A homeowner in Richmond Hill, Ontario, has requested my assistance with selecting paint colors for her townhouse. I’m too booked up right now to handle this color consultation personally and I’d love to refer it to a Staging Diva Graduate. The home has 3 bedrooms and approximately… Read More →
Home Staging is Not a Minimum Wage Job – How to Charge for Home Staging
Home staging is an extremely lucrative career when you know how to properly charge for your services. Today I’m diving into a taboo topic: How Much Do Home Stagers Make?
It makes me cringe when I hear figures as low as $30 per hour being touted as ‘great income’ for home staging.
That is… Read More →
Home Staging Lessons From HGTV’s Property Virgins
As I was on the treadmill at the gym the other day watching another episode of HGTV’s Property Virgins, I was thinking again about how amazing it is that what comes naturally to professional home stagers doesn’t seem to cross the minds of real estate agents and home sellers.
There are many invaluable… Read More →
Home Staging Business Shoes Feeling Too Big?
Home staging is one of those businesses you start because you feel passionate about decorating.
Sometimes you also love the buzz of real estate but you don’t necessarily want to be a real estate agent.
It was certainly that way for me.
I almost fell into my home staging business in 2002… Read More →
Staging Diva Does Radio Call-In Show for Homeowners
Homeowners looking for ways to make more money when selling their homes will have a one hour opportunity to quiz The Staging Diva Debra Gould, for ideas on CBC Radio One.
The show, “Ontario Today,” airs from noon to 2 PM.
Debra Gould will be in the CBC studio, taking calls and questions… Read More →
Color and Design Consultation Job for Kitchen Renovation Project
A homeowner in Whitby, Ontario, has requested my assistance with redoing her kitchen. I don’t have time to travel to this client to handle this color and design consultation personally and I’d love to refer it to a Staging Diva Graduate.
The client says she’s at the early… Read More →
Home Staging Helps Seattle Area Home Get Full Price Offer in One Day
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 services enhance organizing business
It’s not only entrepreneurs aspiring to become full-time home stagers who decide to enroll in home staging training.
Some business owners like Beth DeLozier-Hayes of Houston, decide to take the Staging Diva Program with the end goal of adding additional services to an existing organizing… Read More →
St. Louis Home Staging Job For Staging Diva Grad
There’s a new St. Louis home staging job for graduates of the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program.
It’s located in Godfrey, Illinois, to be precise.
Lisa, the home owner will be living in her home while it’s on the market. You’ll have plenty of furniture … Read More →
More Baby Boomers Want to Reinvent Career and Life
Baby boomers, if you’re itching to reinvent your career and do something that reflects your real talents, I hope you’ll seize the opportunity.
Changing your job, career, or lifestyle may take some work.
And if you truly follow your passion, the effort will provide infinitely positive… Read More →