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Home Redesign Leaves Husband Feeling Stunned & Impressed. That's a good thing right? During the 5 day PRES staging and redesign training course we bring our new students into real client’s homes so they put into practice the 10 Step Secret Formula they learned in the classroom. One of our tra...
09/24/2012
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Great information about the benefits of yet one more social media site. It's fun and it's visually very interesting especially if you are in the home staging/styling business because the pictures are so pretty. My only complaint...I spend way too long looking at home decor pins and one just takes...
09/24/2012
This is a really funny post and one I think most home stagers would relate to. When you have to do your own home staging you will find out it really is A VERY BIG JOB and it's not fun. We can easily go down our Open House Checklist items and tell them what they need to do. Add in the emotion to t...
09/24/2012
Intereesting post although the title isn't what the article is about - yet it's true. As a home stager we will be asked to provide a quote for a home seller and hope that they realize when they are comparing apples to apples and apples to lemons. Stagers' success stats are just as important as th...
09/24/2012
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Great post and so important for home stagers as well to walk away from a client that's just not on the same page. As stagers we face many of the same challenges of trying to make things work with getting the home seller to do their 'homework' when in fact they are not really ready to move. There ...
09/09/2012
I've said this many times and I know as a home stager we sometimes feel we need to defend ourselves...not so really. Take the high road and know that your skills are what is making the realtor and seller more money - that's the end result they want and we deliver it big time!Someone posted someth...
08/06/2012
Remember the way you live in your home is not the way you sell your house… The ‘real function’ of a room is the key to attracting a buyer’s eye! It’s a proven fact that most buyers are not good at visualizing what their furniture will look like in the homes they are viewing. This is why it is so ...
08/06/2012
This is a great post about a realtor about to put her beloved home on the market. She is going to hire a realtor and take his/her advise. Now I know that many home stagers would know what to do to sell their own property but would they go fighting and screaming...I have to remove what! and do wha...
07/25/2012
PRES Client Colour Consultation Course in Victoria BC Rocks! Certificate professional development courses are part of the on-going learning that the PRES Staging & Redesign training programs offer. We recently taught the one-day professional 1-2-3 Paint Colour Scheme Client Colour Course in Victo...
07/23/2012
Feng Shui Staging Tips by Deepak Jayakar Deepak Jayakar is a well known feng shui consultant and often gives talks to local stagers and designer groups in the Vancouver area. I found this article very interesting and easy to implement for our home staging clients. Hope you do too! Article: Knowin...
06/28/2012
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