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training… The Decorating Studio and Practice Lab

Our training studio was designed to function as a decorating and skills practice lab in order to offer you a personalized, hands on training experience. You will get the opportunity to:

• Practice accessorizing bookcases, tabletops and mantels
  
  
• Learn simple 3 step methods for choosing fabrics and paint colors for clients
  
  
• Create greenery and floral arrangements
  
  
• Discover simple ways to create décor vignettes
  
  
• See and handle the supplies, tools, inventory and props used in a redesign and staging business
  
  

Your studio experience will include:

• Live instruction by instructor, Sandy Dixon
  
  
• Guest expert presenters
  
  
• PowerPoint presentation of before and after room arrangements, accessorizing and artwork placement
  
  
• Hands on studio exercises

Interior Arrangements, Inc., one of the country’s outstanding redesign and real estate staging training companies, proudly announces the opening of its new, one of a kind training studio and practice lab at the Colorado Plaza Building in Evergreen. Interior Arrangements, Inc. offers 3 and 5-day redesign and staging certification workshops for those interested in the field of interior redesign and/or real estate staging.

“This expansion means that my students have even more access to all the design elements that they’ll see in the real world,” says Sandy Dixon, owner of Interior Arrangements, Inc, whose workshops include live, work environment modules where students practice their newly acquired redesign and staging skills in area homes and in active listings. “We’ve created commonly found decorating elements like mantles, bookcases, artwork walls and accessories to give students hands-on experience arranging and decorating. We cover everything from color and fabric selection, accessorizing tables, shelves and mantles, to how and where to hang artwork. We even practice using power tools!” says Dixon. Her highly interactive workshops also use real life case studies to discuss both common and unusual décor issues, along with creative problem solving techniques for challenging rooms.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s RealEstateJournal.com, staging can increase the selling price of a home from 2 to 10 percent. Realtors often advise sellers to hide dirty dishes, brew an aromatic tea or bake cookies to make potential buyers feel comfortable. Effectively preparing a house to show at its best often goes well beyond such obvious tips, though. That’s where Dixon’s company comes in.

Students are taught the step-by-step techniques to rearranging the existing contents of a room that works every time in any home, regardless of how much or how little there is to work with, whether things are new or old or even match. They are given the forms and methods to implement practical marketing and promotion systems for growing their business and taking it to the next level. Dixon’s unique ”Learn and Earn” business philosophy teaches students how to stimulate creative thinking, polish their professional skills and build repeat and referral networks.

“The redesign and staging industry is attracting entrepreneurs who want an exciting business that can be done part-time or as a second or third career, beyond just real estate agents adding it as a service to help them get more listings and sell them faster. Anyone with a passion for home decorating, who enjoys diversity and utilizing their creative skills and who wants to transform the interior of homes within a day, will love this career,” continues Dixon.

Interior redesign can significantly reduce stress in your life by eliminating the anxiety of decision making and wondering where to start, and by giving rooms a fresh, relaxing and inviting new feel. Many people start using their rooms again and entertaining more once they’ve been redesigned.

Dixon draws individuals interested in her interior redesign and real estate staging workshops from across the country, including professional organizers, real estate agents, interior designers, property managers, those seeking a new career that gives them a creative outlet, or retirees looking for an active, part-time career. She also travels the country presenting her workshops, and incorporates a mentoring service to coach business owners.

Dixon, who started Interior Arrangements in 2002, is a former real estate agent who has a background in marketing, training and sales management. She first became fascinated with the “use what you already have” design philosophy as a corporate executive traveling extensively for business. Before unpacking her suitcase, she would instinctively rearrange the furnishings of her hotel room, as well as personalize the space by adding potpourri, candles and framed, family photos that she had brought from home “When you find the activity that when doing it, you lose track of time, forget to eat and get totally immersed in it, you’ve found your passionate purpose in life. Doing this and teaching others to do the same is mine,” concludes Dixon.

Want to learn more about Interior Arrangements, Inc.'s 3 and 5-day workshops? Visit our workshops page. Contact Us with comments or questions!

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