Information, Tools + Inspiration to Grow Your Home Staging Business
There is really no end to the kinds of ideas and home staging recommendations we can dream up for any one project.
Trade offs have to be made, and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
As a home stager, we have to weigh a number of factors before sharing our recommendations. In addition to… Read More →
Last week in a post on this home staging blog I asked you to share your ideas about how to stage the basement family room in the photo you see here.
If you have an eye for décor, you can easily tell that this space is much too distracting and crowded for a potential buyer to imagine their family relaxing… Read More →
If you’re dreaming of taking your decorating talent and turning it into a profitable business, I know you will see yourself in the following statements from Staging Diva Graduates.
They are all regular people like yourself with one thing in common – natural decorating talent and the drive… Read More →
Many new and aspiring home stagers worry they won’t really know what to recommend to their clients once they get into a home staging consultation.
If you have a natural talent for decorating, though, this is nothing more than an irrational fear.
When you get into a home and start looking around,… Read More →
In a recent blog post I asked how you would handle a home staging consultation in the living room pictured here.
This room is similar to many you’ll come across in your home staging career. A lot of people actually live like this – with too much furniture jammed into small spaces and no attention… Read More →
As a professional home stager you really need to invest in a good camera. Buying that important piece of equipment can be a daunting task, though, especially if you don’t know much about photography.
If you’re purchasing a camera primarily for taking before and after photos in your home staging… Read More →
In a recent post on this home staging blog I asked readers how they would stage a living room based on the photo you see here.
This living room is similar to most that you’ll come across at your own home staging consultations.
A living room that obviously doubles as a child’s play room, just doesn’t… Read More →
In a recent home staging business dilemma post I asked what you would do if you were putting away your home staging accessories only to discover you brought home an unknown number of bedbugs with you from your latest home staging project.
There were some great comments on that original business… Read More →
If you’re a home stager in Clayton, California who offers Christmas Decorating services, have I got the client for you! This homeowner contacted me to recommend a Staging Diva Graduate to “stage” his 400-square foot formal living room for Christmas.
This sounds like… Read More →
Imagine being able to stage homes on TV. How fun would that be?
Half a dozen Staging Diva Graduates have recently been approached by a rep from Europe’s largest private broadcaster to be on a TV show about home staging!
The program follows a family in Europe as their high-end, luxury home is … Read More →
