7 Home Staging Tips to Make Each Room Shine!!

7 Home Staging Tips to Make Each Room in Your House Shine for Buyers

The sun’s out, the birds are singing, and the Minneapolis housing market is starting to heat up. If you’re hoping to put your home on the market this spring, take some time to stage your home. When your home is staged, it’s easier for buyers to make an emotional connection with it, often enabling you to sell your home for more money in less time.

Every room in your house—and your yard, too!—can benefit from staging. Here are some tips for putting each room’s best face forward.

General Home Staging Tips

There are a few home staging pointers that can improve any room in your home. Take a weekend or two to declutter. Pack away things you won’t need while your home’s for sale and store them. Look closely at the walls in your home and touch up any dents and scrapes. Tone down loud colors with neutrals. Clean carpets and drapes to freshen up your space.

When it comes time to start showing your home, pay special attention to lighting. Rooms that don’t get a lot of natural light can benefit from recessed lighting or sconces. Be sure to leave all the lights on when showing your home, even during the day.

Home Staging Tips for Your Entryway

Your entryway is buyers’ first impression of your home. Don’t give buyers a reason to turn around and leave by neglecting your entryway. Give your front door a fresh coat of paint and touch up smudges and scrapes from boots on interior walls. If your entryway is a gathering place for coats, mittens, hats, and boots, clear out as much of the clutter as you can. Leaving the necessities can help show buyers where these items may go once they move in.

Many homes lack a formal entryway and instead open directly into the living room. In these cases, rearrange the furniture to create a defined entryway. Move your couch and add a sofa table behind it to create the impression of a hallway.

Home Staging Tips for Your Living Room

Invite buyers into your living room by removing extra furniture to show off how spacious the room is. Rearrange what remains to showcase the room’s best feature, such as a fireplace or bay window.

Pack up your family photos and any taste-specific décor and replace them with more neutral pieces. While you’re at it, pack up any kid’s toys in the living room and either relocate them to your child’s bedroom or to storage while your home’s on the market.

Home Staging Tips for Your Kitchen

Your home’s kitchen is a major selling feature. Make it shine with a few easy changes. First, clear your countertops of most—if not all—items, including small appliances, sugar and flour canisters, and other clutter. This is especially important if your kitchen has granite, concrete, soapstone, or other slab countertop. You want to show off the slab, not your toaster.

While you’re decluttering the countertops, declutter and organize your cabinets, too. Buyers do look in cabinets, so make sure they are organized and not too crowded. Take magnets and other clutter off the refrigerator and give all your large appliances a good scrub, especially fingerprint-prone stainless steel.

Home Staging Tips for Your Bedrooms

Buyers will want to see how spacious the bedrooms are in your home, so be sure they’re free of any extra furniture. Clean out and organize your closets to show off how roomy they are, too. Clear clutter off of dressers and nightstands and choose some new, neutral bedding that complements wall colors.

Home Staging Tips for Your Bathroom

Don’t forget your bathroom when you’re staging your home. Clutter can find its way into your bathroom, too, so be sure to box up any extra products from your shower, tub, vanity, and commode. Keep towel colors to two and make sure they don’t clash.

Home Staging Tips for Your Outdoor Space

Now that you’ve got your home in shipshape, it’s time to take a look at your yard. Spring in the Twin Cities can be muddy and rainy, but do your best to keep your lawn looking kempt and even mowed, if the weather stays warm. Trim the plants around your home so they’re not overgrown. If you have a patio or deck, take a moment to stage it, too, and touch up any paint that needs some extra attention.

Some home owners enjoy staging their homes themselves, but many others find it overwhelming. To get help selling and staging your home, contact Brooks Johnson, your friend in real estate, today.