It May Be a Junk Room to You But to Your Buyers, It’s a Big Question Mark.
Almost every home has these two things: a junk drawer and a junk 
room. In Florida, it’s almost a given since we don’t have any basements.
We need that extra space for our home office or crafts
However, if you have that extra room in your house that has been your office/guest room/crafts area/I- don’t-know-what-to-do-with-it room and you’re getting ready to sell your house, you need to pick what it is and make it so.
The key to selling your house is to help your buyers see the space and the possibilities.
What to do?
1.Decide what it will be.
If the room is a traditional dining room, your best bet is to turn it back into one.
If the room is one of the secondary bedrooms, then you can turn it into a bedroom, or make an office of it.
2.Don’t let it be a catch-all for your extra mismatched furniture.
Too often we grab a chair we’ve had from our first apartment and pair it with a table we were about to toss. Throw in a lamp and anything extra you had and call it done.
3.Store or toss anything extra.
If you don’t want it in your new home, why pay to have it moved? And if you don’t need it now but want it in your next home, then store it.
4.Stage it!
We often add a desk, chair, and bookcase to a spare bedroom in a home whose target demographic would welcome an office.
If you need the bedroom count, then add a bed and nightstand.
If it was previously a dining room, and there is no other eat-in area, add a table and chairs!
Don’t derail the sale of your house by letting that junk room detract your buyers from seeing the possibilities of your home.
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