Many home stagers have faced the dreaded question, “Can you wait until closing to get paid for your home staging services?” How you answer that question will have a big impact on how long you remain in your home staging business.
You’ll hear this question mostly from real… Read More →Expert Home Stager Shares 3 Dirty Little Secrets
For my 1,000th post in Home Staging Business Report I thought I’d discuss 3 dirty little secrets all home stagers share— whether they’re really experienced or just starting out.
I want to thank a home stager I coached this week for inspiring me to write this.
She is exactly where… Read More →
Avoid This Home Staging Photo Mess
When you start out in home staging, and even if you’ve been at it for a year or two, you’re probably not too worried about how you’ll organize all your home staging photos for your portfolio. At this point it’s pretty easy to remember the homes you’ve staged.… Read More →
Home Stagers HGTV Casting Call
Many of my readers are HGTV addicts, in fact that’s how many of us eventually find our way into home staging.
Have you dreamed of being a home stager on HGTV? Several Staging Diva Graduates have already appeared on TV and this could be your chance too! I have to say from personal experience… Read More →
Home Staging Cure for Awkward Condo
Home staging is a great cure for awkward rooms, especially the ones you find in many of today’s condo projects.
You know those tall towers with the weird jutting out points encased in glass? They might make the building look interesting (or fit it into an oddly shaped lot), but what are… Read More →
Home Staging Perfectionist Cure – Video
Home staging is a great career for perfectionists.
After all we make everything “just so” in every room of a house, and sometimes outside too.
We fuss over the precise roll of a towel, the angle of a throw over a chair and exactly how many green apples belong in the bowl on the counter.… Read More →
9 Easy Tips for Home Staging Website SEO
It’s much harder to get clients when no one can find your home staging website in a search engine.
Trying to learn about Search Engine Optimization or SEO for your home staging website can feel like “falling down the rabbit hole” into another universe, where the language… Read More →
New Home Staging Career for Graphic Designer
There are many paths to a home staging career. Many home stagers come from completely unrelated prior careers like nursing or financial services.
Others, like Catherine Menard of Groovy Chick Redesign and Home Staging (Ontario), take a previously creative and visual career and turn it… Read More →
Too Busy To Start Your Home Staging Business?
You don’t have to look far to find excuses not to change your life for the better.
Many who would love a home staging business career tell me they’re too busy to try.
I totally get that. I usually feel like I’m “too busy” but somehow when there’s something… Read More →
How to Create Your Home Staging Portfolio This Weekend
New home stagers often say, “I can’t build my home staging portfolio because I don’t have clients yet!” That’s such a defeatist attitude. Instead, the question they should be asking themselves is, “How can I build a home staging portfolio right … Read More →