Home Staging Tips

A properly staged home sells more quickly and for a higher price than a home that is not staged. In order to be successful in staging it is important to avoid the sales ploys claiming to stage your home. A seller must be aware of what works and what does not work.

Defining Staging

 There are three ways to stage a home. The first and most successful way to stage a home implements easy to do steps the home owner can use himself that include landscaping, making minor repairs, de-cluttering, cleaning, and de-personalizing their space. Another form of staging sellers employ is paying rent for a company to put furnishings in their vacant home. The least successful form of staging is paying a company to furnish their vacant home and placing a house sitter in the home.

What Works

The most successful staging is using a variety of sensible techniques that can be done by most home owners. The key to successful staging is enhancing your home's appearance not hiding the flaws. Successful staging utilizes the existing décor making minor adjustments to make a home more modern.

• Curb Appeal: First impressions are everything, and the outward appearance of your home should leave a positive impression. Trimming the lawn and shrubs, adding flowers for color, and painting the exterior are all inexpensive and easy methods that beautify and improve on your home.
• De-Clutter & De-personalize: It is important to open up your home and take away distractions. Removing bulky furniture and unnecessary items in odd places creates more space. Cleaning and organizing places in your home like closets also improves your home's appeal. Personal belongings like family photos present distractions, and by removing them your buyers can focus on the space for themselves. Further, getting rid of excess belongings helps you get a head start on cleaning and packing up your home.