Home Staging Tips What is Home Staging and how does it help me sell my home? Top 10 Home Staging Rules Staging tricks & tips What accessories does a professional Home Stager use? What are problems with staging your home?				A Staged Livingroom This livingroom uses a warm color palette and makes great use of the light coming from the large windows. A Staged Entry / Dining Room This entranceway / dining room announces a very warm welcome to visitors. The room is nicely decorated with no clutter. Everything in this photo is perfect! A Staged Outdoor Area This photo shows more than just a deck and hottub. With the wine bottle, bubbles in the tub and tv on, it helps the buyer to envision a specific "lifestyle". A Staged Kitchen A lovely kitchen with stainless steel appliances, modern upgrades, neutral colors and completely free from clutter. Add a couple of cookbooks and a small spice rack and the room would be perfect! A Staged Bedroom A small amount of furniture can make a room appear much larger A Staged Landscaping A perfectly manicured entranceway is a great way to start your Open House Tour NOT Staged - Kitchen Remove all clutter from the counters, the outside of the refrigerator should be bare, wash & put away dishes. Shut all cabinet doors. A Staged Kitchen Neutral colors, brightly lit, no clutter and perfect! Not Staged - Family Room This room is too vacant. Adding a small amount of furniture, a plant and an area rug would make this room more inviting. NOT Staged - Kitchen Box up all your what-nots and put them in storage until after you move. In this photo, you can not see the room for all the clutter. View more images here
What is Home Staging and how does it help me sell my home? Home staging is beyond decorating and cleaning. It's about creating a mood. Staging makes your house look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more loving and, best of all, it makes home buyers want to buy it. Staging is what you do after you've cleaned, de-cluttered, painted and made minor repairs. It's all about decorating each room to its full potential. Staging a room does not mean making it sterile and lifeless. The purpose of staging is to create a feeling of "warmth" and "hominess". If there are 10 homes for sale in your neighborhood, you definitely want to "stage" your home before showing it because of the competition with the other homes. You want to make sure that your home is the one that buyers are most impressed by. Home Staging is the very best way to get top dollar for your home as you prepare it for sale. Homes that are "staged" sell faster and for more money! This is because "staging" sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. This will then lead to your home selling for the highest possible price in today's market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top 10 Home Staging Rules CLUTTER: Get rid of clutter in every room including closets CLEAN: Clean everything spotless LIGHT: During a "Showing", turn every light in the house on, even in closets. Make sure each room is well light by increasing the wattage in your lamps & fixtures. FURNITURE: Re-position the furniture in rooms to make the room more flattering or appear larger. You can move furniture or artwork from one room to a different room. PAINT: Paint the rooms that need it. Keep your own personal style out of it and go for neutral colors in the living room and bedrooms. You can use a little more color in powder rooms or an accent wall. Trick: To make a small room appear larger, paint it the same color as an adjacent room. This will create a flow. KITCHEN: If the kitchen is an eye-sore, but you don't have the money for remodeling, get new updated cabinet doors, latches and drawer pulls. BATHROOMS: You can freshen up a bathroom by giving it a spa-like feel such as rolled up towels, decorative baskets, fancy soaps and candles. Purchase new items such as towels, soap dispenser and new candles. ODOR: Pet odor can be a real problem especially in the Winter months when windows are rarely opened. Clean litter boxes daily. Use a room fragrance if needed. ART: Invest in new artwork to give a room a completely updated look. FLOORS: Get rid of old tattered rugs (and window treatments). Cover old wood floors that are an eye-sore with a new large area rug. FINISH: Finish any unfinished projects and repairs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staging Tricks & Tips ALL ROOMS: Less is Best! Rooms that have too much furniture and accessories make a room look smaller. Consider the flow of traffic throughout the rooms. Reduce the furniture to create open floor space. Vacant rooms will also make a room appear smaller. Adding a few furniture pieces, rug, and window treatments will show buyers a room's potential. Depersonalize the room by removing family pictures, memorabilia, awards, diplomas and religious items. You want the buyer to be able to picture themselves living in that space. Remove all offensive or controversial magazines and artwork. Take all the fish plaques or deer heads off the wall. Open the windows when possible to let in fresh air. There is nothing worse than the smell of smoke or pet odors. Brighten the room - Turn on the lights and open the curtains, drapes, blinds, try energy saving 60 watt light bulbs. A good window cleaning will let in more light. Extra touches - Fresh flowers, a comfy throw on the couch, a new log in the fireplace. KITCHEN: Apply orange oil to cabinets that appear worn to renew their original luster Put out large bowls of fruit such as polished apples, bright oranges, luscious grapes Arrange colorful and fun cookbooks on the counters BATHROOMS: Add baskets filled with spa treatments such as Towels tied with ribbons, Scented soaps, Lotions, Moisturizing & Facial jars Put aroma therapy candles along the edge of the jacuzzi tub DECKS & LANDSCAPING: Show off your "Outdoor" living space Plants and potted flowers Picnic tables with bright, plastic dinner plates, napkins and stemware Put up strings of party lights or Chinese Paper Lanterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What accessories should a seller use to "Stage a Home"? The following are items a professional home stager would use to spruce up a house. You may have many of these items already. If you don't, they can be purchased at any home decorating store, Target or Wal-Mart. Mirrors Plants / Silk Flowers Floor & Table Lamps Candles and Candle Holders Artwork Area and Throw Rugs Love Seats Ottomans Throw Pillows Afghans Baskets Tables & Chairs Bassinet Inflatable Queen Size Beds Fancy Bath soaps and Spa supplies What are the Problems with Staging Your Home? If you are living in your home while trying to sell it, it is difficult to go about your daily functions in a room that has been "staged". For example, paperwork, files and books would need to be cleared off a desk In the kitchen: toasters, blenders and loaves of bread would need to be cleared from the counters. A big trash can would need to be hidden or removed. In an entranceway: umbrellas, shoes and jackets would need to be removed. Amazon.com: Find Books on "Home Staging", "Home Staging Business", & more...
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