Staging Studio Students Named 2020 RESA Award Finalists!

RESACON is one of our favorite times of the year. It's a chance to connect with other leaders in the industry, share inspiration with one another, and celebrate our amazing students who win the Real Estate Staging Association's Home Staging Industry Awards™.

Submissions are now open for RESA's 2021 Home Staging Industry Awards and IAHSP Best of Home Staging, and we can't wait to see this year's finalists and winners. Click here to enter a submission for RESA. Click here to nominate a stager (or yourself) for the IAHSP Best of Home Staging.

This year, RESACON is going to remain virtual because of coronavirus concerns. But that's not going to stop the fun! We're especially excited to find out which of our Staging Studio alum win BIG in the RESA Home Staging Industry Awards™. Our students are known to make a name for themselves after they finish their training – and many are award winners each year.

Two Staging Studio students accepted awards during the 2020 RESA award ceremony on July 23rd! Congratulations to our winners:

• Attractive Interiors won Luxury Home Staging Team of the Year! Heather Good, SDP® and Master Color Consultant® is the founder of the company.
• Susi Pereira, Path to Profitability student, won Vacant Home Stager of the Year in Canada AND Occupied Home Stager of the Year in Canada.

The RESA 2020 award finalists included a number of Staging Studio community members among the ranks. We're so proud of all of them!

Here are the award finalists who are Staging Studio students:

Natalie Lorenz, Staging Design Professional® (SDP®) Master Level and Staging Studio Featured Stager

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Lynne Rhea, SDP® Master Level, Master Color Consultant®, and Staging Studio Featured Stager

• Best Vacant Home Stage of the Year - USA

Courtney Schomburg, SDP® Master Level

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

 Jeff Johnson, SDP® Expert Level

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Rita Oliva, SDP® Expert Level

• Best Rising Star Home Stager of the Year, Vacant
• Best Rising Star Home Stager of the Year, Occupied

Kara Vallenari, SDP® Pro Level

• Best Vacant Luxury Home Stage of the Year - USA

Bonnie Garceau, Master Color Consultant®

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Roxanne Flett, Buy Like a Boss Student

• Best Rising Star Home Stager of the Year, Vacant
• Best Rising Star Home Stager of the Year, Occupied
• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Lisa Schugg, Buy Like a Boss Student

• Best Rising Star Home Stager of the Year, Vacant

Krisztina Bell, Design Trends Student

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Anna Franklin, Path to Profitability Student

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People 

Karena Koh, Path to Profitability Student

• Best Vacant Luxury Home Stage of the Year - Canada
• Best Home Stager of the Year - Occupied Canada
• Best Vacant Home Stager of the Year - Canada

Luci Terhune, Path to Profitability Student

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Susan Pereira, Path to Profitability Student

• Best Vacant Home Stager of the Year - Canada
• Best Occupied Home Stager of the Year - Canada
• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

These amazing finalists took their business to the next level with Staging Studio's marketing resources.

Barbara Heil-Sonneck

• Best Vacant Home Stage of the Year - USA
• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People
• Best Vacant Luxury Home Stage of the Year - USA
• Approved CE Instructor of the Year 

Stephanie Kelley

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Patricia Marie Kelly

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People
• Kathy Nielsen Spirit Award

Ellen Mann

• Best Home Stager of the Year - Occupied Canada
• Best Vacant Home Stager of the Year - Canada

Laurie Mattson

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People
• Best Home Stager of the Year - Occupied, USA
• Best Redesigner of the Year

Nicole Schenk

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

 Yolanda Tillman

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Plus, three of our own Staging Studio team leaders are finalists:

Julie Young, Staging Studio Co-Founder

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Debbie Boggs, Staging Studio Co-Founder

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

Andress Eichstadt, Staging Studio Creative Director

• Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People

If you weren't nominated last year, don't worry. You, too, can become an award-winning stager with the right training. Earn your certification as a Staging Design Professional® to uplevel your home staging game and super-charge your business. After that, we wouldn't be surprised to see you among the RESA Home Staging Industry Award finalists next year.