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Friday, January 29, 2010

Straightforward Home Staging

By Tara Millar

There are certain steps one wants to take once they have listed their home. Once a home is available and open for showings, sellers will use a little trick called home staging. The purpose of home staging is to help potential clients envision what it might be like if they lived in that home. It creates a comfortable atmosphere and highlights the strengths of the house so as to get it sold more quickly.

Get Rid of Junk

If you have a heap of stuff, chances are some you merely don't have room for it all. You will have piles of books on the ground, or stacks of papers that require sorting. One tip for storing these items attractively and cheaply is to select wicker or metal baskets from craft stores, garage sales, or second hand stores. If you would like to paint them to match the area, you'll be able to do that as well. Store the items like books or papers in these baskets, and set them in a complementary place, like a countertop, or by a fireplace.

Make a rule for getting rid of a number of the things that you do not need anymore. If you have not used something in six months, be sure to pack it up and store it somewhere. If the item has not been used in a year, it's time to let it go. The item, if it's still in sensible form, can be given to a charity or someone who could use it. For each new item that comes into your home, evaluate an old item for removal.

Prepare the Furniture

Free up a cluttered living room or bedroom by eliminating unnecessary furniture. Do not line the walls with a huge sofa and many chairs. Split your seating down the middle, and arrange it thus that it is pulled off from the wall and targeted in the center of the room. Enable traffic flow, especially for agents and potential buyers. They ought to be in a position to walk through the space and investigate it without bumping into anything.

Face the chair toward the couch, not toward the television or fireplace. This permits the buyer to see a room where people communicate with each other and don't simply watch TV. Be daring and try new combos of furniture and placement.

Utilize Spare Rooms

If you've got a space that is used solely as storage or is a "junk room," rethink that room's purpose. Clear out the junk, and make that room into one thing helpful, sort of a guest bedroom or a craft room. Even clearing out the area and fitting an additional table, some chairs, and a bookshelf with some books or art can help make the room look cleaner and a lot attractive.

Remember the Details

Clean the house before any showing. Pick up things that are lying around, dirt, wipe down countertops, sweep and mop the floors, and vacuum at the very least. Some bigger things to think about are whether or not the windows are clean and dressed. Simple curtains or blinds should be pulled back and organized to permit for natural lighting and to make the windows look good.

If you do not have enough lighting in your home, install some lights. Get a few standing and tabletop lamps. They are low cost, simple to place together, and will brighten up the house for easier showings. - 23167

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