Staging Your Home - What rooms should be staged?
While making a good first impression is your obvious task when you sell your home which rooms are the most important? This video gives suggestions and goes room by room with before and after ideas on where to put your energies first.
Foyer -
This is important because this gives that needed first impression. Buyers make up their mind within a very short time about a house so don't blow it with a cluttered foyer. Tidy up the floors, remove boots and shoes and anything else not mandatory. In fact, it might be a good idea to remove some furniture, plants, umbrella stands to give more room when buyers enter your home. Since most buyers will remove their shoes as a courtesy, please be sure the floor is clean. This is a pet peeve of most agents too - dust bunnies and dog hair on their socks.
Livingroom -
Should look inviting from the foyer area. Buyers should feel encouraged to enter the room. Please remove all family pictures too as we want buyers to focus on the room itself not who lives there. Be sure there is enough light in the room also. Pull back the sheers, open up those blinds, let in the sun.
Dining Room -
Most buyers look forward to getting that formal Dining Area on their wish list. But is yours now the 'Pink Barbie' room? Your son 'Bobby' is now 'Speed Racer' with all his assembled race tracks? Please return the room to what it was originally intended - a family Dining Area. Is there enough room to walk around the table?
Kitchen -
No stuff on the refrigerator (pictures, schedules, magnets) and no stuff on the counters except for one item - just pick one, be it the coffee pot or toaster. This portion of your home has to be squeeky clean and everything has to shine.
Family Room -
How big is that TV of yours? Is it larger than your couch? It shouldn't be and how much furniture is in your Family Room? Be sure there is a clear traffic flow in this room to show it's potential. If 'Bobby' has taken over this room with 'Speed Racer' you'll have to pack it up for assembly at the new house. We're selling space here!
Master Bedroom -
How much furniture have you got in here? Since most Master Bedrooms are the largest in the house, does it also have the most furniture? Be sure that the room feels relaxing and spacious. Take a critical eye and remove/stash/hide all personal items from view. Be sure there is enough light available for viewing and be sure all lights are on and window treatments are open for all showings (banish those black out draperies).
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