Interior Redesign and Decorating — Home Staging Business Report

Interior redesign and decorating services are offered by many home staging companies. As a home stager you can do both and make more money. Learn how.

Color Consultations: A Behind the Scenes Look From Staging Diva

I love flipping through color books and paint swatches, it totally brightens my mood and gives me energy. Sometimes I bring some of my color books to a client’s home to help them figure out what look and mood they’re drawn to before I recommend paint colors for their home. That is, if I’m doing [...]

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Want This Interior Redesign Project in Toronto, Ontario?

I have a client in Toronto, Etobicoke to be precise, who is struggling to accommodate her 5 kids in a 3 bedroom home. She doesn’t want to move right now but needs interior redesign help to make the home work better for her large family. I’m too booked up with my own staging clients to [...]

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Home Staging Marketing Lessons From Paint Colors Befitting a Man Cave

Wait until you see what paint company CIL has done to reposition their paint colors for a new audience! It’s a brilliant stroke (pun intended) that I just had to bring to your attention— not only for the marketing genius of it but for the delicious visuals. Are you as passionate about color as I [...]

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Home Stagers Make Extra Money with Holiday Decorating

Home stagers, the holiday season is definitely upon us and this means a gradual slow down in your home staging business over the coming weeks. A great way to bring in extra money at this time of year is with holiday decorating. A TV News producer contacted me to appear on camera this week with [...]

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Addicted to Decorating or Born to Be a Home Stager

I’ve been addicted to decorating since I was a kid. I remember insisting that my room be painted a deep turquoise, and my rattan headboard white, because I could totally picture how one would stand out against the other and compliment the pale creamy-yellow duvet. At the risk of revealing my age, I’ll admit it [...]

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Home staging advice needed for a busy living room

Are you putting off your home staging career because you freeze up at the thought of making recommendations when you get to your first staging consultation? I want to prove to you that if you’re considering a career as a home stager, you already have all the decorating talent you need to become a successful [...]

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Home Staging Consultation for a Master Bedroom

I recently featured a poorly decorated master bedroom and asked home stagers for their tips when it comes time to decorate a house to sell. This bedroom is very typical of what you’ll run into when doing a home staging consultation. The reality is, most people move into their home, plunk their furniture down and [...]

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Staging Diva Grad Jayne Steuart Dresses Up a Bedroom to Help a Home Sell Fast

Articles on home staging or how to decorate a house to sell quickly in a slow real estate market often focus on de-cluttering and neutralizing (unfortunately, often to the point of blandness). There is also much talk of the importance of kitchens and bathrooms, but bedrooms are important too. The right touches can take a [...]

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Home staging not meant to cover real flaws

I’ve heard people suggest home staging is actually a deceitful practice because it is meant to disguise real problems, but this is not the case.  Home staging is about letting a home’s best features shine through, not hiding serious problems that need to be addressed. The entrance of this home says “fixer-upper” because of all [...]

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Home Staging Tips for Hallways from Staging Diva

When you’re staging a home, don’t neglect the hallways of a home because they’re the paths that lead people through the house. It’s also a great opportunity to leave a strong impression with prospective buyers because most people don’t bother doing anything with the hall before they sell. Here are a few tips to keep [...]

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Home Staging Tips for the Attic from Staging Diva

When staging a house to sell, you can’t just ignore a room because it presents a staging challenge, or because you don’t think it would be as important as staging the kitchen or bathroom. The goal of home staging is to have a buyer make a strong emotional connection with a property and who’s to [...]

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