| If you're wondering when you'll stop feeling nervous | | | | the client's narrow staircase because the legs didn't |
| about how a home staging project will come together, | | | | unscrew. Or the time I took two drapery panels out of |
| you should know that you may always feel that way | | | | their packages to discover one had been mislabeled |
| and that if you do, you're completely normal! | | | | and was 14 inches too short a mere hour before the |
| You'll never be able to anticipate every problem or | | | | photos were due to be taken of the property. |
| surprise that could come up and it's impossible to see | | | | Those houses still looked fabulous and thanks to some |
| how your staging design ideas will all come together | | | | last minute creative problem solving, nobody knew the |
| until you're completely done. | | | | difference and guess what? Nobody died. The world |
| I've been a home stager for seven years and I'm still | | | | didn't end. |
| nervous until I'm completely finished of a staging | | | | Most live performers feel nervous before a show |
| project. There will always be small hiccups (and | | | | even if they've been touring for years but once they're |
| sometimes large ones) that can throw you off but | | | | onstage they're fine. Think of the moment that a home |
| they're the challenges that keep things interesting and | | | | staging project comes together as "show time." You'll |
| help you grow as a stager and anticipate future | | | | see that it always comes together and that you |
| problems. | | | | always feel anxious until that moment. |
| Like how I once rented an armchair that wouldn't fit up | | | | |