There’s a new North Carolina home staging job in Raleigh for graduates of the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. Jassica owns a 1,600 square foot furnished home that needs to be turned into a show home. Wouldn’t you enjoy doing a (paid) home staging consultation and sourcing any additional furniture and accessories she might need? This client knows how important the proper home staging can be and reached out to me for help finding a home stager. It makes it so much easier for you to get hired because you don’t have to convince her why home staging is essential for a quick sale at top ..read more

I recently posted an article to help home stagers get rid of the negative beliefs or labels that are secretly holding them back in life and in their home staging businesses. I challenged members in the Staging Diva community to identify a negative belief and then list 3 pieces of evidence to the contrary. This exercise makes it easier to get out of our self-limiting beliefs. It reveals the lies we tell ourselves. Unhelpful stuff like: I never make appropriate decisions. I never follow through on things. Local real estate agents will never accept home staging. I’m not disciplined enough to bec ..read more

Home stagers, I love the resourcefulness and natural curiosity of kids. Problem solving is how they learn. Sadly, as adults we often lose that. We talk ourselves out of things we really want. In other words, we can’t get out of our own way! This little story about Charlie and his loose tooth has great reminders about how we can be more successful. Solving “problems” leads to success in our home staging business. Charlie says, “Mom, I really need a play date with Caroline. Her sister has a Nerf gun that pulls out loose teeth.” He wants to lose his tooth more than anything, even though it will h ..read more

Holiday decorating is a great way for home stagers to boost their income at a time when there’s a natural slow down in the need for home staging. After all, there are fewer new listings coming onto the real estate market at this time of year. If you love decorating for the holidays, consider how many people are too busy or overwhelmed to do it themselves. Many Holiday Decorating Opportunities for Home Stagers Holiday decorating opportunities for home stagers include: Interior: The tree, holiday garlands, holiday table centre pieces, etc. Even pre-party prep! Exterior: Planter boxes, deck raili ..read more

There’s a new Bloomington Illinois home staging job for graduates of the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. Manori owns a 3,900 square foot furnished home that needs a more modern look. Wouldn’t you enjoy doing a (paid) home staging consultation and sourcing any additional furniture and accessories she might need? Her target listing price is around $400,000. I love when a client already understands the need to stage her home and reaches out for help finding a home stager. It makes it so much easier for you to get hired because you don’t have to convince her why home staging is essenti ..read more

There’s a new Silver Spring Maryland home staging job for graduates of the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. Patricia, owns a three-level townhouse and tells me it’s vacant and ready to stage. Wouldn’t you enjoy doing a (paid) home staging consultation and sourcing all the furniture and accessories? You’ve got approximately 1,000 square feet to work with, and Patricia’s target listing price is around $700,000. Thankfully, she already understands the need to stage this one to sell fast and for top dollar! So you don’t have to convince her about that, only that you’re the right person ..read more

Home stagers, there are so many ways to get stuck. No matter whether you’re at the beginning of your journey in home staging, or you’ve been at it for years. Perhaps you’ve heard the Theodore Roosevelt quote, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” It also comes up in no less than 11 bible verses! As a creative person, I know how fragile our sense of our own talents can be. It’s easy to fall into the confidence-killing “comparison trap”. Which is a sure fire way to stop you from turning your decorating talent into a profitable home staging career! Here are 3 Reasons Home Stagers Get Stuck and What t ..read more

There’s a new Nashville home staging job for graduates of the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. The Nashville Realtor who contacted me for help says the property will be ready to stage in about 10 days. In other words, perfect timing for you to do your initial (paid) home staging consultation and decide what furniture and accessories are needed. There’s a big incentive to stage because there is a comparable home for sale already on the same street. It’s listed at a lower price than their target range. Thankfully, they already understand that they need to stage this one to sell fast a ..read more

Home stagers need to protect their creative energy to maintain momentum in their home staging business. That’s easiest when you’re in the middle of a project or home staging consultation. When you’re a creative person, you’re a natural problem solver. Standing in a room figuring out where the furniture would look best, or what accessories are needed, is energizing. That’s when a home stager or decorator comes alive! Does Your Creative Energy Fade Between Projects? When you have no immediate projects booked, how do you keep your home staging business momentum? What do you do each day to protect ..read more

Home stagers, designers and creatives of all sorts must beware of dream crushers. We’re an easy target because we’re not following the safe/traditional careers. Most people continue to believe that being a lawyer, doctor or accountant are the quicker paths to financial independence. Is that still really true? And what about the financial and time cost of all the education you’d need? If you’re a woman, you might have been pushed towards nursing, teaching, banking or staying at home with your kids until they went off to college. I’ve been helping creative people earn a living from their talent ..read more