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Sun On My Back Redesigns Workshops/Seminars
for the Do-It-Yourselfer

Sun On My Back Redesigns offers workshops and seminars for women like you who want to learn more about decorating, home staging and home redesign so they can do it themselves.

This is what one of our attendees had to say about our workshops....

Four friends went to Dana's animated course on budget decorating and we were all inspired to look at our homes and see how we could rearrange items to create more pleasing combinations. Dana motivated me to give away items that I'd been keeping, but were not really "me". I'm much happier with my small space now and am looking forward to taking more classes. They're fun as well as informative.
- Jan Bruno, White Rock

Home Staging for Selling – Top 5 Tips

Are you going to be selling your house in the next year and really don't know where to start? If you don't sell your house will you 'wish' you would have known where to spend your time, money and energy?

Selling your house is a very big job. It is one of your largest investments, if not the largest that you will make. Why would you not want to invest a little to make a lot? Whether you have lived in your house for 5 years or 25 years you need to know 'where and what' will make your house more marketable.

Before and after picture of living room

The market is always changing from a 'seller's market' and a 'buyer's market. In either of these market conditions you will benefit by giving your property 'broad buyer appeal' for your target market. All sellers need a competitive advantage in today's market place. Sellers need something that makes their home memorable and having a home that says 'WOW' when a potential buyer walks through it is the name of the game! Come and join us and learn from the 'Staging Guru' Dana J. Smithers who will share her Top 5 Tips to get your house SOLD!

Topic: Home Staging for Selling
Date: Postponed until further notice

It's with great pleasure that I share my experience with your potential workshop attendees. With Karen there to greet you and make you feel a part of the team, and Dana to guide you through all the steps, the course was a great way to meet new friends and learn all the little tricks of the trade. " Anything can be painted " was a great mantra to learn and used! Second hand treasures is the way to help the earth, your community and find treasures you didn't even know you wanted! This course gives you the confidence to follow your intuition, and learn that nothing is written in stone. You can change anything, anytime, anywhere.
Christine Berndt - A Woman and Her Paint Brush

Home Makeovers For Living in Transition – Top 5 Tips

Are you moving? Getting married? Getting divorced? Downsizing? Upsizing? Just need a change?

Workshop attendeesWe were meant to live well in our homes. Our homes are supposed to be our havens, our safe place away from the hectic world we live in. Most times we have the right furnishings buts we don't always know how best to place our furniture or hang our art.

Decluttering plays a big part in creating healthy revitalized energy in your environment. Your home is a reflection of YOU. Do you love what you see or do you need a little help with making your space love you?

Come and join us and get inspired by others just like you and learn from the 'Home Makeover Expert' Dana J. Smithers who will share her Top 5 Tips and show you how you already have everything you need you just need a little direction. She wants you to LOVE YOUR HOME!

Topic: Home Makeovers for Living in Transition
Date: Postponed until further notice

Budget Decorating Ideas without Credit Card Debt

Information session audienceJoin me for a fun morning learning some of my favourite decorating tips that encourage creating something new out of something old. Tips on how to reduce – reinvent - restyle your home using what you already have and by adding a few trendy items such as colour & accessories.

Bring some photos and time permitting we'll make some suggestions to you!

Date: Coming soon

1-2-3 Paint Colour Selection - Client Colour Consultation Course

Dana talking at colour workshop

Learn how to conduct a professional colour consultation with your clients.

You will be introduced to the main decorating guideline colours schemes used by professional decorators and interior designers.

Using the 1-2-3 Paint Colour Selection method you will pick an overall colour scheme for a home and apply it room-by-room. You will learn the latest colour trends and colour schemes that work best with the 4 styles.

Colour wheel and other painting toolsSPECIAL BONUS: You will receive your own Interior Design Colour Wheel!

Lots of handouts and exercises. Our Role Plays provide that safe learning environment where you can gain your confidence and add Colour Consultations to your existing services!

Topic: 1-2-3 Paint Colour Selection - Client Colour Consultation Course
Date: Saturday June 19, 2010
Time: 9am – 4pm
Location: 145 West 1st Street North Vancouver BC – just north of Lonsdale Quay
Cost: PRES graduates $197 plus gst;
other professionals $247 plus gst;
Register On Line: set this up please
Registration: Register and Pay Online here

or Email info@presstaging.com
or phone 1 888 296 3148

I had a lot of fun while I learned colour principles. Working with other students in "hands on" exercises made the information make sense. I will enter a colour consultation with much more confidence in my ability to give my client the best advice.
Love Dana's energy, professionalism, confidence and expertise. I am in awe of her knowledge and creativity. Her presentations are always chock full of information and fun. The hands on exercises were very invaluable!
Part of the fun of taking a course is meeting new people and interacting. Hands on courses are always good for learning and make the course fun. It allows you to learn from the instructor and your team mates.
If I knew learning was going to be so much FUN I would have done this a long time ago. Great class and love the participation.

Can't join us for the workshop... don't despair.

If you are unable to attend one of our workshops you can always purchase one of eBooks from our Do-It-Yourself series written by Staging & Redesign expert Dana J. Smithers. Check out her eBooks Do-It-Yourself Home Staging for Selling and Creating Curb Appeal that Sells! Her new eBook Do-It-Yourself - Hang Art Like a Pro! will be launched in the summer of 2009. Stay tuned for Do-It-Yourself Home Makeovers for Living in Transition coming out in the Fall 2009.

Stay tuned for our new One Day Colour Course; One Day Home Staging and One Day Redesign courses coming in the Fall 2009!

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Sun On My Back RedesignsDana J. Smithers

Sun On My Back Redesigns Owner
PRES® Professional Real Estate Stager Trainer
Founder PRES® Staging Resource Centre
604 836 7174 || info@sunonmybackredesigns.com

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