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Chic Home Interiors offers several certifications for design, real estate and other business professionals: Dewey Color Consultant, Certified Eco Professional, and CSP Elite Affiliate ( a home staging designation exclusively for Real Estate Professionals). Additional, we design and implement in-house green training for business, including Recycling & Waste Reduction, Water and Energy Conservation, Composting, Toxins & Indoor Air Quality.
The 2-Day Dewey Certified Color Consultant Course is a certification program based on the Dewey Color System that does ensures that the designers color recommendations will create an environment that really takes into account the client and their color sensibilities. The Dewey Color System, the world s first scientifically validated color test, has been compared favorably in scientific journals to the Strong Interest Inventory and other psychological testing instruments. We Make Color Easy has taken the principles of the Dewey System and, with the assistance of experienced design professionals from across North America, created a training course that makes color recommendations easy. Now design professionals have a system and tools which allow us to conduct in-home consultations that recommend exact paint, fabric and accessory colors room-by-room without the fear of a color mismatch, using the patented Dewey Color Coordinator. This training can be in person or via the web.
The 1-Day Certified Eco Professional certification is for all business, design, real estate, building and non-profit professionals who want a well-respected green certification to work with their clients. The Course was designed by the Live Green, Live Smart Institute, an International organization, focused on environmental initiatives to design low impact, green, sustainable and environmentally friendly housing. The certification program is based on primary practical research while building The Sustainable Home, one of the world's greenest homes, which was awarded the first LEED for Homes Platinum Certification in December of 2007 by the US Green Building Council.
The 1 day Elite Staging training is a comprehensive workshop providing insight, principles, best practices and strategies for real estate professionals to assist property sellers to use home staging to maximize equity gain during the sale of a property
The 2-Day Dewey Certified Color Consultant Course is a certification program based on the Dewey Color System that does ensures that the designers color recommendations will create an environment that really takes into account the client and their color sensibilities. The Dewey Color System, the world s first scientifically validated color test, has been compared favorably in scientific journals to the Strong Interest Inventory and other psychological testing instruments. We Make Color Easy has taken the principles of the Dewey System and, with the assistance of experienced design professionals from across North America, created a training course that makes color recommendations easy. Now design professionals have a system and tools which allow us to conduct in-home consultations that recommend exact paint, fabric and accessory colors room-by-room without the fear of a color mismatch, using the patented Dewey Color Coordinator. This training can be in person or via the web.
The 1-Day Certified Eco Professional certification is for all business, design, real estate, building and non-profit professionals who want a well-respected green certification to work with their clients. The Course was designed by the Live Green, Live Smart Institute, an International organization, focused on environmental initiatives to design low impact, green, sustainable and environmentally friendly housing. The certification program is based on primary practical research while building The Sustainable Home, one of the world's greenest homes, which was awarded the first LEED for Homes Platinum Certification in December of 2007 by the US Green Building Council.
The 1 day Elite Staging training is a comprehensive workshop providing insight, principles, best practices and strategies for real estate professionals to assist property sellers to use home staging to maximize equity gain during the sale of a property
Chic Home Interiors is based in Oakland, CA, USA
Our company name embodies who we are and what we bring to the table. Webster defines Chic as smart elegance and sophistication.
Chic's founder, Joanne O'Donnell, has been professionally staging quality homes in the Bay Area since early 2002 and training since 1975. She has been a Trainer for the Certified Staging Professionals, assisting in the development of the program from the beginning, managing trainers and mentors in the acclaimed CSP organization and training home stagers throughout North America. She also taught the Accredited Staging Professional course in California and Nevada for over three years. She has trained both Real Estate Agents and professional Home Stagers in all aspects of Home Staging. She is the Treasurer for the Real Estate Staging Association and was a charter member of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals. Joanne was instrumental in developing the prestigious Dewey Color Consultant program as part of their Advisory Council and currently teaches the program in Northern California. Certified in Staging and Redesign by the Society of Decorating Professionals, Joanne is a well respected leader in the Staging, Color and Design industries.
Joanne was trained in sustainable practices and green build science by the founder of the Live Green Live Smart Institute, Peter Lytle. She has been training professionals in sustainable living and building in the USA and Canada since 2008 and began doing sustainability consulting and green team building with her new company, Eco Chic Partners in 2009. Chic Home Interiors and Eco Chic Partners are proud green businesses, using EcoStaging practices in their design projects and sustainable principles throughout their operation.
Joanne attended the University of Illinois for both her undergraduate and graduate studies. She has successfully translated her 25 years of solid business and interpersonal experience as a Human Resource Manager and Executive Recruiter to an exceptional customer service culture at Chic. Joanne has leveraged the knowledge she shares with her students to focus on building Chic into the premier Home Staging Company in the Bay Area.
Chic's founder, Joanne O'Donnell, has been professionally staging quality homes in the Bay Area since early 2002 and training since 1975. She has been a Trainer for the Certified Staging Professionals, assisting in the development of the program from the beginning, managing trainers and mentors in the acclaimed CSP organization and training home stagers throughout North America. She also taught the Accredited Staging Professional course in California and Nevada for over three years. She has trained both Real Estate Agents and professional Home Stagers in all aspects of Home Staging. She is the Treasurer for the Real Estate Staging Association and was a charter member of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals. Joanne was instrumental in developing the prestigious Dewey Color Consultant program as part of their Advisory Council and currently teaches the program in Northern California. Certified in Staging and Redesign by the Society of Decorating Professionals, Joanne is a well respected leader in the Staging, Color and Design industries.
Joanne was trained in sustainable practices and green build science by the founder of the Live Green Live Smart Institute, Peter Lytle. She has been training professionals in sustainable living and building in the USA and Canada since 2008 and began doing sustainability consulting and green team building with her new company, Eco Chic Partners in 2009. Chic Home Interiors and Eco Chic Partners are proud green businesses, using EcoStaging practices in their design projects and sustainable principles throughout their operation.
Joanne attended the University of Illinois for both her undergraduate and graduate studies. She has successfully translated her 25 years of solid business and interpersonal experience as a Human Resource Manager and Executive Recruiter to an exceptional customer service culture at Chic. Joanne has leveraged the knowledge she shares with her students to focus on building Chic into the premier Home Staging Company in the Bay Area.
Certified Eco Professional





: Make GREEN a part of your home and business.
Earn a CEP certification when you take the CSPa Certified Ecoa Professional Program.
Available across North America, the CSPa Certified Ecoa Professional Program for Business Professionals, Real Estate Professionals, Home Stagers, Decorators, Contractors, Home Inspectors and Community Activists is designed to educate corporations, business professionals and individuals more...
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