Tampa Area

6-Day Home Staging Certification

Tampa Home Staging Course

Your journey at The Academy begins the moment you walk through our doors and share your personal goals for your Home Staging business with us so that we may personally guide you in the direction, and to the level, of your desired success in the Home Staging arena. At every turn, your creative exploration is encouraged and nurtured through unique hands-on and field exercises coupled with mentoring and expert industry advice. Regardless of previous experience, this program is specifically developed to take you through a learning progression from beginning to advanced techniques, covering every aspect of design and business acumen needed to thrive in this truly rewarding, and fastest growing segment of interior design.

Advanced Home Stager Certification for Emerging Stagers:

Our Mission

Our Mission is to empower passionate individuals with extensive knowledge and confidence down a path to unlimited success in the Home Staging industry.

Your journey at The Academy begins the moment you walk through our doors and share your personal goals for your Home Staging business with us so that we may personally guide you in the direction, and to the level, of your desired success in the Home Staging arena.

At every turn, your creative exploration is encouraged and nurtured through unique hands-on and field exercises coupled with mentoring and expert industry advice.

Regardless of previous experience, this program is specifically developed to take you through a learning progression from beginning to advanced techniques, covering every aspect of design and business acumen needed to thrive in this truly rewarding, and fastest growing segment of interior design.

Advanced Home Stager Certification for Emerging Stagers:
The Academy of Home Staging's hands-on approach to learning and application equips you with the tools and training needed to leave the program and launch your own business. Over the course of six fun, information-rich days, our instructors and guest speakers will help you master critical design principles, employ a systematic process to simplify each home staging project, and integrate sound business fundamentals into your new staging practice.

Tampa Home Staging Itinerary

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!

DAY 6

• NEW! - The White Box Challenge Exercise.and How to Get Showcased on TV
• Just like on the HGTV’s "Design Star" television series. Bring your A game, as your team puts into action the skills learned from the week for yet another, Day-in-the-Life, hands-on project. This includes designing a "white-box" room from scratch while incorporating the space planning, color theory and style savvy gained at The Academy. A fun and collaborative day come to a close with the winning team receiving bonus accolades for Best in Show and tips on how to get your work showcased on TV.
• Your team will utilize all the skills from the week to design, execute, project manage and present:
• A design concept and space plan for the white box room
• Go "shopping" in our vast warehouse for the room's furnishings and decor
• Install the team's "Wow Factor" design plan
• Present your design and receive feedback
• Celebrate a life changing week and new found friends and Q&A with the Design Show talent manager

LA Home Staging Classes

The hands-on Interior Design or Home Staging Courses teach the How-to of Home Staging or Interior Design, along with the principles and practices for establishing a Successful Business.

The Certified Instructors are leaders in the Home Staging/Interior Design Industry.

The Instructors take the time to personally coach and mentor the students every step of the way, through advanced design and business applications and hands-on classroom and field exercises.

Our system allows real-life design or home staging training and experience. Also, not typically included in other programs, but included in this one, is 1 month of coaching

Instructor Wanda Colón:

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. She joined the design team of HGTV’s popular “24 Hour Design” as a co-host and designer. She 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 partnered 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.

At The Academy, we like to keep class sizes smaller to give our instructors the opportunity to monitor and structure the direction of the class in response to the students needs. In an effort to keep these limited seats available to as many that would like to attend, our refund policy is as follows:

Our Refund Policy is good for 90 days after your investment. Our transfer policy is good for 1 year.

Within 3 days of your paid registration, you may receive a full refund less 3%.

Within the 90 day refund period, and with a 30 day notice of your registered dates, you may receive a full refund less 25%. Our transfer options are good for up to 1 year. While a transfer voids any refund options, it retains your full investment. If you are unable to attend the training you registered for, a 1-time transfer can be granted 4 weeks or more in advance of your course. Transfers with less than 4 weeks notice before your registered class requires a doctors note and board approval. You may also transfer your seat to another party with 2 weeks written notice before class.