Business Organization

How Home Stagers Can Get Organized for the New Year

Have you ever watched Candice Olson of HGTV’s Divine Design? When she has to pull together an interior design concept from her impressive collection of fabric swatches, tiles, furniture catalogs etc. all within easy reach of her clean desk? We all know that the “reality” in TV “reality shows” is quite scripted and what makes [...]

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Home Stager To Do Items

Last week, I wrote a blog post in which I confessed that I hide my own business dreams and life dreams under stacks of paper. Now I’m trying to dig through all those piles and figure out where the good stuff is, and what I can finally give myself permission to let go of. It’s [...]

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Take Your Life Dream Out of Its Box

“There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, ‘Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.’ Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there.” – Erma Bombeck This quote makes me want to burst into [...]

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Home stagers, don’t throw away a single receipt

When you decide to go into business for yourself as a professional home stager, you have no choice but to start thinking about business expenses. One of the advantages of operating your own business is that you get to write off many of your expenses against your income. This has tax advantages. If you don’t [...]

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