Home Staging Classes

Home staging classes are a great way to get an introductory lesson in home staging. There are a great many ways to take a class in home staging, from an online class to a class at an accredited college.

One of the most convenient places to take an introductory home staging class is to contact local home stagers and find out if they give classes. Most stagers will try and work in classes for real estate agents in order to make contacts and perhaps acquire some business leads. Agents usually have to take so many hours of classes per year to maintain their licenses, and staging classes qualify for this requirement.

We have recently discovered home staging classes at a local high school in their recreational offerings, usually at night. This class is, more often than not, taught by a local home stager who is reaching out into the community for contacts that may turn into customers one day. This can be a terrific overview of the basic principles of staging if the staging instructor has a lot of experience.

Online classes, both in eBook and video formats, are also quite convenient, especially if you are working full time and can't get away during the day. Working through a class at your own pace makes learning about staging perfectly suited to the time you have available. Some online classes are really full-blown courses (see Home Staging Courses ) and go into great depth -- more than a single introductory staging class will. Some of these courses are pricey and more suited for someone who is thinking about entering staging as a profession or is interested in completely staging their own home.

Community colleges (junior colleges) are another place where you can go and take one or two staging classes. These are usually offered in association with the design department and do not lead to any type of degree or certification.

Classes can be offered by companies looking for people who want to work in the staging business. Be a bit wary of any company offering guaranteed employment - their class is usually extremely expensive. We're not quite sure how they can guarantee employment but we're a bit suspicious and think that you should be, too. We have found that classes taught by local stagers who might be looking for assistants are a great way to learn the principles of staging in an "apprenticeship" format.

We always recommend taking a home staging class or two before spending a lot of money on an extensive course of study. See if you enjoy learning about staging and are willing to go through all the grunt work (yes, there's a lot of grunt work) before you commit to an extended program.

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