Learn Why Stage Your Home Is Crucial To Selling It!

The key to selling your Tampa Bay home is featuring your home-not what’s in it. This is why staging & decluttering go hand in hand. As we mentioned last week, decluttering your home before an open house helps put your home to the forefront & clears up space so your home looks its’ best and lightens your packing!

But once you declutter, the next stage is staging. Staging your home uses your furnishings to their fullest to help feature your home in the best light possible. But if you’ve never staged a home before, you may be wondering what the best approach to staging your home is. Before you stage, read a few points that we pulled from Realtor.com on how to best stage your home for maximum impact on showings & open houses:

Best represent the property

One major goal is to enhance the appeal of a home while maintaining its design integrity; that is, by editing and styling each room and dressing it up so that it appeals to the broadest market audience. While some homes are staged when they’re vacant, others are staged by de-cluttering and incorporating a carefully edited selection of the seller’s furnishings with the stager’s in a coordinated way to create a look that best represents the property.

Staging also makes each room feel less personal by removing older furniture and minimizing clutter. For example, adding new bedding and accessories as well as accent pillows and flowers can perk up rooms with color and excitement. Shelves can be styled with books and interesting objects; and artwork can be displayed throughout the house.

Make a few easy improvements

Many homes may need a few quick upgrades before staging. These improvements could consist of painting walls in lighter colors, installing new carpeting, and upgrading lighting by adding uniform-colored bulbs. The seller might also consider resurfacing kitchen counters and replacing old appliances with new, stainless ones.

Use the space wisely

Thoughtful furniture installation and placement can give a buyer an understanding of how to use a space or how to best arrange their own furnishings. Staging and styling can also help “animate” a home by adding a fresh, light feeling.

It’s always good to remember that not all staging is created equal. While some sellers prefer to show an interior as if its lifted from the pages of a style magazine, while some might approach it from a more realistic  “lived in” perspective.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2015/04/14/home-staging-basics-for-clients

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2015/04/14/home-staging-basics-for-clients