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Residential Decorating Consultant

April 20, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Understandably, over the past few years, attitudes toward our homes have changed significantly, affecting the entire interior design, decorating & staging industry. Consumption rocketed. Revenue in the decorating market exceeded $28 BILLION in 2023 and is forecasted to grow annually by 5.0% YOY through 2028. Would you like to have a piece of that business?

“Perfecting the Art of Decorating” is a comprehensive interior decorating master class designed to excite, illuminate, and empower individuals with knowledge and skills. Whether you are a staging professional wanting to expand your business or improve your work, someone with a penchant for style and décor wishing to start a business, or simply a homeowner wanting to beautify and enhance your own home, THIS class is for you as you learn to evaluate, plan, and decorate residential interiors.

Why Did We Create The Course?

We know many stagers impress their sellers so much that the request comes in to help that same client when they move into their new residence. Decorating or long-term living is different from staging. The RDC program will help you select additional items when working with owner-occupied properties and provide advice as they prepare for long-term living.

The skills learned in this course will also help practitioners who work with seniors, stagers wanting to improve their portfolio, practitioners who work in short/mid-term rental/vacation design, and even those with color certification to expand their skill sets and earning power. The practical, real-world curriculum, garnered from working with clients in their homes, will enable you to work in person and create mood boards or 3D renderings.

Objective:

To provide participants with the confidence, ability & understanding to create visually appealing and harmonious living spaces either from scratch or work with what people have while advising on their subsequent shopping purchases. We discuss the full array of tools, trends, styles, colors, lighting, accessories, art, furniture, and placement. You will understand the fundamental elements of the main design principles, how to solve problems, and how to decorate rooms from scratch. You will learn everything except window treatments.

Benefits:

  • Learn and understand design principles and styles
  • Gain confidence working with color, lighting, accessories, and art
  • Develop the ability to design & execute complete room makeovers
  • Learn how to use room planning software for client visualization

decorating - staging to stayModule One: Introduction to Interior Decorating

  • The role you play in transforming space.
  • Trends, essential tools, and design styles
  • What you need to know about sustainable, eco-friendly & biophilic practices, aging in place & universal design
  • Learning space planning software tool

Module Two: Space Planning

  • Working with the lifestyle questionnaire
  • Analyzing the five aspects of a room
  • Space planning: measuring function, focal point, flow, furniture placement & floor shape

Module Three: Design Fundamentals 

  • Understanding the three design elements
  • The Golden ratio and how to use it
  • Scale, proportion, balance, and rhythm

Module Four: Lighting, Accessories and Art

  • The role lighting plays in creating ambiance and mood
  • Three layers of light, best color temperature
  • Size, scale, and placement
  • Suggested lighting for various rooms
  • Selecting, placing, and use of accessories and art

Module Five: Color and Texture

  • Color: understanding the color wheel & various palettes
  • How to work with existing furnishings and provide a refreshing new look
  • Color balance, color mapping & healing color
  • How to work with patterns & texture for depth & interest
  • Hands-on exercise creating a color palette for a specific room

Module Six: Putting it All Together

  • Shopping wholesale – list of vendors
  • A simple recipe for outstanding rooms
  • Workflow process
  • Final project and presentation

What does the RDC Training include?

  • You earn a designation as a Residential Decorating Consultant™ to leverage your marketing,
  • Three 4-hour sessions with Christine Rae (who is certified in decorating)
  • Homework project assignments with feedback
  • Final assignment exam: putting into practice what you learned
  • Beautiful linen certificate, personalized with your name and the seal of the CSP International Business Training Academy
  • 6 credits toward your Master of Real Estate Staging Designation
  • Resources, preferred pricing vendors, and wholesale vendor list
  • Access to the RDC marketing portal with forms for business, graphics for social media, and ideas for creating business
  • How to work and make money with eDesign Software
  • Preferred pricing for extended learning in Biophilic Design, Universal Design, Aging in Place, Renovation Project Management, Color certification, and Residential Senior Transition and Feng Shui for Living

FEE: $799  CSP’s: $749

DURATION: 12-Hrs. Three x 4-hr sessions

CREDITS: 6 CECs towards Master of Real Estate Staging designation

 

DATES:

 Saturdays, April 20, 27 and May 4, 2024

TIME:

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT All Sessions

TRAINER: Christine Rae

Register today!

Residential Decorating Consultant™ Course

your instructor, christine rae, master certified staging professional

Details

  • Date: April 20, 2024
  • Time:
    12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Presented By

  • Christine Rae
  • Phone 905 984 6955
  • Email linda@StagingTraining.com