A home staging career lets you use your creative strengths and eye for decor.
Does your creativity have you feeling like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole?
Until I fully embraced my creative side, I always felt that way in my work.
There are many things I appreciate about getting older,… Read More →
Home stagers, I’m so tired of one house after another filled with boring neutrals and nothing memorable.
It washes over me like a sea of nothingness.
I don’t remember any of the rooms or the houses.
During a home staging consultation, we can be so afraid to take a risk. So we stick… Read More →
Magazines, newspapers and websites are filled with lists of home staging tips.
That’s great news for home stagers.
It raises awareness and demand for what we do.
Sure, some home sellers will use these tips on their own and think they don’t need a home stager.
Many will also realize… Read More →
Recently I wrote an article that advised tossing the color wheel and choosing your colors from nature.
This is especially true of decorating projects where you can be more bold in your color choices.
For home staging projects, we tend to stick to neutrals.
Some home staging clients are reluctant… Read More →
I’ve been supporting myself from a home-based business of one kind or another since 1989. Which means I’ve kept going through my 30s, 40s and now into my mid-50s.
I started or grew businesses during two severe recessions, a few health crises, various house moves and mortgages,… Read More →
In a recent post I shared how we shouldn’t take our natural decorating talent for granted. This cartoon made me laugh because it’s exactly what I was talking about.
A woman on the psychiatrist’s couch asks, “How can I relax when I know the couch would look so much … Read More →
So many people fret over how a color wheel works. They think this “knowledge” will make it easier to choose colors for their next decorating or home staging project.
Color inspiration comes easily from nature.
Taking a walk in a garden, by the beach or through a forest, you can’t… Read More →
You started your home staging business so that you could make a living doing what you love.
If you’re tangled up in too many tasks that are keeping you from that goal, it’s time to re-evaluate how you’re running your business.
In a recent article about too many home stager… Read More →
It’s so interesting how we choose to define ourselves. Often without knowing where those definitions came from, or realizing how they’ve limited our career (and life) possibilities.
Perhaps a grade school teacher said you were bad at painting. And you’ve spent the… Read More →
In January 2003 I did my first paid home staging project for a client.
Who could have imagined where my new home staging business would lead?
Definitely not me.
I was just trying to use my creativity to earn a living and support my family.
I had no interior design training. I had never decorated… Read More →
