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HomeGain is a well known industry leader in providing home stagers factual current statistical information for the home improvements that will give the best Return On Investment (ROI). This survey was published in January 2011 and is relevant in today’s marketplace and in many parts of Canada. The survey was…
This year thousands of dollars have been donated to charities on behalf of the PRES Staging School throughout the Lower Mainland. If you are selected as one of our ‘PRES training homes’ we request that instead of paying us for your home makeover, you make a donation to your favourite…
As a home staging instructor I don’t recommend staging with religious holiday decorations but I do believe you can use some seasonally coloured decorations like red, silver and gold. If the property does not sell in December the staging can stay as it is into the next month. Plants and…
The colours we home stagers choose for our home sellers are typically neutrals. They can be neutral beige, green or blue but they are never too bright although they could be trendy.The colours I choose for my home owners who are living in their home are a totally different story….
Did you know that realtors are very fortunate to have home stagers as part of their team? We can play ‘bad cop’ to their ‘good cop’ because we know that the seller will absolutely love us when we have performed our magic of transforming their property into an incredible commodity…
WHOOO HOOO!!! I am excited to finally be a published author! Self-Counsel Press sought me out years ago to write this book and now it is a reality. My hope for this book is that newbies will gain some much-needed business knowledge and that the more seasoned professionals might be…
Over the 7 years that I have taught home staging and redesign I have only ever had 2 men in my class. And those 2 men took the course the very same week! In the class I am teaching this week I have 2 men again – but here’s the…
In an earlier post I mentioned that I was staging a vacant 2 bedroom condo. I found (I didn’t actually hire anyone) a painter to do some work, and cleaners to really clean the place so it would be ready for selling. All good. I selected the inventory (look at…
As part of my PRES staging course the PRES Gold and/or Platinum members are invited to do staging jobs with me. This time I was sourcing a job from a rental furnishing company for a vacant property. It’s great to have your own rentals and I do recommend having accessories…