a home staging career!
As you approach your 60s, you may feel ready to retire, but not ready to stop working… Read More →
The home staging industry is alive and well and full of opportunity for anyone wanting to profit from their creative talents with a fulfilling career decorating homes to sell; that includes women and men!
Yes, there are men working in the home staging industry even though they are dramatically… Read More →
I’m pleased to welcome a talented artist to the Staging Diva Graduate community of professional home stagers, and our first Graduate in Germany.
Tina Humburg views home staging as a natural evolution of her current business which is doing custom paintings.
She found as she was in … Read More →
Professional home stagers can take an abandoned room and create a welcoming oasis that will attract home buyers.
Staging Diva Grad Gary Baugher of Nashville-based An Eye 4 Change, knows how to do just that.
Home sellers often resist looking at their home as a highly critical buyer will. … Read More →
Elizabeth Freeman of Staged Designs who completed the Staging Diva Program last spring is featured in a fabulous 5-part TV news feature on WGME 13 News in Portland, Maine.
The story— which unfolds over five evenings— follows Elizabeth, a landscaper and painter as they transform a house … Read More →
Staging Diva Graduate Tara Hansen of Closing Stage WI, was recently featured in an article on home staging in the Appleton Post-Crescent newspaper, which is part of the USA Today Network.
The reporter, Maureen Wallenfang, also called me for background because Tara mentioned the Staging… Read More →
That’s not easy to do if you don’t have the right eye for it.
For home sellers, it’s especially difficult to view their… Read More →
Home staging, real estate merchandising, property styling— no matter what you call it, decorating a home to sell fast for top dollar works. A staged property that went on the market for $333,000 sold within 24 hours for $355,000, or 6.6% over the asking price.
But was it the careful real estate… Read More →
