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Friday, March 16, 2012

Home Staging Tips | Love Your Room

Getting ready to sell your home? ?If you are reading this because you want to stage your place before it goes on the market, then you are very smart!

What is STAGING?

Staging means more than cleaning your home top to bottom and making minor repairs like fixing those cracked tiles.? Its all about setting your home up to flaunt its best features, inside and out. It helps to have a professional stager or realtor give you tips so you know where to make changes that will enhance your home?s beauty.? Here is a list of some home staging tips that should not be overlooked:

FIRST know who you are staging for -

A real estate agent will tell you about your local housing market so you list it during a seller?s market, when there will be more competition among buyers for your home. ?Make sure you know the demographic of your optimum buyer. ?Staging is a great opportunity to showcase its best features and make a lasting impression for that SPECIFIC buyer; ?Create a home ?they? can envision living in. ?This give you more chance to lead to a quick sell at your asking price!

Shosh?s Top 6 Staging Musts

1. De-clutter Unseen Spaces. Potential buyers will look inside closets and cabinets to see how much hidden storage there is.? Even in the bathroom, hide all your personal items in storage containers that look smart on the outside.

2. Keep windows clear and clean. Take down heavy window treatments and out of date shades and blinds to bring in natural light and show the view.

3. Make the most of architectural details. Show off unique focal points.? Do not over decorate your fireplace and do not overstuff your built ins with books and knick knacks.? Keep them both simple and elegant.

4. De-Personalize Your Home. Bring down family photos from the walls, pack up displayed collections, and tone down ?themed? rooms.

5. Neutralize walls. Take down dated wallpaper and paint over bold colors with a non-offending warm neutral shade like Benjamin Moore?s Marble Canyon.? Stay away from white walls because it can appear cold and life less.

6. Zap Empty Spaces. Give every room in your home purpose.?? Even an open loft area or empty space in an unfinished basement can become a reading nook by adding a small comfy chair, lamp and an accent table.? You want buyers to visually see how to take advantage of your space.