Home Staging Training Program

Have you been wondering if a career in Home Staging is right for you?
Would you like to earn money doing what you love?
Do you have a creative flair and help all of your friends with their homes?
Are you already a Home Stager who would like to feel more confident, have stronger design skills and be more competitive?
Have you bought, staged and successfully sold a number of your own homes?
Would you like to be your own boss?

Whether you are:

* A seasoned professional Home Stager
* Just considering a career in Home Staging
* Want to learn more about Home Staging in general

You've come to the right place!

It doesn't matter where you live or your level of experience, this program will work for you.

"The approach my staging training classes will take will be different. Unlike some of the other staging trainers, I'm out there in the field every day and my work is fresh. After preparing homes to sell for years, staging is second nature to me and I'd like to share my experience with you. I understand the psychology behind designing to sell. I am happy to share everything I know about the business aspects, and that alone will save you a huge amount of time but, I can also actually teach you the design principles (which after 20 years as Senior Design Manager responsible for doing just that, I can promise you they ARE teachable) so that you can create beautiful interiors that will sell homes! When you graduate you will be armed with the vocabulary, the skills and you'll be knowledgeable in the principles of designing to sell which will give you the added confidence to sell your services to clients. Don't worry about previous experience or knowledge. The classes will be relaxed and you'll be provided with all of the study materials you need."

The complete training course will be broken down into 3 modules; you can take them individually depending on your interests or at a reduced rate as a package.

Each module will consist of three -2 hours classes for a total of nine classes. I will be limiting each class to 6 participants.

Participants will receive a copy of my e-book, Styled by Design- The Design Principles of Home Staging, upon signing up. Included in the book are room-by-room staging checklists, which are perfect for staging consultations.

Prior to each scheduled class you will receive an email (PDF) of class materials to review including photographs of actual staging jobs I've done that illustrate the points we will be discussing. You will also be provided with a phone number and password to join the teleconference class. Participants will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions if they wish. Teleseminar classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 PM EST and will be comprised of approximately one hour of tutorial and one hour of Q&A.

In addition to the teleseminar classes, for a limited time, for those participants who are enrolled in all three modules, I will include one full hour of private one on one mentoring, assistance or critiquing. Also, I will welcome all graduates to join me for hand on experience at a real staging job on Long Island*

*Out of area students are welcome however, transportation and accommodations are not included. You may trade this time for an additional hour of mentoring, critiquing and assistance via photos/phone of any of your jobs.

"Most of the other staging training programs emphasize the business and marketing aspects of the job and they assume you have innate knowledge of design, and looking at staging portfolios out there, it shows. The bar is being raised on the level of staging competency. There is so much JUNK out there, don't miss the boat!"

The training module on Websites and Search Engine Optimization (getting your website found) will be taught by a special guest lecturer, Earl Netwal, micro business specialist whose niche is Home Stagers.

Ready to sign up? Find out even more about the program and to view the syllabus, click here:Home Staging Training Program

Allegra Dioguardi, President of Styled and Sold Home Staging LLC has a degree in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design and spent 26 years as an award-wining designer merchandising homes to sell for top national builders like Toll Bros. and Hovnanian. She worked for one of the nations largest, most prestigious Model Home Design firms, Builders Design . in MD, for over 20 years. After leaving Builders Design to pursue her own Home Staging business, Allegra was re-hired by Builders Design as a part time consultant to mentor and train their design staff on the design principles of merchandising to sell. Allegra started her own successful Home Staging company, Styled and Sold Home Staging, in March of 2006.

After fielding numerous requests for "design" help from other stagers, and looking at stagers portfolios, Allegra was inspired to write her home staging e-book Styled by Design, A Guide to the Design Principles of Home Staging. She is a frequent lecturer and has given standing room only seminars on Home Staging to the public and to professional Realtors for CED credits.

Would like to see a sample of Allegra's work? You can view it here: Home Staging Portfolio You're portfolio can look as good!

Allegra also writes articles and has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers as an expert in Home Staging and Interior Design.

I've been on a mission to raise the bar on the level of professionalism and effective staging techniques in the staging community and this seems the most direct way. I am offering a complete training program as well as a boutique menu with a variety of options including "on site" job experience and one on one mentoring and coaching and I will make available the most effective method to teach design that I know of; brainstorming in the form of constructive and encouraging critiquing".

Classes are forming now! Visit Staging Training by Design to sign up.

There is no such thing as required certification to become a Home Stager. Anyone can hang up a shingle and say they are a Home Stager. The reason people take a training program is to get themselves headed in the right direction, to provide them with the tools, the vocabulary, the confidence and to save them many months of the "learning curve" involved.

However, everyone loves to have something in writing that declares they are qualified. Therefore, graduates who complete all three modules will be "certified" and receive a diploma as having successfully completed the Home Staging Training by Design program.