If you've been browsing the online decorating help pages or conversing with any realtors, you've heard of the trend sweeping the continent. It's called home staging and the point behind it is to make houses for sale in Windsor or indeed anywhere seem more attractive by the simple expedient of decorating it a certain way when home buyers are coming by to take a look. Home stagers stand to make a lot of money off this trend, so how do you get in on it? By having a stellar portfolio. You can accomplish this by completing one of these Ontario courses.
Canadian Staging Professionals
This organization has a number of locations throughout Ontario and the rest of Canada which run hands on workshops in the art and business of home staging specifically designed to help prospective stagers open their own businesses. Training includes 30 hours with an instructor learning everything from how to sell homes for sale Vaughan to different types of people to home staging statistics. Graduates receive a certification and membership in the organization.
Center Stage Home
Affiliated with local realtors, the Toronto staging company known as Stage to Sell runs training courses under the Center Stage Home brand for prospective stagers as well as doing client consultations for those who want to sell Toronto waterfront condos. Courses are all hands on and come in 2 day or 4 day lengths. 2 day workshops cost approximately $900 and 4 day workshops about $1,800. Training covers both the business and artistic aspects of staging.
Ontario Trade Academy
This private career academy in Oshawa hasn't been around long (only since 2005) but has already built up a stable of courses related to real estate, including floral design used in landscaping in Toronto and home staging. Their four part course covers the actual act of staging as well as interpersonal troubleshooting and how to start a small business. Graduates earn certificates.
QC Design School
This school, which is based in Ottawa, has the capability to train home stagers who want to work on condos for sale in Downtown Toronto as well as those setting up in small towns because it offers the chance to study through distance education. Graduates receive dual certifications in home staging and redesign from the International Staging and Redesign Professionals. Length is two to ten months depending on the time students devote to it and includes books, DVDs, computer programs, and art materials.
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