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certified staging: Clearing Up Churned Waters - 09/07/07 05:33 AM
Recently I wrote and posted  2 similar blogs entitled: Inconvenient Truths about Home Staging. A shorter edited down version was posted here on Active Rain while a more complete and comprehensive version was then posted here on what I call my "pretty blog." 
The post created quite a ruckus with a foundation training company … (31 comments)

certified staging: DO YOUR HOMEWORK... before you sign up for training. - 01/08/07 10:00 AM

Home staging is beginning to blossom as interest and awareness grows and more and more people positively experience the rewards of that home staging brings to both the home seller and realtor.And... with so much positive possibility and "buzz" about what we do... more and more people are trusting in home … (48 comments)

certified staging: DRIVE-BY Comment HITS one of my Blogs... AGAIN! - 11/01/06 07:38 AM
Well for the second time this week one of my blogs has been “hit” with a comment from someone outside Active Rain.
This time the anonymous comment hit a blog I posted way back on August 10th entitled Stepping on "accredited/certified” stager’s toes…
And while I could let just the anonymous comment … (16 comments)

certified staging: ASP? HSE? What's-a-stager-SUPPOSED-to-be? - 10/08/06 08:24 AM
My answer is... EITHER. NEITHER. BOTH. 
Cindy Lin, a new stager here on AR commented on one of my previous blogs.  Cindy summed up her desire for training and her training experience well when she said,  "granted the talent of staging is not teachable, but business models and skills are. i … (32 comments)

certified staging: USE YOUR EYES! - 09/27/06 07:13 PM

I know there are those realtors out there that have never heard of staging... even here on AR. So I blog on.. for YOU are the gateway for recommendation of our staging services.
If you are interested in considering using a stager... USE YOUR EYES and look at stagers here on AR as … (7 comments)

certified staging: Another FEISTY BLOG about "Professional" Staging! - 09/27/06 06:22 PM
Well it seems like everyone and there brother/sister is becoming a stager. Which is a good and bad thing. 
GOOD... because it means the industry and the concept is growing.
BAD... because is seem like all a person needs to do is get a cute name, business card and an accredited/certified “staging … (5 comments)

certified staging: AUTHENTIC & UNIVERSAL Credentialing for Stagers - 08/13/06 11:40 AM
THIS is why I love ActiveRain.... actually JoAnn Guida came up with the perfect parallel to help explain my concerns and wishes for AUTHENTIC and UNIVERSAL credentialing of stagers.   (Now why didn't I think of this? LOL) 
Anyway, JoAnn made the GOOD POINT that ... "Once upon a time Interior Designers … (6 comments)

certified staging: Stepping on "accredited/certified” stager’s toes… - 08/10/06 06:24 AM
I've said it before... staging talent is NOT just acquired by sitting in a weekend seminar or EVEN a week-long workshop. I have worked with people that have NO formal training and they have "it". 
Real Estate staging is having an eye for symmetry, balance, scale, proportion, and color. It is also a … (27 comments)

certified staging: GET THIS... real estate staging is NOT interior design! - 08/09/06 07:40 PM
So in the last week now, twice I have had clients that want to tell ME how to stage their totally vacant properties.  That is like going to the dentist and telling him you know how to drill our own teeth... and asking for the drill while he watches.  Real Estate … (5 comments)

certified staging: UP STAGING the competition... 2 VERY different stagings on the same property - 07/29/06 10:25 AM
Realtors need to know that just because a person or business call themelves "stagers" does not mean that they can actually do a professional job. EVEN if they are "Accrediated". 
Here is an actual job we recently re-staged. The builder has paid an unbelievable $9,000 in fees to this furniture rental company! This type of … (34 comments)

certified staging: Stagers: Certified, accredited and waving a magic wand... - 07/24/06 08:21 PM
I feel compelled to yap a bit more on my blog from yesterday.  First, keep in mind that what I have to say is just my opinion based on my observations.  But after yesterday's insightful comments from Kristal Kraft, and Geri Sonkin I was inspired to do some more sleuthing to back up my … (10 comments)

 
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