When you are preparing your home for sale, no matter how beautiful you may feel that it is, there is ALWAYS something that can be done to enhance the space. Here is a picture of a home that I recently staged. As you can see the furnishings and decor were beautiful.
What the space lacked was proper arrangement of furniture and poor definition. I was met with much resistance from the clients as this layout was previously designed by an interior decorator. My first recommendation was to remove the large china closet and make it part of the dining room.
Definition...ALWAYS REMEMBER TO CLEARLY DEFINE YOUR SPACE. THE LIVING ROOM MUST SHOW AS THE LIVING ROOM AND THE DINING ROOM MUST SHOW AS THE DINING ROOM. This layout screams to buyers that there is not enough room for their furniture, which was absoulutely incorrect.
The chair was also blocking the fireplace which was my second recommendation. After much resistance, I was finally allowed to do "MY THING"...Here was the result!
It was a simple change but now each room was defined and the fireplace stood alone and can be appreciated if you sit in the LR and the DR.
This house took 2 hours to rearrange and stage and it WAS SOLD in under two weeks.
When preparing your home to sell remember that the way you live in your home and the way you sell your home are very different. Staging is about enhancing your selling features, like a fireplace, wood floors, large windows, and less about showing off your decor and furnishings.
When the house is sold what will remain for the new buyers?? You need to ask yourself that question and remember..THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO SHOW OFF TO THE BUYERS. Working with a professional home stager will help you enhance your selling features. If you are serious about preparing your home for sale then you must call a professional home stager in your area today.
DON'T WAIT....time is money and remember the cost of staging is ALWAYS less than your FIRST PRICE REDUCTION!
For an in home consultation, call on the Team of ReStyled to Sell Home Staging NJ @ 732-995-3425, we are in the business of helping sellers move on!
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Staging does make a huge difference. We offer it to sellers that we will credit them back at closing up to $200 spent on staging.