Home Staging as a Business

Do you like to decorate? Are you a good organizer? Are you always finding space-saving solutions? Home staging is the new trend for selling homes. It has been proven to dramatically increase the selling price of houses. This trendy new business is a good opportunity for someone who likes home décor, has people-skills and likes working outside the home.

Take pictures of your own home as examples, make up a flyer or brochure on your computer, and start a web page for your home staging business.

Practice on family and friends’ homes for free to begin. Get rid of the clutter, reorganize the dens with paper holders, put up shelves, hang a nice picture here, a beautiful photograph there, add some flowers in a corner. Put away small appliances in the kitchen, change the curtains or blinds, reorganize spice racks, change cabinet doorknobs. Practice on little things that actually make a big difference. Adding a nice throw blanket on the couch and cushions to match in the living room makes it a warmer and more inviting room.

Make sure you like what you are doing. Should you wish to perfect your skills, your next step is to get professional training. Getting a certification with the Certified Staging Professionals Organization will give you more credibility and confidence.

You can offer a wide variety of services such as redecorating on a small budget, reorganizing furniture, redesigning kitchens or bathrooms, redecorating with minimal purchases. Everything you can think of that you can do to revamp a home is a service you can offer.

Home staging can make such a difference in the outlook of a house, and you will have fun doing it while you make some money.A good move would be to offer your services to real estate agents in your area. They are constantly looking for designers for home staging before a sale. An email campaign to real estate companies is a good idea. Put yourself on the market distributing your flyers to decoration and accessory stores. Putting some flyers up on bulletin boards in your area will also give you free advertising.

Your biggest market audience is home sellers and their real estate agents. Concentrate on these two avenues. You will surely get the chance to branch out as you move along.

You are ready to start a rewarding new home-based career with minimal monetary investment and lots of freedom to let your creative juices flow. Enjoy your new small business and feel good about what you are doing while you earn extra income. Being proud of your work is essential to healthy living.

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