Feng Shui Home Staging for Grants Pass, Oregon
You don't need to believe in Feng Shui, pronounced fung′-shway′, but using Feng Shui Home Staging when selling your home just may help you sell it faster, which may also translate to selling your home for more money.
Feng Shui Home Staging uses the placement of objects to create positive energy, harmony and a feeling of well-being in your home. Feng shui means "wind water", and the theory is to live in harmony with nature. It is believed to have began in China's West Han dynasty in the third century B.C.
Some of the simple things you can do to incorporate Feng Shui Home Staging into your home are:
- Make sure the path to your front door is clean and free of clutter. Trim back any bushes near the entrance to your home, they may be sending visitors a message to "stay away."
- Having a red door or flowing water or fountain creates positive energy. Having a nice flowering plant or bush near Having a nice flowering plant or bush near your front door may also have this positive feeling.
- Hang some bamboo or wood wind chimes near the right hand corner of your home. They are supposed to bring good luck, receiving their energy from the stars.
- Remove everything from your foyer to make if feel as spacious as possible, bringing that positive entry inside the door of your home. If there is a wall directly directly in front of you as you enter your home, place a mirror there. The mirror will create a feeling of larger space and a round mirror, which takes its' energy from the sun is said to bring protective powers to your home.
- When you know your home is going to be shown to potential buyers, open the shades and drapes and make sure your windows are clean. Feng shui philosophy believes sunlight will bring positive energy into your home.
- It is important that the first room a potential buyer encounters looks as large as possible. In most cases this will be the living room, so be sure the way into it is not obstructed by having to walk around furniture. Remember that first impressions are lasting impressions, Feng Shui believer or not.
- Keep your kitchen counter-tops clean and free of clutter. Waste-bins should not be visible. The contents of your pantry and cupboards should be neat and orderly. Cinnamon or pine-scents captivate a persons sense of smell and are said to bring "good" Feng Shui. If you know your home is going to be shown, simmer some cinnamon in some water on your stove before leaving (make sure to turn it off before you leave) or find a wall plug-in in a cinnamon or pine scent.
- If a powderroom or bathroom is visible when you walk into your home, keep the door closed, and for goodness sakes, make sure the toilet lids in all bathrooms are closed. I know some Feng Shui believers feel that leaving a toilet lid open means "money down the drain!"
Overall, Feng Shui Home Staging means keeping your home looking happy, healthy and positive, which translates to keep your home clean and free of clutter. Get all that extra stuff (we all have it) packed up and into storage. Hey, this will give you a big head start on the packing you'll be doing once your house sells anyway.
When doing your Feng Shui Home Staging, keep in mind that you want to engage any potential home buyers in a positive sense of sight, smell and overall feeling of well-being.
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