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Home Staging Offers Job Security

Debra Gould
March 16, 2009
If you´ve been dreaming of starting a home staging business but are hesitant to quit your job to do so in this recessed economy, you should consider a few things.

For starters, all you have to do is turn on the news to know there´s no such thing as job security anymore. Even if you currently have a job, it´s not a bad idea to set up your home staging business on the side!

Home staging offers the flexibility to do that so you´re no longer completely dependent on your employer, and if your day job suddenly evaporates, you can put all your energy into growing the business you´ve already started.

Owning a business offers much more security than being employed by someone else.


The best part of starting your own home staging business during a recession is that you will have greater control over your future because you won´t be dependent on a single company to pay your way.

If you think a full-time job is a secure way to generate an income, remember that the U.S. economy lost 2.5 million jobs in 2008, and the losses for the early part of 2009 have been devastating. A similar, though less dramatic, scenario exists in Canada and in most countries today.

When you look at these numbers, does it seem like a good decision to put your dream of starting a home staging business on the back burner?

Why would you pin all your hopes and financial security on being employed rather than investing in charting your own course as an entrepreneur?
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Debra Gould

Debra Gould, aka The Staging DivaŽ, is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by many requests from aspiring home stagers wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Gould has trained 1000+ Staging Diva Graduates worldwide to start their own businesses. All shared a natural talent for decorating and interest in real estate, but didn't know how to make a living in their own house staging business before learning her secrets.

Debra Gould's mission is to inspire and empower others to use their natural talents to earn a living. She followed her dreams and wants to teach others to be able to do the same.

Gould pursued an MBA in Marketing and began a corporate career before moving to advertising. In the 1980s, she launched one of the first integrated marketing firms, which she ran for 10 years. Wanting a more creative life, Debra gave it up to design home accessories. She created the Debra Gould Home Collection, landing a magazine cover story and book feature, followed by her first of several HGTV appearances.

Buying decorating and selling six of her own homes in four years lead to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a new staging career with the launch of sixelements.com in 2002. Since that time she has staged homes for hundreds of clients in addition to providing home staging training.

Gould is the author of "Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home staging tips, tricks and floor plans", "Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The easy way to pick colors for home staging projects", and "Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide: Winning clients with the perfect home staging portfolio".

In addition to HGTV, Debra Gould's media coverage includes: CityTV, GlobalTV, CBC, CBS Radio, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Woman's Day, Reader's Digest, MoneySense, Entrepreneur, House and Home, Home & Decor, Style at Home, Centre of the City, USAA Magazine, FabJob Guide to Become a Home Stager, Home Style, National Post Homes, This Old House, Home Business Magazine, Globe & Mail and others.