September 2019 Los Angeles Staging Certification Course

Live the life you always dreamed of, with a fascinating Career in Home Staging and/or Interior Design while working side-by-side with top designers, like former HGTV and TLC Designer Wanda Colon who will be teaching The Academy Of Home Staging & Design’s September 2019 Los Angeles Staging Certification Course 9/23/2019 – 9/27/2019.

Whether you dream of having the skills to renovate your own home or others, design Airbnb rentals, flip homes, select the finishes for model homes, stage or redesign homes for a living … at The Academy of Home Staging & Redesign, they make acquiring the design skills to get there happen in less than a week.

About the instructor:

Wanda Colón has been in the design/decorative arts business since 2001. After moving to Los Angeles, her passions of design and art converged. She worked for Interior Motives in conjunction with opening up her own Decorative Arts business where she did interior design, murals and high end finishes. Some of her private clients include Kelsey Grammer, Paul Stanley, Cher and Johanna Carson. Her unique combination of skills made her a perfect fit for all of the design shows popping up on television. Wanda made guest appearances on HGTV’s “Designers Challenge” and “Designing for the Sexes” before she joined the design team of HGTV’s popular “24 Hour Design” as a co-host and designer. After another appearance on “Rate My Space”, Wanda became the Interior Design Host on TLC’s “Home Made Simple”. After 5 years of traveling across the country doing design for the masses, she is back in LA designing with Kim Kapellusch, owner of The Academy of Home Staging and Style My Space. Wanda is a Certified Instructor for The Academy, combining her design expertise with the elements of Home Staging to provide students with a wide-ranging scope of design and business applications.

The Academy of Home Staging and Certification Course Outline:

DAY 1

Overview of staging and 20 other staging related services you can offer
Before and after photos – how to make a statement
Staging and staging design principles, guidelines, and tips
2 hands-on accessory exercises
Create a furniture style board

DAY 2

Space planning and easy to duplicate room design formulas and fixes
6 part space planning exercise
Step by step, how to stage a room guide
How to charge and typical fee structures for a lived-in home staging redesign
Stage a live, lived-in home out in the field using what the homeowner already owns

DAY 3

Shopping secrets and best bargains
People on your team
What to have in your kit
Furniture representative discusses furniture rental procedures and you receive your furniture rental catalog
How to charge and typical fee structures for vacant home staging
Go into the field to measure and space plan a real vacant home
Select furniture using the furniture catalog and prepare a mock bid for the vacant home

DAY 4

Color Theory 101 with class exercises – Select a unifying paint color and complementary accent colors
How to charge and typical fee structures for home staging consultations
Consultation exercise on a real home – Determine layouts, upgrades, paint colors and practice client dialog. Role play with students and discuss alternative solutions.

DAY 5

Contracts
Insurance
Marketing, Advertising and Promotions – Over 60 effective ways to market for little or no cost
How to get on the first page of google
Crucial content for your business card, brochure and website
The 30 day agenda to your quick business start up
Congratulations! You’re Advanced Home Stager Certified!

When you register for the California September 2019 course and mention that you were referred by RESA, The Academy of Home Staging & Design will pay for your RESA home stager individual membership for two years (valued at $380).

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Felicia Pulley

Creative Director at RESA

Felicia is the Creative Director for the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA®). Her goal is to promote those in the industry who advance professionalism and excellence in real estate staging and provide valuable resources for home stagers and real estate agents alike.

Felicia has a background in production design and studied at Academy Of Art University where she had a focus in Motion Pictures And Television. In her free time you can find her reading about the latest marketing trends or hanging out with her husband in Disneyland.