Tamara Grant, Director of Operations TCSS™

Principal Certified Home Staging Specialist, Creative Visual Stylist & Marketing Strategist.

DECOROLOGIST

"Putting $10 in and getting $30 out, that's called an investment."

The Dreamer Behind the Dream

Want to sell your home quicker and for more money? It's destined to be when you stage with me!

Tamara Grant has had a gift for fashion, designer trends, accessorizing and home styling from her youth days, always infatuated with home accessories and lifestyle elements, creating floor plans to arranging furniture space and flow. Those that know Tamara will say she has the natural ability and talent and was "born to do this."

What makes Tamara unique from many other home stagers is her Client Relations background at Sheridan College and the extensive business training in Project Management and Interdisciplinary Studies at York University's Schulich School of Business Executive Education Center. Prior to that, right after obtaining her OSSD with Honours, she pursued Broadcast Journalism at Mohawk College, gaining a knack for public speaking, television, radio, print and communications media while furthering her talents in creative and copy writing. Her past business background and corporate healthcare experience in Coordinator Services and Office Management duties have spanned nearly two decades, gaining ample experience working with clients, managing projects and people and dedicating herself to creating positive business experiences.

Tamara is a proponent of pursuing education and has continued to educate herself, with a first home staging designation, followed up with a second home staging designation with TCSS™ The Certified Successful Stager™ and obtained her Recognition of Achievement from Seneca College after completing courses in Personal Organizing, Colour Theory and Home Staging. In November of 2016, Tamara was a featured panelist representing Canada on the LeverageUp Entrepreneur Success Panel in New York City at the fabulous Intercontinental Hotel in Times Square. She has most recently obtained her Eco-Stager Certification with The CSP International™ Business Training Academy.

Tamara, home staging specialist at Destined Dreams further works with realtors across the province on showing them the benefits and opportunities of Home Staging in today's real estate market. Tamara can be found in publications such as The Waiting Room, Homes & Land, Our Homes, Look Local Hamilton and The Hamilton Magazine. Destined Dreams is also the proud Platinum winner of The Hamilton's Spectator 2017 Reader's Choice Awards for Best Home Staging Business. Destined Dreams placed second place for the 2017/2018 CHCHtv Business Excellence Awards . Gold for The Hamilton Spectator 2018 Reader's Choice Awards for Best Home Staging Business. And most recently, Destined Dreams received the Diamond First Place for the 2019 & 2020 Grimsby Lincoln News Reader's Choice for Home Staging and Interior Decorator in the Home Improvement and Professionals Category. Destined Dreams has also triumphantly placed first for the 2019 Hamilton Spectator Reader's Choice Awards for best Home Staging Company. One of Tamara's proudest moments was in May 2018 when she was recognized by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board for her partnership with the Parent Involvement Committee. She is also a proud partner with LP Public Relations and Aristocracy Luxury CS based out of New York City and Toronto, specializing in luxury branding, celebrity special event styling & promotions, and project management. Destined Dreams has transformed events for the likes of elite celebrity clientele like fellow Canadian Director X, Jamal Woolard (who played the Notorious B.I.G. in the 2009 movie Notorious), Joel Fuller founder of 40oz Bounce Tour, rapper Fabolous, DJ Boof (official deejay for the Wendy Williams Show) and Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon to name a few and worked with sponsored luxury corporate brands such as Ciroc, Moët & Chandon Champagnes, Bacardi Canada and Dusse. Look out for more upcoming collaborations between LP Public Relations and Destined Dreams through their exclusive partnership PR deals.

Tamara and her team has garnered a broad clientele base of well-known reputable Realtors and by partnering with some of the most successful brokerages around the city of Hamilton and surrounding suburbs, such as St. Jean Realty Brokerage and Keller Williams Complete Realty, Brokerage. In 2020, Destined Dreams also joined forces with Sutton Group Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage, both their Oakville & Mississauga locations.

