It is so rewarding for me to feature this Staging Success Spotlight stories. I’m continually blown away by the progress and enthusiasm of recent Staging Diva Graduate, Red Barrineuvo of Redesign4More (Toronto). By day he’s a stock trader, but on the side, he’s a very talented home stager and redesigner. I’m delighted that he has just joined the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers as I know it will bring him tons of new projects! In his latest email he shares this news:

“I just got paid $9,500 for my redesign project in Cabbagetown. Debra it is unbelievable, I never thought I could get paid this much for decorating. I was just all smiles the whole day yesterday because I feel like I got paid to play!

And while choosing furniture for my current project, I met a different couple in the store and helped them choose the right artwork and lamps for their own place. It turns out they just renovated their Rosedale home and because they liked the ideas I shared in the store, they want me to do their whole house right after Christmas! Isn’t that amazing?! Honestly, the $1300 I spent for the Staging Diva Program is by far the best purchase ever. I am still in shock with the turn of events with my new company! I’m so excited for more things to come in the new year!”

If you’d like to learn the exact business and marketing formula I taught Red, these products will help you:

Staging Diva Home Staging Training Business Program

Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers – Profile Listing with Free Brochure

Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide

Staging Diva 14 Marketing Ideas to Boost Your Home Staging Business

Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Melissa Goulet of In The Details Home Staging (Hamilton, ON) on another outstanding month of success. I wrote about Melissa’s new staging and redesign projects in last month’s issue of Staging Diva Dispatch. A further “congratulations” is due to Melissa as the December winner in the Stages of Success™ Contest. She posted photos of two exciting projects:

*Photos by Melissa Goulet, In The Details Home Staging. (Left) Melissa provides much needed punch with red accents. (Right) Great room staged for sale using furniture from the vendor’s other properties.*

If you’d like your own chance to win $25 in Staging Diva C@sh, simply post one of your Stages of Success on The Staging Diva Facebook Wall and you could be the January winner. You don’t have to be a Staging Diva Graduate to enter!

Each month, we’ll draw one name at random from our Facebook Fans who have posted. If you don’t post, you can’t win. Really you have nothing to lose!

My goal is to give the Staging Diva community a chance to help you celebrate a milestone in your journey as a home stager. All you need is a sentence or two about what’s happening in your staging business, not a whole long story. The winner receives a $25 coupon redeemable on any purchase of $25 or more from the Staging Diva Store.

> If you already have a success to celebrate, click here to post it to the Staging Diva Facebook Wall. You could have $25 in return for the minute it will take you to post this now, so please do it before you forget!

Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Julie OverbyeLedy of Expertly Staged (Minnesota) on having her home staging and holiday decorating tips featured in a local newspaper!

> Click here to learn more about holiday decorating to expand your business.