{"id":11924,"date":"2018-04-26T06:42:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T06:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qcdesignschool.com\/?p=11924"},"modified":"2018-04-26T06:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T06:42:07","slug":"4-tips-increase-spring-income-home-staging-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qcdesignschool.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/4-tips-increase-spring-income-home-staging-courses","title":{"rendered":"4 Tips to Increase Your Spring Income with Home Staging Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]Hurrah! As the vestiges of winter are melting away with the snow, you\u2019re gearing up for staging season! Spring signals a fresh start. And what better way to start anew than to move into a new home that better suits your lifestyle and personal goals for the year?\n\nYou may not want to sell your own home, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get in on the action. If you\u2019ve been thinking about starting a new career in home staging, now\u2019s your chance! It\u2019s much more than just simple decorating, and it takes a trained eye to get really good at it. To get your career off the ground, why not take a home staging course? Keep reading for our tips on how taking home staging courses can help increase your spring income!\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Connect with Clients<\/h3>\nWith any personable service job, you\u2019re expected to connect and maintain good relationships with your clients<\/a>. Strong working relationships will lead to big opportunities. After all, your clients will\u00a0 hire you to read their home, accentuate its best features, and improve its market price.\n\nA good staging course will go in-depth about how to develop good relationships. It’s not always easy for introvertive stagers to come out of their shell to new clients. But, it\u2019s much easier to give great client-service when you know exactly what to do and say during your professional meetings. Most importantly, you need to know how to listen!\n\nYour clients are likely in a semi-stressful situation inbetween buying and selling a home. By learning how to listen, you can show them that things haven\u2019t spiraled out of control. You\u2019ll show them that their budget, ideas, and restrictions all matter to you. And when you develop good relationships with clients, there\u2019s no telling how much great exposure and business you\u2019ll get![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][image_with_animation image_url=”11927″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%” delay=”250″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create Curb Appeal<\/h3>\nOnce the trees start to bud, you\u2019ll know that spring really has arrived. Most people believe home staging just involves transforming the interiors of a home, but it\u2019s much more than that. Never underestimate the power of an aesthetically pleasing exterior!\n\nCurb appeal<\/a> refers to how a home looks when buyers first pull up into the driveway. It\u2019s the first touchpoint for buyers to see whether they\u2019re making a worthy investment. Does the building look rundown and about to collapse? Or, does it look clean with beautiful fresh flowers and a well-manicured lawn? A home with good curb appeal looks more inviting. Potential buyers \u00a0should be able to envision themselves relaxing in the new space. \u00a0There\u2019s no greater turn-off than coming home to an ugly front door after a long, hard day of work \u2013 not relaxing at all!\n\nYour home staging course will go through the ins-and-outs of creating curb appeal. From mending cracks in \u00a0the driveway to weeding the front lawn, you\u2019ll learn it all. Without the proper training, you may not have even considered this aspect of staging at all!\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capitalize on Color<\/h3>\nJust as the flowers bloom and come alive with bright colors, so should a home\u2019s interiors. Your income will increase if you understand how to capitalize on your skills in working with color. Selecting rental pieces that have trendy lines and modern materials is one thing. But knowing your color theory<\/a> can truly set you apart from the competition.\n\nBesides brightening up any space, studies show the power of color in relation to psychology. Despite the de-personalization tasks of home staging, you need to create a mood for potential buyers walking through the house. How can you make them feel connected to the home? Why, through color of course!\n\nRed incites passion and\/or anger, blue with calmness and cleanliness. And even within these broad color descriptions, shades, tints, and color combinations create strikingly different overall effects. It goes deeper than just emotions, too. Did you know that cool-toned color schemes in small rooms make a room feel colder than larger rooms with less sunlight? It also works double-duty in making the room appear larger than it is! This knowledge is essential when staging a home for sale. You need to accent a home\u2019s best qualities while making the most of what you have.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][image_with_animation image_url=”11928″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%” delay=”250″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coming From Other Careers<\/h3>\nDo you have any previous training in professional organizing, interior decorating, or color consulting? Home staging incorporates elements of all these fields. So, your previous experience will give you a welcomed advantage in many of the overlapping concepts! Another bonus? You\u2019ll be able to expand your portfolio of services! In your home staging course, you\u2019ll combine all these ideas except in different ways. Instead of inventing new storage solutions, you will keep clutter from creeping back into the home during the sale period. Those design elements will come in handy when you\u2019re decorating the house to clearly define the use of each room. And your color training? It\u2019ll help you create unique and inviting spaces that help home buyers imagine themselves in the space.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_column_text]\n

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