Home stagers often need to either provide or recommend outside services, in addition to doing the actual rearranging of furniture.
The most common of these home staging services include:
Sourcing and selecting rental furniture/art/accessories Purchasing accessories (bedding, towels,… Read More →Before finally hiring Staging Diva Graduate Fabia MacNair, a desperate house seller had accepted an offer of $250,000 for her home knowing it was worth more. She wasn’t interested in doing the work needed to complete the home staging to-do list, however, because she just wanted to sell. … Read More →
What could make a stronger case for hiring a home stager than an offer coming in after a home was staged…from a person who saw the home before staging without any interest?
That’s exactly what happened with a Maryland property transformed by home stager and Staging Diva Graduate, Holly Battaglia.… Read More →
Despite home staging proving it’s ability to sell homes faster and for more money, there are STILL real estate agents who don’t “get it.”
These examples that prove yet again that home staging works should inspire anyone considering becoming a home stager.
Let… Read More →
Many home owners choose to sell on their own instead of working with a real estate agent and giving 5% or 6% of their selling price over in real estate commissions.
These properties are known as FSBO, an acronym for ‘For Sale by Owner.’
The very fact that they’ve chosen to sell without … Read More →
You might one day be asked by a home staging client if you can do your consultation when they aren’t there.
Even if they say they’ll have payment there waiting for you, you should always insist someone be present when you do a home staging consultation.
What value is the consultation… Read More →
Your home staging services shouldn’t be seen by you (or your prospective clients) as a commodity. That’s why the goal of your home staging website is to educate and build interest around your services so someone is intrigued enough to call you for more information.
I get asked all the… Read More →
If you take nothing else from the Tiger Woods PR disaster, realize that there is very little that is private anymore. While you may not be famous, any time you send an email, Facebook message, Twitter status update or ‘Direct Message’ you’re essentially leaving a trail of digital communication.… Read More →
This summer I’ve taken a break from staging clients’ homes; putting my energies instead into business planning and being a mom.
With excellent vacations with my Lil Millennial to New York and Oregon.
One of the things I love about being my own boss is that you can take time out … Read More →
As a child, Christina Rougerie loved to spend summer days rearranging the décor of her family home, anxious to see the look of surprise on her parents’ faces when they walked through the door.
Christina dreamed of getting her degree in interior design, but a series of events prevented her … Read More →
