The holiday is near and life is getting crazier and crazier because unexpected family members landing from air and you are already swamped with holiday shopping & wrapping those darn things. Here are some of the simple rules of thumb in case on top of the craziness you are selling your home: 

Do: Put up a nice & welcoming wreath on your door.

Don't: Deck out the home with Santa Clauses, menorahs or other religious symbols.

Do: Subtle (or almost none) holiday cheers decoration.

Don't: Go big on the holiday decor (you are selling home, not holiday decorations!)

Do: Apply the general rules of staging as you would rest of the year such as refraining yourself from over-decorating or making buyers feeling they are intruding into your personal space. i.e. refrain yourself from displaying your personal holiday styles, deck the mantels out with your personal photos.

Do: De-clutter and donate to charities. Goodwill & Salvation Army are good places to start. They also come to your home to pick up your good will. The rejected pile can be taken cared of by many services offered in your local area.

Do: When in doubt, hire a professional. Sometimes it's just worth so much more to pay someone else to do those dirty work and have the peace of mind. Need to hire a professional? Read our previous post on 5 Tips on How to Hire a Stager

 

4 Comments on Quick Holiday Staging Tips

Nice information Cindy, thanks for sharing!  Happy Holidays!

12/08/2006 09:39 PM by Christopher Smith (Traditions Real Estate)

Hi Cindi

Just last night I staged a clients home for Christmas. They are having their open house this Sunday and I wanted to draw attention to some selling features like their fireplace and bow window. While I did not go crazy, I definitely did some really nice, small touches that will show a buyer how they could possibly decorate and enjoy the holidays. First, have the fireplace lit was one of my suggestions. I have a large candle by the stove (banana bread) which I told client to light and a cranberry candle on top of fireplace will be lit as well. Some other finishing touches have been added to their kitchen and kitchen table which I hope will say ahh, home for the holidays. Simple staging of fireplace and window included some pine greenery, canldes, pine cones and animated dolls (the nice Victorian ones dressed in Velvet, yes they are mine and I am getting them back this Sunday). The house looked yummy.. So keeping it simple, but warm is the way to go. Oh yes, my clients wanted their singing snowman and light up Santa which I kindly said no thank you to.

12/08/2006 09:58 PM by Phyllis Pafumi-ReStyled to Sell Staging Homes NJ (ReStyled to Sell Home Staging New Jersey)

Great tips. We get questions from our clients about this all the time so it is great that you posted on this. I will share this with clients. Thanks. KH

12/10/2006 06:25 PM by Kate Hart (Hart & Associates Staging and Design)

hey phyllis

 that sounds wonderful! it's so true that you can get the point across (a warm home feeling and a place you can gather your family) without going all out. less is more!

cheers,

cindy 

12/10/2006 10:53 PM by Cindy Lin @ Staged4more, ASPM, IAHSP,IRIS, CSP (Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns)

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