Spend Less Time on the Market With an Open House and Home Staging Techniques

As you are placing your home on the market, consider the best way to sell your house: well-planned home staging. Home staging benefits include fewer days on the market and higher selling prices. If you want to sell your home quickly, consider a well-planned home staging strategy.

Think of staging your home as creating a "style" for your home like a PR firm would do for a famous entertainer. Just like creating a style draws more popularity for a public figure, staging makes your home more inviting on the market.

Staging your home to sell doesn't have to be a nerve-racking experience. It can actually be a great time to let your creative juices flow. Together, we'll work to get a top dollar offer for your home. Use these home staging tricks to get you going:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Start with the exterior of your house, or your curb appeal. Look at the outside of your home from the view of a passerby. What do you notice first? What wonderful features seem hidden?Acknowledging this helps us to decide what we can do to draw buyers from the street and into your house. If your house isn't attractive on the outside with refreshed paint and bright greenery it's time to get those things done. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and boost your house's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your home seem to say, "This is Your New Home" to a buyer? Examining your home with a buyer's eye, I'll recommend adjustments that improve sales appeal. I'll help you put out of sight anything that gives the look of clutter. Tabletops should be free and clear. Knickknacks, souvenirs, family photos, and refrigerator artwork should get stored away too. I can help you simplify the decor of house. Ugly or busy areas make your home feel smaller and buyers have a harder time seeing themselves calling your property "home".

I'll look over every room of your home. I'll note the pieces of furniture that should be put in storage, rooms that need new paint, rugs needing to get changed, fixtures that could use shining, and any other improvement that can quickly be made to positively affect the sale.

Working together, we'll make sure your house has mass appeal and that it's welcoming, staying away from "offensive" or "too-bright" colors on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can consider renting furniture. The goal is for your home to look lived in as opposed to empty.

Setting the Stage

In every opportunity, we're doing well if we're engaging the buyer's senses. Brightening up each room is of major importance, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and add lighting where needed to show off your property. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music playing softly and ensure a pleasant aroma circulates throughout your home. We'll incorporate cozy-looking bedspreads, and place pillows on your couch and bedding. Buyers should feel like your home has the potential to be.