Holiday home staging advice from Staging Diva

Here we are approaching the middle of December. There's a good chance that if you're called for a home staging project anytime between now and the New Year, you will have a holiday decorating dilemma to deal with.

In a recent post on the Home Staging Business Report, I've shared my best home staging tips for the holidays. You can read that post here.

Home staging accessories should belong to the home owner

A lot of people put off their dream of learning home staging because they're afraid of incurring a lot of debt stocking up on art, towels, accessories and bedding for home staging projects.

But if you’ve been putting off your desire to learn home staging because you’re not financially prepared to purchase these items up front, you should know you have other options.

To learn more about how I handle the process of obtaining accessories for my home staging projects, read this post on the Home Staging Business Report.

Staging Diva is a home stager and a mom

Over the summer, I took a break from staging homes and put my energy instead into business planning and being a mom.

One of the best parts of being my own boss is that I get to take time out to do other things without ever requesting vacation time or waiting until the next holiday.

Maybe it was the break from staging and decorating other people's homes that made me channel my creative energy into my own house.

Read more about my summer and plans for the fall at the Home Staging Business Report.

Don't let a grade determine your future as a home stager

I’ve gotten many teary phone calls from people who have taken another training program and “just” fell short of the required 80% it takes to “qualify” for guaranteed employment as a home stager.

Many of these aspiring home stagers find that no matter how educated or talented they are, or how long they’ve been staging homes on their own, they can’t get that elusive 80% needed to successfully complete the program for the “guaranteed job.”

I don't believe you should let a grade determine whether or not you can make it as a home stager as I've explained in detail in this post on the Home Staging Business Report.

Learn more about The Staging Diva

For anyone wanting to know more about what it's like to be a home stager, what the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program involves, or how I got into this business and became the Staging Diva, click here and sign up for a free event taking place tomorrow.



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Home Staging expert Debra Gould aka The Staging Diva knows how to make money as a home stager and is determined to inspire and teach others to do the same. There are over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates who have learned to use their decorating talents and run their own home staging business in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Beware of home staging training companies promising jobs

If you're being tempted by ads for home staging training companies guaranteeing employment upon graduation, please be careful.

I hear many stories from people who have enrolled in a program with the understanding they would be given jobs when they finished, starting at $31.45/hour. Sadly, people are finding that maybe these claims really are too good to be true.

There are a couple of problems, that I can see, with these claims.

First of all, home stagers make much more than $31.45/hour and secondly, home staging is not a field that offers guaranteed employment because home stagers generally run their own small businesses from home.

You can read more about this topic on the Business of Home Staging Blog.