ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2010
Thinking Outside the Box' as Home Stagers is what we do BEST! One of the key talents we home stagers have is the ability to 'think outside the box' when it comes to creating something out of sometimes literally, nothing. We often come up against a room that we know will sell better if we create t...
12/27/2010
In preparing my book Start & Run a Home Staging Business for a North American audience, I asked my editor how she was going to use the word 'realtor' since sometimes it is REALTOR (R), sometimes realtor and sometimes we call people who sell homes real estate agents. Here's the scoop directly fro...
12/24/2010
Start & Run a Home Staging Business - pre order now! It's almost exactly a year ago that I signed my contract with Self Counsel Press to write a book on home staging for their Start & Run a Business series. I found the book easy to write since I love writing and have the knowledge and credibility...
12/23/2010
The Right Staging Tools Make the Job EASY PEASY! Our job as home stagers is made easier when we have the right tools. Just like any profession that requires tools knowing what to buy and have in our tool kits enables us to do the work quickly and efficiently. In my PRES home staging school all th...
12/22/2010
Choosing the Right Staging Paint Colors - Benjamin Moore Canadian Paint Colours converted to US Paint Colors I did a blog prior to this one recommending paint colours for stagers. Another Active Rain member, Michelle Molinan, went to the trouble of looking up my Canadian paint chips and gave th...
12/01/2010
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Our blog posts are primarily written to provide education to new home stagers and share information with more seasoned professionals. We focus on marketing strategies and tactics because we know this is what is essential to growing any business.
We like to post the odd blog that might be controversial to some, and welcome opinions and open discussion from all Active Rain members and viewers.
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