Comments on: Should I go to Interior Design School or Be a Home Stager?

By: Debra Gould, The Staging Diva

Debra Gould, The Staging Diva — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:33:03 +0000

Hi Cassandra, You’ve come to the right place because I can teach you how to take your natural gift and turn it into a profitable home staging business.

You can read about the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program, one of the most respected and well known names in the field today at:

http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingtraining.html

Since you mentioned being a hair stylist for 30 years, I know you’ll enjoy this article about Carol King. She owned her own salon for about 30 years. She took my training and now has her own staging business in Texas. You can read about her here:

http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/home-staging-gets-divorcing-couple-more-than-asking-in-one-day/

I’d love to help you do the same!

By: cassandra kajogbola

cassandra kajogbola — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:33:02 +0000

Hello Im a hair stylist for over 30 years with a gift in design wanted to take classed in staging not sure were to start at please give some input want or were i can take some classes. Thanks Casssadra

By: Keysa' Truell

Keysa' Truell — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:33:28 +0000

Hi Debra! I absolutely love the information you’ve provided on your website. It’s quite informative and VERY professional.Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. I have the questions raised by Stephanie, how does one start without any ’starting capital’? I’ve completed a home staging course & have a few interior design classes. I’m interested in the business side of to get started. Thank you & God Bless!

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By: Stephanie Martin

Stephanie Martin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:46:30 +0000

Dear Debra,
I’m a 56 yr. young woman working in furniture retail. In a word-yuk. I have staged a loft for a local property through our company (which sold right away-as is because the client loved it), and I used to help staging model homes -so I know I can do this, however, I have no business expertise, and do not desire to be a realtor. You are acutely aware of the slow housing market, so how would I start? Fear is a small factor, not knowing how to network, set up a website, find clients, etc. I want to work hard ,but earn a good living with job satisfaction. I literally have no start up money so what’s the next step? Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Martin

By: Debra Gould, The Staging Diva

Debra Gould, The Staging Diva — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:57:33 +0000

Barbara, most home stagers also offer interior redesign and color consulting services — which is really what you’re talking about when you think of helping people set up their new homes and freshening up their existing ones even if they aren’t moving.

Yes, these are all covered in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program, you can read more about the courses at this link:

http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingtraining.html

I discuss pricing strategies at length in course 2, and they apply equally whether you’re going in to discuss “decorating to live” or “decorating to sell.”

What’s very cool about using “home staging” as your lead service (the one you talk about most), is that you’ll still attract lots of clients who aren’t moving. Many will contact a “home stager” before contacting a “decorator” because they understand that stagers mostly work with what you have. The perception out there is that a decorator will want to replace a lot of what you have meaning to get the look they recommend will be far more costly. For that reason, I get calls all the time from people who say, “I’m not moving now or in the foreseeable future, but I realize you can probably help me enjoy how I live in my home better right now.”

By: barbara thompson

barbara thompson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:02:41 +0000

Debra, will this training help me if my business is to help people set up their new homes they just bought or if the just want to freshen up their house and are not moving how do i charge for that.

By: Debra Gould

Debra Gould — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:53:41 +0000

Hi Janniece, You’ve come to the right place. I teach my students all about how to get started, what to charge and more. My focus is taking your decorating talent and turning it into a profitable business. I’ll help you avoid common pitfalls like falling into the free estimate trap and more, because I’ve personally built my own successful home staging business.

If you’d like to join me live on the phone tomorrow night, or get the recording of it after, sign up for Ask Staging Diva Live at this link:

http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingfreepreview.html

I’ll be taking audience questions for 90 minutes all about what it’s like being a home stager and more. This is FREE!

Debra

By: Janniece Rinehart

Janniece Rinehart — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:39:17 +0000

I am interested in becoming a stager, not sure how to go about it though and how much to charge clients for consultations. I am considering the course hoping this will help.
thanks Janniece

By: Debra Gould

Debra Gould — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:28:07 +0000

Of course interior designers are jumping on the staging bandwagon, there’s MORE MONEY IN STAGING!

One property I staged belonged to an interior designer. She hired me to stage it for her, it sold in days at $40,000 over her $1.4 million price.

Fast forward 18 months and she has her latest home on the market. I didn’t stage it and only realized it was hers during an open house when I realized I recognized much of the furniture and art. It was obvious to me why it isn’t selling… it’s been on the market for 5 months now… but funny thing is she hasn’t called me to help her out again!