The news is filled with enough doom and gloom to make you want to run and hide. Maybe you’ve been thinking about starting a home staging business or wondering if you should continue to put effort into the one you have, but: • your fears about the current recession are holding you back • your… continue reading […]
Debra Gould
Staging Success Spotlight on Leah Mott Huber
Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Leah Mott Huber of Kansas City-based Uplift Staging for lining up a couple of home staging jobs before even completing her Staging Diva course work! This stay-at-home Mom of two pre-school boys purchased the Staging Diva Program in December and is already off to a great start!
Home Stagers – How to get started on Twitter
If you’re a home stager and you haven’t yet checked out Twitter, you should. It’s a really fast-paced way to keep in touch with other business people and learn what they’re up to. This is not the place to look for high school friends and share photos of your kids and dog. If you’re using… continue reading […]
Staging Diva writes for HGTV’s FrontDoor.com
I’m really pleased to have been hired by HGTV to write for their real estate website frontdoor.com. My first story, “Debra Gould, The Staging Diva’s Top Staging Tips ” offers home sellers ideas for how to decorate their homes for sale. While some of the ideas will appeal to the do it yourself market, many… continue reading […]
When a vignette won’t do for staging
I visited a number of supposedly staged homes that have been sitting too long on the market with no offers. All were great examples of why I don’t believe in saving money by staging only a couple of rooms or doing vignettes instead of actually furnishing a space. Half done staging job says “desperate” to… continue reading […]
Back Stage with the Staging Diva for January
I can’t believe 3 years have flown by since the first issue of my monthly email newsletter Staging Diva Dispatch. To celebrate I decided to introduce a whole new look for 2009! I hope you like it and I welcome your feedback. To go along with the new look I’ve rebuilt this site and turned… continue reading […]