September 2006

Staging Diva Home Staging Training Starts October 4, 2006

There are still some spots available in the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program beginning Wednesday Oct. 4, 2006. I’ll be personally training 15 students how to take their love of decorating and interest in real estate and turn it into a profitable home staging career. This group will graduate November 1, ready to take [...]

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Interior Redesign/Home Staging Expert needed in the Niagara Region

I have a client in Welland in Ontario’s Niagara region who wants an interior redesign consultation to help her enjoy her home more now, with the view also to making improvements which will help her sell down the road. This interior redesign/house staging project is only available to Graduates of the Staging Diva Program. If [...]

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Home stager needed in Bend Oregon

A home builder in Bend Oregon needs a home stager to work on two new homes that are ready to go on the market. These are great projects needing furniture, accessories, etc. I tell you looking at this picture, I’m tempted to jump on a plane and stage them myself! These house staging projects are [...]

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Biggest Challenge of Being a New Home Stager

I ran a free Staging Diva Preview TeleClass last night and got some really great questions from the audience, like this one: “What was your single biggest challenge when you started your home staging business?” My answer was “Staying motivated to keep pushing my business forward even when I had no home staging client appointments [...]

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Staging Diva gets first staging project in Johannesburg, South Africa

I’ve referred hundreds of home staging projects all across the US and Canada to Graduates of The Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. But, today is my first project in Johannesburg, South Africa. The client has an up-market, 4 bedroom high priced home that needs home staging. She’s living in it and it’s been on [...]

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Stagers afraid of their responsibility for home’s selling price

I hear from aspiring home stagers and others new to the business who are afraid that they’ll be held responsible when a home doesn’t sell for a certain price. While I’m not a lawyer, I can shed some light that should alleviate this fear. No home stager should say to a client, “if you follow [...]

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Falling in love with a house

I’ve seen thousands of houses, because I’ve bought 6 of my own and because I’ve staged hundreds for clients over the last few years. Getting into staging finally gave me a reason to embrace my compulsion to look at almost every house that comes on the market in any area I’m remotely interested in! Despite [...]

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Home Stager needed in wine country in Kelowna, BC

I need a home stager to work on a vacant home in the beautiful wine country of Kelowna, BC. The home is newly renovated but it needs furniture and staging to sell quickly and for top dollar. The client read my article on why selling an empty home is a bad idea and she’s sold [...]

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Staging Diva Directory welcomes Designed, Staged and Sold Inc.

The Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers welcomes newest member, Manhattan-based Laurie Mahoney of Designed, Staged and Sold, Inc. Laurie was a model home designer and photo stylist for 25 years prior to graduating from the Staging Diva Training Program this month. As an Ethan Allen Designer/Stylist, she did extensive work on their monthly catalogues [...]

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Hats off to one brilliant Mom

In the fall of 1998 I closed my marketing consulting business and moved to tiny Salt Spring Island. I wanted to do something more creative with my life and having no idea what that would be, I needed to move somewhere that my cost of living would be significantly less. I’ve always believed life is [...]

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Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers featured in October House & Home Magazine

Canada’s largest home decor magazine, House & Home features the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers in the October 2006 issue out today. There’s a fairly long feature about why staging helps a home sell more quickly and for a higher asking price with lots of before and after photos. Included is an interview with [...]

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