When it’s time to sell your home, you want to make sure you are showcasing all of its best features and the perfect way to do so is to stage your home. Staging helps paint a picture to show potential buyers what the home could look like and helps them see themselves living in the home. Staging your home to look amazing is possible – even on a small budget.
Here are five affordable ways to stage your home.
Do a Little Purging
Buy a few large black garbage bags and separate things into piles to donate, throw away or sell. Go to your basement, garage, and your closets and get rid of anything and everything you don’t use or need. It is amazing how much space in your home is taken up by items you no longer use. If you forgot you owned it, most likely you do not need it – purge and get rid of it!
De-Clutter
Potential buyers want to imagine their own furniture and things in the home when they tour it. De-cluttering is vital to helping this vision come to life. Try to make as much space in every room and surface as possible. Clear off your kitchen counters, organize and de-clutter your closets. It is perfectly ok for your home to look lived-in, but it’s also important to keep it organized and spacious. Staging can be a great opportunity for you to start packing early. Rent a small storage space to house some things while in between homes.
Make Small Changes
Open up the curtains and blinds and let natural light flow through the home. Head to discount stores to find inexpensive art to hang on the walls and add in a few decorative pillows to add a touch of décor. Add vases and fresh flowers to the kitchen and bathrooms for a nice scent and an eye-catching statement piece. Small changes like these can help stage your home without breaking the bank.
Take Time to Perform Touch Ups
Go to your home and make note of place on the walls that could use a little touching up. This is one of those things that is easy to push off, but once you do it, you will appreciate how much cleaner and crisper your home will look. This doesn’t take much time at all and will make a huge difference to potential buyers.
Make it Less Personal
When you are planning to sell your home, you want potential buyers to walk through your home and envision themselves living there – something that is difficult to do with family photos hanging up on the walls or sitting around the home. Replace these personal photos with scenic photos or canvas prints so that you don’t have bare walls.
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