Home Staging and Redesign

Here are some easy and simple tips that may help stagers or agents deal with nagging problems found in and around many homes.  Cleaning Glass Showers  To clean the glass in the shower easily, apply lemon juice to the glass with a sponge. Then, take newspaper and wipe the lemon juice off the glass...

Congratulations to Linda Lemiere-Zile of Longview, WA for successfully completing her requirements to attain the CSS/CRS designation from the Academy of Staging and Redesign. She is now a Certified Staging Specialist and a Certified Redesign Specialist. The Academy is very proud of Linda's achie...

Congratulations to Donna Collins of Manassas, VA on achieving the designations of Certified Staging Specialist and Certified Redesign Specialist from the Academy of Staging and Redesign. Donna passed the exam and submitted an outstanding portfolio to meet the requirements and prove her talents an...

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I'm pleased to announce that the following real estate agents have passed the exam to earn their CREHSA designation from the Academy of Staging and Redesign (Decorate-Redecorate.Com).  CREHSA stands for Certified Real Estate Home Staging Advisor.  The designation was developed so that agents coul...

Proverbs says this:  "Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty." (Proverbs 21:5)  As I contemplated what this meant and the truth about it, I realized how important it is. In our fast-paced society, we tend to look for shortcuts (or at least ways to do t...

Your before and after pictures can tell the all important story of how staging and redesign make such a powerful statement and a world of difference. In nearly 40 years in the business, I've seen it all I think. And I'm still perplexed at the way people arrange their furniture and accessories. Ma...

Here are some common mistakes consumers and stagers often make when choosing the framing treatment for works of art. All too often the framer will not warn when poor choices are being selected. They fear they will lose a client or get a bad referral if they object to what is being chosen. This is...

After teaching the art of arranging furniture and accessories to thousands of students across the globe, some very definite patterns of mis-judgments have surfaced which I thought I'd discuss here briefly and offer a suggestion for a practical solution. I became so convinced of this method, I wro...

We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Hoeschele of Fountain Valley, CA has achieved the designation CREHSA (Certified Real Estate Home Staging Advisor) after successfully passing the exam and submitting a copy of her California Real Estate Brokers License to the Academy. Stephanie purchased o...