It’s important to play up your home’s assets and minimise its flaws when you put it on the market. Use the following home staging advice to make sure a variety of potential buyers are drawn to your home.
This piece is meant to be short and to the point. So that anyone who wants to rapidly stage a home will have some solid ideas to get them started, we wanted to just briefly touch on a few of the themes we address in our home staging classes.
- Make it Attractive from the Outside In
Since first impressions last, you must concentrate on the tamil yogi façade of the house before staging the interior.
By making a few easy improvements, you can make your property stand out from the moment potential buyers pull up to the curb.
Use a power washer to first clean the roof, siding, gutters, and fascia.
Give your front door and shutters a fresh coat of paint next. Think about choosing a strong hue that works well with the rest of the house.
Next, add new lights and replace the outdated welcome mat, mailbox, and house numbers.
Add new mulch to flowerbeds, window boxes, and edging to give them a fresh look, and plant small shrubs, seasonal flowers, and greens in bare spots.
Place two big planters or urns on either side of the front door in the winter and fill them with cold-tolerant annuals or tiny evergreen plants.
Put a few new patio chairs on your doorstep or front porch if it has room for furniture.
- Revisit the Kitchen
Making some improvements to the kitchen before you show the house is essential because it’s one of the first places that potential buyers will notice.
Clear the countertops of all clutter first, then pack away small appliances and rarely used dishes to highlight storage space. Pack your dry items or finish them off if you have some in the pantry.
To improve the appearance of the kitchen, refinish the cabinets and replace any worn-out hardware.
Replace an outdated tap with a chic new one, especially if the old one is corroded or covered in hard water stains.
To find out if you can buy replacement panels for your dishwasher or think about installing a new dishwasher, check with the manufacturer.
- Reduce clutter and furniture use
One of the most important home staging recommendations is to simplify, and having too much furniture is one of the biggest causes of a cluttered-looking home.
As buyers should be able to wander freely throughout each room, experienced stagers start by removing as many items as they can before preparing a home for the market.
Reducing the amount of furniture in each room also makes them appear bigger.
- Reconsider Furniture Placement
Contrary to popular belief, pushing all of the furniture up against the walls makes a room appear smaller.
When staging your house, try to keep furniture as far away from the walls as you can.
It is best to arrange the furniture such that a room has a clear path for traffic to follow. By doing this, the area will be made more accessible and appear larger than it is.
- Add an Office Space
Although having a home office has long been desirable, many modern homebuyers now consider it to be a necessity.
Nowadays, there are more parents choosing homeschooling than ever before, and remote employment is on the rise. In the current market, workspaces are frequently necessary for potential buyers, so when presenting your house, make sure to include some office space.
If you don’t have a spare room to utilise as a home office, make a desk and some other office supplies in a walk-in closet or a corner of your living room.
- Wrap up Personal Effects
Depersonalising is equally important as decluttering in terms of house staging necessities.
The objective is to make potential buyers feel at home while they are seeing your property. It’s more difficult for people to picture their belongings in areas where all of their belongings are decorating them.
Pack up items like family photos, framed diplomas, children’s artwork, and personalised keepsakes and trinkets as you stage your house. Replace such items with neutral-coloured artwork and generic accessories.
- Accentuate Storage Area
Although it often falls by the wayside during the property staging process, storage space is a top concern for many prospective buyers.
Emphasise storage space by cleaning up and organising cabinets and closets.
Utilise coordinating cloth bins, baskets, and shoe racks to impart a sense of organisation.
Stock linen closets with brand-new towels and sheets and add some potpourri satchels to them.
- Set Up Excellent Lighting
Lighting has a big role in establishing a cosy and welcoming ambience. There should be three types of illumination in each room:
- lighting fixtures for tables and walls
- Task illumination using reading lamps or under-cabinet fittings
- ambient illumination, such as from towering floor lamps or from above
Additionally, whenever possible, you should raise the wattage of lights and lamps. Aim for 100 watts per 50 square feet as a general rule.
- Set Off with Colours
Bold colour accents look best in compact areas like powder rooms and dining rooms.
In such settings, pick an accent wall and paint it to highlight elements like fireplaces or lovely sets of windows. To make a built-in bookcase or nook stand out, you can also paint or wallpaper the interior.
- Use the Proper Accessory Combination
To make each room feel cosier, arrange odd numbers of eye-catching decorations on open shelves and tabletop spaces.
Set accessories in triangles of three rather than rows. Each accessory should have a different height and width, with the largest items remaining at the back and the smallest moving to the front.
When combining accessories, pay attention to the shapes, colours, textures, and other unifying components.
