10 Tricks to Stage Your Home to Sell

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10 Tricks to Stage Your Home to Sell
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• Whether youve moved out or are stilling living
  in your home, presenting it in the best light to
  potential buyers is the key to a fast sale at a
  premium price. Staging your home is one way to
  achieve your goal by highlighting the aspects of
  your home which make it unique or special. In
  fact, studies show staged home can sell anywhere
  from 50 to 75 faster than non-staged homes.
• Staging consists of setting up furniture and
  décor in an attractive way throughout the rooms
  of your home. An empty home may need pieces added
  rather than showing a bare space. If youre still
  living in the house, staging may consist of
  removing certain pieces and altering others. You
  can use your own items or rent furniture and
  decorations to stage a property. Here are a few
  tricks to ensure you get the best results from
  your staging.

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1. Reduce Clutter

• If you live in the home youre selling, try to
  remove excess furniture and décor as well as
  personal items as you can. You wont be able to
  pare it down as much as if the house were empty,
  but work on removing at least half of what you
  have. Focus on the living room, master bedroom
  and family room. Rent a storage unit for your
  extra stuff until you sell.

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2. Move Furniture Away from Walls

• Many homeowners try to maximize space by pushing
  all furniture along the walls. To create an open
  feeling and improve traffic flow, group items
  together away from the walls. Create conversation
  areas and small groups which dont hinder the
  walk area.

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3. Give Purpose to Rooms

• You can add your information about this building
  hYou may have a third bedroom you no longer use
  because a child has moved out or a finished attic
  space you never utilized. Move a few pieces of
  furniture in to give it a purpose. Buyers need to
  be able to imagine how they could utilize each
  room. A twin bed or small desk turns an empty
  room into a guest room or office without a lot of
  work. If youre staging your home after youve
  moved out, try to put a few pieces in all of the
  main rooms to help buyers visualize how the house
  would work for them.

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4. Light Up the Space

• Professional stagers increase the amount of
  lighting in a room to add warmth. You can do that
  by switching out 50-watt light bulbs for 75-watt
  or 100-watt bulbs. Add a mixture of lighting
  types by combining overhead lighting with table
  lamps and pendant lights.

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5. Paint

• One of the great secrets of effective staging is
  painting the walls. Using neutral colors like
  gray, beige and cream make a space feel bigger.
  You can also paint adjoining rooms the same color
  to give the impression that the space just keeps
  going on. For instance, a kitchen and dining room
  could be painted a pale yellow or cream. On the
  other hand, you can use a darker wall color to
  make a large room feel cozy. Consider this option
  in a large master bedroom or family room.

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6. Create Interest with Art

• Make your artwork stand out by grouping similar
  pieces in a unique way. Instead of placing
  paintings and pictures in a traditional place,
  move them off-center or stack them in a diagonal.
  Combine them with mirrors or other wall décor to
  create something unusual. Play around with your
  wall hangings until you achieve a brand new look.
  Buyers will take notice and the unusual design
  will spark their interest as they walk through a
  room.

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7. Dont Forget Accessories

• While you want to reduce clutter when staging a
  lived-in home, you dont want to remove
  everything or youll leave a room with a barren,
  cold feel. Replace personal items with simple
  accent pieces. Place a bowl of fake fruit on the
  kitchen island or hang a couple of decorative
  potholders on the wall. Group three or four
  glasses or vases of varying heights on a coffee
  table. You can keep your accents neutral in color
  or include some bold shades to create interest.

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8. Visit the Greenhouse

• When staging your home, take the time to stage
  your yard as well. Buy a few plants that are in
  season, especially those with colorful blooms.
  Place them in planters or in the flower beds to
  create an inviting entrance.

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9. Update Hardware

• Make a room feel brand new with shiny hardware.
  Replace knobs and pulls from kitchen cabinets and
  paint the fronts to freshen up the space. You can
  do the same thing in your bathroom and even
  replace door knobs on your closet and interior
  doors.

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10. Turn Your Bathroom into a Spa

• Even a tiny bathroom can feel more inviting if
  you add a few accessories. Buy new towels or use
  your guest towels and display them in your main
  bath. Roll up towels and place them and a few
  bars of soap and candles in decorative baskets.
• Staging your home doesnt have to be difficult,
  even if youre still living in the space. Take
  the time to try out these ideas, and youll
  discover it helps your home appeal to more
  buyers. In no time, youll start seeing the
  offers coming your way. Experts say you can
  expect to get back 8-10 times what you put into
  the cost of staging, which is always a good
  investment.

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