Staging A Home to Sell

We all love our houses and have worked hard to make them our own. Usually this happens right when it is time to upgrade for more space, or downsize to make it easy, or moving areas completely. You love your style in your house, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the next person will see what your house really has to offer because your tastes have caught them off guard, or possibly have them shocked.

Bright colors are amazing, but most times neutral colors are they way to go – and this doesn’t mean white. Go for a more neutral shade of green, a lighter brown, but make it something that is easy to work with and pleasing to the eye.

Clear all the clutter. You may call it style, some call it hoarding. Let them know what is hidden, instead of making them imagine it. Seeing is believing. You may even be able to move furniture around to different rooms to provide a lived in look without buying or borrowing items. What you can’t use you can box up for storage or move it to a closet or basement area, rooms that are meant for storage by definition.

When decorating keeping things to even numbers can make a person see a very controlled area. We are going for the more lived in area, so odd numbers have been shown to be more pleasing to the eye. Take something away or use it for another purpose.

There are endless opportunities to make your house ready for purchase with just a weekend of rearranging, and cleaning