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Exciting News: House Candy Home Has Moved to Santa Barbara!

 

At House Candy Home, we focus on what we love most—thoughtful, personalized design that makes every home shine. Whether you’re elevating a single room, selecting colors and materials for a remodel, or creating a vacation rental guests can’t stop talking about, we bring intention, creativity, and joy to every project.

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Often referred to as a “house whisperer,” Ashley channels an intuitive understanding of styling, flow, and furniture layout—expertise shaped by years of award-winning home staging. This rare skill set informs every design decision, ensuring your home feels beautiful, balanced, and genuinely lived in.

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We’re thrilled to bring our design experience to Santa Barbara and can’t wait to make homes here as inspired, livable, and inviting as the ones we’ve had the joy of transforming for our clients.

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Awards, Recognition & Credentials

We’re honored to be recognized locally, nationally and internationally for our design excellence and contributions to the home staging and design industry.

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Awards & Accolades

• 🏆 “Best Home Staging Company on the West Coast” — Apartment Therapy

• 🏆 RESA “Top Overall List Property Stager – United States”

• 🏆 Santa Cruz Sentinel Reader’s Poll Winner – Best Home Staging & Interior Design

• 🏆 Top 10 – 2024 RESA Industry Awards (Best Occupied Home Staging & Vacation Rental Design)

• 🏆 Winner – 2023 International Staging Awards, Best Transformation

• 🏆 Winner – 2023 RESA Industry Awards, Best Occupied Home Staging

• 🏆 Named One of Fixr’s Top 50 People Driving the Home Staging Industry

• 🏆 Recognized by RESA as a Top 10 Vacation Rental Designer in the U.S.

• 🏆 Named One of RESA’s Top 10 Occupied Home Stagers in the U.S.

 

Certifications & Professional Affiliations

• Graduate, Uploft Academy – Interior Design

• Master Color Consultant

• Master Interior Styling & Composition

• Certified STR Design Specialist

• RESA Accredited Member

• Graduate, Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program

• Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations & Business, San José State University​

 

-Ashley Tapley, Owner

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