Biography - Christine Rae
A leader in the home staging field, Christine Rae, President of Canadian Staging Professionals
™ (CSP) provides aspiring home stagers with the opportunity to learn from one of
the leading experts in the field. CSP offers a well-developed curriculum for students
resulting in Canadian Staging Professional™ certification. This intensive, hands-on workshop
is delivered across North America.

Christine’s experience and expertise in home staging is highly respected. In 2001, after twenty years in executive business management and sales, Christine decided the time was right to pursue her passion for interior decorating. Training with pre-eminent interior designer, Lauri Ward, who has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and Inside Edition, she went on to train with Barb Schwarz of
Stagedhomes.com and held the position of Regional Director for that company for three years in Canada, North East United States and the UK. During her career she expanded
and honed her skills by studying with JoAnne Lenart-Weary, the ‘One-day Decorating Queen’ and Co-Founder of the Society of Decorating Professionals, and with Ann Maurice,“TV House Doctor” and original staging guru, author of six books and host of four TV programs which millions of viewers watch worldwide.

The CSP™ program was developed and released in September 2005, in response to demand for a staging training program with ”meat”. Having personally taught more than 1400
people how to start a staging business, Christine has quickly become known as an expert
in the field and is one of the most certified trainers in North America. Within the first
year of its existence, CSP certified 450 staging consultants across Canada and in August
2006 CSP™ launched its program in the U.S. Christine has co-authored an e-book titled
Home Staging Business Guide and is currently working on another book to be published
in 2007, which will be in a unique, thought provoking format to provide the public with
staging information.

Recently, Christine studied with Dewey Sadka, pre-eminent colour expert. Christine is the
only Dewey Colour Consultant and Instructor in Canada and sits on the Dewey Colour
System advisory council. Dewey created a multi-patented system that is now the world's
first scientifically valid, color-based personality test. He has been featured on HGTV.COM,
Discovery Channel, CNN, and written about in over 40 national magazines.

In 2004, Christine won an International Staging Award of Excellence. She is an affiliate of the Interior Design Society, charter member of the Society of Decorating Professionals
and founder of the International Staging Professional Association.