Color, Decorating, Redesign, Staging

$3950 Live Learning ($686 savings)
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What’s Included in Your Tuition:

  • Comprehensive Manuals
  • Essential Forms
  • Learning Aids
  • Color Harmonies Handbook
  • Professional Color Deck
  • Affiliate Discounts
  • Hands-On Projects with Paint, Fabrics, and Design Elements

Live 5-Day Intensive Professional Training Program

Immerse yourself in our comprehensive 5-day live training program, designed to take your interior design skills to the next level. With 56 in-depth modules, 65 supportive handouts, and two detailed manuals, this program provides everything you need to succeed. Plus, you’ll receive a customized FREE iPad to enhance your learning and streamline your design practice.

At the core of our curriculum is the Confident Color System, a revolutionary color selection method that blends the science of color with the intuitive power of numbers. You’ll master color communication, allowing you to confidently guide clients without ever needing to ask, “What’s your favorite color?” This hands-on training gives you real-world experience by working in actual homes with real clients, ensuring you can apply your knowledge in impactful ways.

Throughout the course, you’ll develop a deep understanding of the Interior Redesign and Decorating process, learning how to creatively use what the client already owns while mastering the art of placement. We complement this with an extensive exploration of interior decorating, ensuring your skills reach the next level. Our visual, instructor-led sessions are crafted to maximize your learning, supported by a wealth of resources, including manuals, forms, learning aids, and hands-on projects with paint, fabrics, and other design elements.

Expand Your Expertise with Home Staging

Add Home Staging to your skill set and create an additional revenue stream for your business. Learn the art of preparing homes for sale by maximizing their selling features. Our program equips you with a solid understanding of design principles and insights into the target housing market—essential for making any property stand out in today’s competitive real estate landscape.

Comprehensive Training for Aspiring Interior Designers

Combine The-DSA's most powerful programs—Confident Color System, Interior Redesign, Interior Decorating, and Home Staging—to gain the confidence and skills to create stunning interiors every time. You’ll learn how to begin the decorating process by focusing on what the client already owns, expertly blending it with the art of placement. With a thorough understanding of how to implement color, you’ll be ready to delight clients and enhance your earning potential. Whether working with large budgets or small, Interior Decorating/Redesign, combined with the Confident Color System and Home Staging, can transform any room into a beautifully designed space.

 

Class Outline

The Art and Science of Color
Color Terminology
Understanding the Color Wheel
Elements of Color:
Hue, Saturation, Value, Tint, Tone, Shade
Why the Elements of Color Matter
Influences: Colors, Lighting, Achromatic, etc.
Color Harmonies made Easy
Understanding Undertones, Hue Bias and Overtones
Decorating in the Zone with Color
Perfect Palette vs. Pleasing Palette-which is best for your client
Code the Color Deck
Translating to different mediums
Real vs. Perceived Color Recognition
The Confident Color Consultation Forms Kit
Colorization Tools and How to Use Them
Learn How to Measure Color
Color Harmonies in Fabrics, Upholstery, Cabinetry,
Flooring, Accessorizes
Top Ten Color Mistakes and Secrets

Business and Marketing

Business Start-up Guide- licenses, tax id, insurance
Naming your Business
Identifying your Target market
Pricing your Services
Additional Revenue Streams
Credentials and Certifications
Marketing through Credibility versus Visibility
Press Releases, Blogs, Websites, Branding
Kindred Spirit Marketing
Presentations that Rock and Attract Clients
Advertising-Free, How to Attract Media Exposure- Print Advertising

Resources

Free Membership in International Directory

 

 

Completion of this certification will earn you one year membership in the The Decorating and Staging International Directory. This directory allows you to showcase your certifications, business, offers links to social media platforms, highlight your bio, photo or logo and the identifies you as a certified member of The Decorating and Staging Academy.   We will walk you through the steps to max out SEO with the use of the national logos.  The membership allows you to take advantage of discounts, free webinars and more. $1000 value

Please contact us if you have any questions.
[email protected] or 888-383-9555