I’m writing a collection of home staging stories and welcome contributions from both new and established home stagers. You can live anywhere in the world and you don’t have to have taken the Staging Diva Home Staging Training Program. As long as you’re a stager and you have a client story to share, you’re eligible… continue reading […]
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Housing Wire Magazine features home staging advice
My home staging advice on what helps homes sell in a slow market will be published in the January/February issue of HousingWire Magazine. This is a $15 per issue trade magazine that goes out to the mortgage and real estate industry and will have the Directory of Home Stagers included. These are the kinds of… continue reading […]
Staging Diva Graduate Lisa Capurso Runs Class
Congratulations to Lisa Capurso of Staged Homes by Lisa (NJ) who just completed a “decorating” job which came as a result of advertising her business within her church. This New Jersey home stager writes: “I also instructed a 2 day Home Staging class through my town’s Community School. Thanks for giving me the tools!”
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 […]
Home stager sells her own home without agent
Congratulations to Staging Diva Graduate Allegra Dioguardi of Styled and Sold Home Staging (NY) on selling her own MD home privately after staging it. Proving staging works, Allegra sold her home the first day it went on the market for more than any realtor said she could get for it and for more than any… continue reading […]