Karen Schaefer's (kschaefer1) Blog

  Well, here it is, the long promised, much anticipated announcement of the Home Staging, Design and Real Estate event of the Year.... "STAGE!" REGISTER NOW"Get Ready...Get Set..."STAGE!!!"Well, here it is, the long promised, much anticipated announcement of the Home Staging, Design and Real Est...

Getting Your Home Staging Business off the Ground…and then some.It seems like we get so caught up in our everyday lives that we rarely take the time to focus on building something that is really near and dear to us, such as our Home Staging and Real Estate Business.  We take care of everyone and ...

Happy New Year!  If you are like most people you spent the last week or so in preparation for the holidays…doing shopping, making sure the gifts were perfectly wrapped, cooking amazing meals and ultimately making sure that everything was exactly as your family has come to expect.   Good for you. ...

When I first started staging, I was an active real estate investor, so my first client was me! I really did not know what I was doing, but I knew that I had to fill my homes for the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time, and I thought the best way to do that was by making my house l...

Have you seen “Invictus?” If you haven’t, I would highly recommend it.  For me, it is sure to be a movie I will go to a second time as well as purchase the DVD when it is available.The title, “Invictus” is the name of a poem by William Earnest Henley that was first written in 1875. Nelson Mandela...

We have all heard the expression that there is a “full moon tonight” and when that happens, we often feel restless. Why do you think that is? Well, it could be because of the gravitational pull of the moon and the earth, it might be that we have seen too many werewolf movies or that it is the Uni...

Which would you prefer to be?  Most of you would logically say “Master” (or at least I hope you would) but the truth is that very few are actually willing and able to put in the effort, time, expense, and energy that is required to really master our craft.I think that once you have been APSD cert...

As we began our APSD Certified Trainer Beta Test Program with our 10 candidates, I told them that the greatest reward they will receive will be the success of one of the people they helped to train.For me, today, Christmas came early as I am celebrating not one, not two...but 3 successes for APSD...

I love all of our members at APSDmembers.com. Their talent, tenacity and vision amazes me. On the other hand, what stumps me is the oftne lack of confidence in all of their strengths, when they first come into our organization. I am amazed at how many extraordinary women are out that there really...