How does someone who's researching healthcare issues in a business school take up a study of home staging?

She works now in home staging and interior design.

But last year she detoured into the curious world of home staging.

Showhomes has gained national media attention for its "home staging with a twist" business model.

Home staging is the act of preparing a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace.

Furniture may be added to assist in communicating proper home staging and interior design.

Jane successfully completed Haverhill's home staging program and has graduated with top marks.

"Those are the people that really need to grasp home staging," Mr. Reid says.

In Britain, home staging is sometimes referred to as property presentation or property styling.

For those daunted by the prospect of home staging, there are companies all over Britain willing to take on the challenge for you.

A realtor, home staging expert, inspector, and mortgage banker are the panelists slated to speak.

While a number of home staging companies have cropped up in Calgary since they started their business three years ago, the couple says business remains steady.

Homestyling - Home staging, making a home look better when presenting for sale, when done by professionals.

In Sweden (in Swedish language often called homestyling), professional home staging has become popular after 2000.

But open shelving trends and the popularization of home staging has inspired courage for decorating food closets, she said.

Such specialists span business worlds, from real estate and financial planning to moving, home staging, personal organizing and "late-life coaching."

But to make life easier, the Home Staging Network (homestagingnetwork.co.uk) provides a directory of home improvement companies.

A good resource to find a stager is the International Association of Home Staging Professionals, at www.iahsp.com.

When dressing a home for an inviting atmosphere, severe lighting should be avoided and home staging should be used.

The popularity of the show has lent the word "house doctoring" to the British English lexicon, which is similar to the American term home staging.

Think of home staging as an opportunity to declutter, get rid of old and unwanted belongings, and get a head start on packing.

Users are able to search by room type for home staging ideas and inspiration delivered in short three- to four-minute webisodes and before-and-after slideshows.

It is the fourth in her six-book Caprice De Luca Home Staging mystery series.

Home stylists can be found on the membership database of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals, at www.iahsp.com or www.stagedhomes.com.

Think warm and cozy Home staging — techniques used to make your house look bigger, brighter, warmer and more appealing — takes on a new focus in winter.