Essential tips for staging your home
Staging your home is one of the most important parts of the home selling process and is often one of the ways home sellers can easily lose a sale. Staging your home takes a bit of work to do successfully, but once it’s accomplished it can mean you’ve shown your home to a variety of interested potential buyers and are that much closer to recouping your investment.
The staging of a home is essential to show potential buyers the many possibilities that your home offers them. They should be able to walk in and see themselves living in your house once they’ve bought it. A successful staging experience means people walk in and out with a vision of their future in the house you’re selling.
Leaving home to stage it is difficult, but not impossible! There are many ways you can bring out the best in your home without leaving the clutter of your life around. When organizing your home, be sure to remove any evidence of “you” such as family photos, refrigerator magnets, and evidence of children or pets. Be sure to put everything where it belongs (like clothes, shoes, and bedding) because people who attend your open house will be rummaging through every nook and cranny of your home.
Another tip for staging your home is to think like a buyer: what parts of the house would you pay more attention to? What household items are good or bad? Is the furniture in the room distracting? What about the color of the walls? Walk through your home looking like a shopper and remove any extra furniture that may be cluttering a space, as well as any other distracting items. You want to take your home to its simplest form while giving potential buyers the ability to imagine themselves living in this space.
Each room in your home will need to be arranged differently to accentuate the form and function of those places. For example, the bedroom should exude comfort and relaxation with neutral colors and minimal furniture around it. Take some of the clothes out of your closet to make that space look bigger, and make sure you clean everything thoroughly.
Bathrooms are another room that is often overlooked, but must be taken care of. Bathrooms should be simple and elegant, with a complementary color scheme and impeccable cleanliness. See if your bathroom fixtures need updating, and don’t be afraid to spend a little more on new towel bars, a shower curtain, cabinet knobs, etc. A few candles don’t hurt either!
You should also plan for a deep clean of every room in the house, either yourself or by hiring a professional. Steam cleaning carpets, rugs, dusting drapes, and making sure to scrub even the most inconspicuous places can make your home sparkle.
Organizing your home is one of the most vital parts of selling it!