Staging Industry Experiences Difficulty Locating Suitable Rental Furniture

Certified Staging Professionals partners with Dominion Furniture to help members rectify the challenge

Toronto, ON June 16, 2008 Certified Staging Professionals (CSP) and Dominion Furniture Rental located in Toronto, Ontario, have reached an agreement to provide Certified Staging Professionals with preferred pricing for rental furnishings for use in staging properties for sale in the Greater Toronto area.

Certified Staging Professionals take note of member’s plight of not always being able to locate sufficient, affordable, quality furniture pieces, delivered on time and with exceptional customer service in the GTA area. In an effort to alleviate the strain on members finding suppliers who can provide excellent customer service, which CSP consultants themselves demand from their own companies, CSP has stepped up to the plate negotiating and providing their members, yet again another preferred pricing partner.

“Providing solutions to our members every day business challenges is part of why we are Canada’s Leading Staging Training Program.” explains Christine Rae, President of Canadian Staging Professionals. “We have a number of Toronto based Furniture Rental Companies who provide CSP™ special services, even so, the increasing demand for home staging of vacant properties in the GTA and surrounding area, sometimes make it difficult for the furniture companies to keep enough stock. We anticipate the demand to continue to increase over the next few years. As the demand for stager’s increases, the staging industry will be hard felt to meet the work demand, unless we prepare now. Home furniture rental companies also need to be prepared for this growth, sooner, rather than later”

Dominion Furniture Rental located in Toronto, Ontario has been family owned and operated since 1962 and is committed to satisfying their customers’ furniture needs; they back this up with their “Pledge of Satisfaction.” Dominion Furniture Rental not only offers the CSP™ consultant, a variety of quality furnishings and guaranteed delivery on schedule (with sufficient notice), they are also providing preferred pricing, which will be passed along to homeowners and real estate professionals, who hire CSPs to stage their property. In addition, CSP™ consultants will be able to register on the Dominion website and do actual staging quotations which can be emailed directly to their client. Dominion Furniture Rental stocks plenty of high quality furnishings for you to choose from. All products are displayed on their website: www.domfurnrent.com.

With the growing popularity of real estate staging shows like “Sell this House” on HGTV, homeowners now appreciate the value and realize the need for staging. CSPs are trained to select the appropriate furnishings to highlight the features of the property. Dominion Furniture Rental carries various styles of furniture so CSPs will always be able to choose the right feel for each project.

Certified Staging Professionals™ and Canadian Staging Professionals™ (CSP™) are a leading authority on home staging training. Headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, CSP™ trains home stagers across the greater United States and Canada (as Canadian Staging Professionals); CSP™ has the largest network of accredited Canadian consultants coast to coast. CSP™ puts their students to the test, literally. By requiring potential stagers to pass a thorough test, the quality of work provided by stagers increases; and the inherent advantages of increasingly qualified stagers are passed on to homeowners and real estate professionals. CSP™ consultants are recognized as having sound industry knowledge and abilities. www.stagingtraining.com

Angela Brooks (angela@stagingtraining.com)
Director, Marketing & National Accounts
Certified Staging Professionals
188 Woodside Drive
St. Catharines, Ontario L2T LX6
Phone : 1-888-Staging
Fax : 905-984-6142
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