RESACON 2025 Breakout Session Speaker
Cathy Hobbs
From Design to Staging: Room-by-Room Recipes for Success
In this session, Emmy award-winning interior designer and stager Cathy Hobbs takes stagers on a deep dive into how to use interior design principles in home staging to create stunning, buyer-ready homes. Drawing from her book, Home Design Recipes, Cathy will explore how staging differs from interior design and how stagers can leverage trends without over-personalizing. She will also break down room-by-room strategies for maximizing marketability, addressing common mistakes, and applying a “recipe” approach to staging success.
Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to blend style with strategy, implement trend-aware yet timeless staging, and refine their approach for higher-impact results.
By the end of this RESACON session, attendees will:
- Understand the fundamental differences between home staging and interior design.
- Learn how to apply interior design principles to home staging while maintaining broad market appeal.
- Identify key trends in home staging and interior design for 2025 and how they influence buyer perception.
- Gain insights into common staging mistakes and how to correct them.
- Discover a room-by-room approach to home staging that maximizes a home’s selling potential.
Meet Cathy Hobbs: Emmy-Winning Interior Designer & Home Staging Expert
Cathy Hobbs is an Emmy award-winning television personality, interior designer, and home staging expert known for her signature “design recipes” approach. As the founder of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes, she has built a reputation for creating stylish, market-ready interiors that help homes sell faster and for top dollar.
With a background in both interior design and real estate staging, Cathy brings a unique perspective on blending high-impact aesthetics with buyer psychology. She is also a nationally recognized speaker and industry educator, regularly sharing her insights at leading home staging and real estate events.
Through her book Home Design Recipes and her extensive media presence, Cathy empowers home stagers to elevate their craft with trend-savvy, market-smart design strategies.