By Maria Valenzuela


Home staging is an essential marketing tool that helps agents sell their listing fast and for top dollar. As an important part of selling a home, home staging is all about the visual and artistic beauty of a home that encourages potential buyers to see themselves living in your home. Contrary to popular belief, home staging is easy and you don't have to hire a professional stager to stage your home. Here's how:

1. Clean - Prior to home staging, a home must be spick and span inside and out. It's more than vacuuming or dusting. You really have to get rid of the cobwebs, scrub the walls, wash the windows and kitchen appliances, as well as bleach the toilets and leave kitchen appliances spotless and shiny.

2. Start staging outside - Glimpse into your residence from the outdoors and glimpse into your doorway, your plants, the lawn, the garage, the entryway, the lightning fixtures, and so on. Keep in mind regarding the 'curb appeal'? This is the place a possible residence buyer decides if s/he could take a glimpse into the interior. Give your doorway some crisp coat, mow your garden, place some flowers, replace damaged bulbs, and trim bushes along the entryway. Initially belief lasts.

3. Outside staging - Do you have a backyard, or veranda? Then clean the terrace furniture and set up a really good picnic table. The clue right here is to display to off the total amount of area that you have although elliminating everything that will take up too significantly room like excessive planters.

4. De-clutter - Now we are inside the house. The first word is 'de-clutter.' Crystal clear the counters. Put away small appliances prefer espresso maker, toaster, and so on to display to off more space. Additionally, clear-off the fridge and manage the cupboards by putting away family members directed portraits and various small trinkets. A floral association or a solitary picture is ample to improve your cooking area or fireplace.

5. Re-arrange - The next thing to do is to rearrange furniture to, again, show off some space. Make sure that the living room has enough space for people to go around. You can make your old furniture or couch look new by throwing a cover. Re-arranging will allow buyers to see themselves in the living room entertaining their guests, where their children can have enough space to play, or were they can read a good book by the fireplace.

Then your bathroom, basement, and closet. The main thing about this is clean up for more space and don't forget to make it neat but never empty.




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