
Home staging 101
There are thousands of home-staging consultants in business for good reason: staged homes sell faster. Why? Successful home staging enables a buyer to see themselves in your home, and not how you’re currently occupying it. Professional staging consultants accomplish this by following some simple guidelines.
DEVIDE AND CONQUER
FOLLOW A WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
LET THERE BE NATURAL LIGHT
OUT, OUT, DARN SPOT
PEEK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
ONE FOCAL POINT
MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE
Stand at the entrance to a room. What is your eye drawn to first? If it’s something you prefer buyers not focus on, like a stucco ceiling or sponge-painting gone wild, your best defence is an eye-catching accessory near the front of the room. It’s done on home-staging shows all the time—they use a bowl of green apples or a vase of fresh flowers to successfully take eyes away from an offending feature for that pivotal moment when a first impression is made.
So there you have it. By investing some time into home staging, you can ensure that your property is set to sell.