Guide to staging your home like a professional
Guide to home staging
Selling a home is quite a process. To make the sale quicker and more successful, you need to prepare your home for potential buyers. Staging a home is an efficient method of making the house more likable to the people looking for a home. Preparing your property makes people see its full potential and brings you a faster sale and more money. Here's our guide to staging your home like a professional for the best results.
Remove the unnecessary items and clean the home thoroughly
The first thing you need to do is to declutter the place. Removing the items you no longer need, unnecessary items, broken things, and empty containers are the first steps when preparing your home for sale. This task will make space look bigger, and visitors will be able to see its full potential. The next step is undoubtedly cleaning the house. It should be done in detail, so the home is fresh when people come over to see it. If you realize that you aren’t doing the best job, avoid one of the most common mistakes and hire professional cleaners when selling a home. Just, don’t leave it half done.
Remove personal items
When someone comes over to take a look at your home, they should be able to imagine their life in the house. They shouldn’t feel like a stranger at another person’s home – that’s why you need to depersonalize the space. This means you need to remove personal items yet make the house cozy and inviting. Personal items include family photos, fridge magnets and drawings, your kids’ toys, your pet bed and food bowl, religious items, etc. This will help buyers imagine their family living there and connect with the home as it was their own.
The key to staging your home like a professional is making it look like an empty canvas but still homey and attractive.
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Do a fresh coat of paint
Painting the walls is one of the main tasks in staging your home like a professional. However, to do it like a pro, you need to pay close attention to the color selection. Even though some colors are modern or have a couple of favorites, be sure to stick to the neutral palette. The reason is that you want your home to be liked by many, and the color selection needs to appeal to everyone's taste. Also, bold colors and unusual palettes distract people from the true advantages of the space. That’s why you should do a fresh coat of paint, but stick to whites, greys, and similar colors.
Stay away from bold colors, and focus on the neutrals.
Make small repairs
Staging your home is all about pointing out the property's advantages. Also, don't camouflage any flaws – try fixing them instead. Unless there are some extensive repairs you’re unable to do at the moment, be sure to make necessary fixes wherever you can. Scratches, scuffs, broken handles, windows that aren’t working – make sure that these small details don’t put off potential buyers.
Counters should be mess-free
Counters in both your kitchen and bathroom should contain minimum items. If possible, remove everything you keep on them and place it in drawers. You can leave a scented candle or air freshener and make the space elegant and clutter-free.
Get some fresh flowers
When home staging, it's essential to make the place cozy and inviting. And what’s homier than a vase with a fresh bouquet? However, getting those from a florist can be expensive. That’s why you should keep it minimal and charming. You can get the same effect with a few branches – especially from the flowers you might have in your backyard. However, if the sale takes some time, make sure you always keep the flowers and water in the vase fresh.
Make space look bigger
Selling a home is often all about the size of the property. However, sometimes it’s not important what numbers say, but how buyers feel when they enter a room. You can maximize your room’s potential by making it look bigger than it is. The first method is brightening up the rooms. Remove any dark curtains so the sunlight can come in without any problems. Also, play with the artificial light to get a different perspective. Instead of using only ceiling, overhead lights, use floor or table lamps to shift focus on other parts of the room. And finally, lift your curtains all the way up. Floor-to-ceiling curtains will make the ceiling seem higher and the room bigger.
Focus on the coffee table
Modern interior design often focuses on the design of coffee tables. Even though you might not have super fancy furniture, you can make it look cool by adding some decorative items. Style your coffee table with an elegant tray and put different objects on it – decorative books, candles, art pieces, a bowl with candies or nuts, etc. This can be a very interesting detail, and it will look like a professional has helped you out.
Style your coffee table like a pro.
Make sure your home smells nice
A fresh, pleasant smell is what instantly makes the first impression better. Therefore, make your home smell irresistibly. Firstly, start with removing the sources of odors. These can be cigarette trays, garbage bins, etc. The biggest odor absorbers are fabrics – carpets, furniture, curtains, etc. Make sure you wash them or use the baking soda trick to remove the smell. Sprinkle the soda on any fabric, let it sit for a while, and then vacuum thoroughly. It will leave your items fresh. Now, add some air fresheners around the house, essential oil diffusers, light aromatic candles, etc. All of these combined will ensure visitors feel good in your home and like it much better.
So, once the pleasant smell of their new home gives the final nudge to your potential buyers and makes they give you an offer, you will not have a lot of time to make yourself scare. So, don’t put off calling Family Affair Moving, schedule your date, start packing, and prepare for your new home.
Staging your home like a professional is not too difficult
As you can see, there are many tips for staging your home like a professional. What is more, they are neither too difficult to implement, nor too expensive. The trick is to be objective about the home you're selling and make smart decisions that will attract buyers faster.
