About Decorating Jobs for Stay-At-Home Moms

Finding a job for a stay-at-home mom that provides flexibility and a decent source of income can be challenging. But there are several types of decorating jobs that require minimal investment of time and money. From home staging to cake decorating, there are opportunities out there for creative moms.

Home Staging

Home staging is a relatively new concept of decorating homes for sale. It is a specific type of decorating emulating the model home look and targeting potential buyers. While becoming an interior designer may take lots of time and money, there are a number of online courses for home staging that can be completed in several weeks. HomeStagingResource.com has a three-week online course that teaches interior design principles and how to start a home staging business. Home staging provides a flexible schedule for stay-at-home moms who would like to focus on home decorating.

Children's Room Decorating

If you have artistic talent and love flipping through magazines such as Pottery Barn Kids, decorating children's rooms could be your niche market. Painting murals on kids' walls has become very popular over the years. Other services could include theme decorating for rooms such as animals, sports or princess themes.

Crafts

With technology today, there are ample opportunities to get creative with craft projects to sell online. Etsy.com is an online shop that allows people to sell anything they have personally created. From original art to furniture to purses, handmade items of all kind are available. Decorating ideas include painting furniture, using colorful tiles to make mosaic mirrors, decorating your own greeting cards and making hair ribbons.

Cake Decorating

For those of you who are skilled bakers, starting a cake decorating business may be an attractive option. You can start slowly by baking cakes for birthday parties, graduations, baby showers and other special events for friends and family. As your business expands, you could also include other baked goods such as candies and cookies.

Warning

There are many scams out there offering large amounts of money to work from home. Be sure to fully research any opportunity before investing your time or money.

References

• Home Staging Resource
• Etsy
• SugarCraft