Jackie, an elementary school teacher, recently shared her story about how she turned an opportunity to decorate a local bakery into a new career in home staging. > Read Jackie’s story here. Her story reminded me of something I had read. Back in the 1800s, Louis Pasteur said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” His words… continue reading […]
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Does Home Staging Competition Stop You in Your Tracks?
Thinking about home staging competition in your area may make you feel intimidated. When you’re afraid to move forward with your home staging business, it’s easy to come up with all kinds of “reasons” that it won’t work. For example, perhaps you’ve heard that 90% of businesses fail in their first year. That’s pretty depressing!… continue reading […]
Organizer, Decorator or Home Stager
You may think of yourself as a Home Stager, a decorator/interior redesigner or even a professional organizer. You can also be all 3 since these businesses combine together very nicely. Don’t feel you like you have to limit yourself. The beauty of being in your own business is that you don’t have to live inside… continue reading […]
Profitable Home Staging Consultations
Home staging consultations have always been the biggest source of my income as a home stager. I’ve done plenty of vacant homes which can be $5,000+ projects, but they’re not as quick to complete because you have to source everything first and then wait for delivery. With home staging consultations, I meet the client in their home…. continue reading […]
Staging Diva Grads Don’t Wash Towels
I’ve often told this story to Staging Diva Grads. I was very clear when I started my own home staging business 9 years ago that I wanted to focus on my creative talents to make a living. I had been a small business owner since 1989 and wanted to create something new that would be more… continue reading […]
Home Stagers, Stop Attaching Your Happiness to the Job Market
If you read anything about the job market it should be abundantly clear by now that we can’t rely on anyone else to create jobs for us, and that there’s no such thing as job security. According to Home Business Magazine, nearly 70% of home-based businesses succeed for at least 3 years(compared to 29% of… continue reading […]