Determine Your Sucess
January 6, 2022

Determine Your Sucess

You are Going to Be About Just About As Successful As You Determine To Be? Five talented individuals take the same professional certification class and have the same desire to start a decorating or staging business. All have equal talent, yet three will succeed and …

by Carol Bass
Is Talent Enough?
October 9, 2020

Is Talent Enough?

Is Talent Enough? By Carol Bass Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare today.                                                                                                                                                               Malcolm X Have you ever watched someone with 15 years of lessons play the piano?   They are good maybe even great. But someone …

by Carol Bass
September 8, 2017

Back to School with The Decorating and Staging Academy

The school year is well underway and with the littles back in the classroom you may be considering heading back to the classroom yourself. But when it comes to going back to school you may be worried about your ability to get into the classroom. …

by Sandra Racz
February 20, 2015

Love it? Steal it!

Do you Love the Idea? Steal It!  Really?  Yes, you heard it from The-DSA. Steal or get inspired by creative ideas or products you love…but there are guidelines for the “grab”. Pinterest, Houzz and shelter magazines are all driven by creating a desire so strong you want to mimic what you …

by Sandra Racz
January 22, 2015

Decorating or Staging-Yes, You Can

Talent is not learned…it is encouraged, inspired, cajoled and refined.  But most of all, talent needs to be recognized.  In my industry, I meet people every day who love creating beautiful rooms but diminish their talents in an attempt to be modest.  I get it…I …

by JoAnne Lenart-Weary