Tamara's humanitarian efforts include a Food and Clothing Drive in partnership with Keller Williams Edge Realty, Brokerage and Keller Williams Signature Realty, Brokerage, with donations sent to Burlington Food Bank and Halton Women's Place. Prior to that, Destined Dreams ran a Blessing Bags project filled with life's every day essentials. This initiative's partnership was with the YWCA Hamilton where Destined Dreams provided Blessing Bags to the 65 women living in transitional housing at the YWCA. Destined Dreams is making a difference, one person at a time. Destined Dreams also participated as exclusive decorators for Oakville's St. Andrew's Christmas House Tour in 2017 and in November 2019 for the Junior League Hamilton-Burlington 37th Annual Holiday House Tour of Distinctive Homes.

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Meet The Dream Team

Let us give you the A+ service you deserve!

When looking for a Professional Home Stager, ensure they are accredited with proper credentials and have the Destined Dreams' Dream Team be your go-to! Our exceptional team consists of certified superior home staging specialist with proper training and skills required to help you and your clients with all your home staging needs! With our fully staffed team of Home Stagers, we are able to bring effective efficiency to every home we stage in each neighbourhood!

Nevine-Nasr USC™ - Home Staging Associate

I am a proud Oakville resident and I studied pharmacy and also worked as a Sales & Marketing Manager. Since being certified in October 2016 I've had multiple staging projects in Oakville, Burlington, Brampton and Mississauga . I strongly believe in team work and women empowerment.
Safinaz-Samir-Maghawry-Moursi USC™ - Home Staging Associate

I am a certified Home Stager and Redesigner with a certification in Feng Shui. My goal is to help potential sellers unlock their home's fullest potential.
Nivien AbouHenaidy USC™ - Home Staging Associate

I am originally from Egypt, where I worked as a radiologist. My attention for details fostered through years of medical school and working in this field has always fed into my passion for interior design and home decor. I decided to follow my passion when I moved to Canada and completed my certification, becoming a certified home stager. This enhanced my existing staging skills that I have used when decorating my daughters’ and friends’ homes. Together with this team of stagers, I have done work in Mississauga and Hamilton and can’t wait to see where I’ll work next. My goal is to make your house someone else’s dream home.
Emilia Musayeva USC™ - Home Staging Associate

I am a Certified Home Stager and Decorator/Re-Designer, with great listening skills and attention to details. I use my passion and knowledge to transform homes by making them beautiful, stylish and full of positive energy!

Our Vision

At Destined Dreams we take pride in being reliable, driven, quality-focused, committed and courteous while fostering rewarding relationships, professional partnerships and respectful work environments. We promise to take all required steps to ensure the journey for you is a positive experience.

Our Team and Specialization

Destined Dreams is the premier home staging company catering to home sellers who are looking for a competitive marketing edge when selling real estate. We service clientele in the Hamilton-Wentworth, Halton, Niagara, Brant, Peel and GTA Regions.

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Our professional real estate home staging solutions and home styling services for occupied or vacant houses, new constructions and model homes helps home sellers and real estate agents sell properties quicker and for top dollar.

We pride ourselves as certified professional stagers that offer quality product and quality home staging & redesign service as industry leaders that provide value to our clients. We are results focused and stylish trendsetters, but also use the most advanced and successful home staging techniques and methods. We never stop educating ourselves about new home staging secrets and design trends to bring the best staging designs to your home.

We specialize in transforming and enhancing properties into inviting, sophisticated and luxurious properties that home buyers fall in love with. We draw on our expertise to meet the unique needs of each client and get sheer joy out of providing the key influential selling tool, helping to contribute a competitive and necessary edge to help package and present your home product for more value.

We make ordinary spaces into extra ordinary places!

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We are Eco-Stager™ Accredited

Contact certified home stagers at Destined Dreams for luxurious home staging, real estate staging, property enhancement and interior decoration services offered to clients across Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Ancaster, Milton, Burlington, Oakville, Grimsby, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Lincoln, Pelham, Thorold, Welland, Waterdown, Caledonia, Brantford, Cambridge, Flamborough, Dundas, Mississauga, Brampton and all of GTA!