STAGING STRATEGIES FOR YOUR HOME
Staging your home is about putting the best foot forward for potential buyers. By highlighting its most desirable features, you can draw more interest to your home and leave a lasting impression that will help you sell it more quickly. Here's what you should keep in mind as you prepare for your next open house or viewing!
- Help them visualize it as their own. Make it easier for buyers to imagine themselves making your house their home by removing personal memorabilia and photos. Instead, replace them with simple décors, such as paintings, nature images, and plants.
- Think sleek instead of comfy. Modern-day buyers lean toward modern, crisp, clean interiors over comfortable, homey looks. When staging your home, keep a minimalist mindset, and incorporate bright colors and metal accents.
- Deep clean the tiny spaces. It would help if you cleaned your home before viewing, but don't forget to cover your bases by deep cleaning the small spots. Take time to scrub porous areas like grout that may hold on to stains and baseboards where tiny pet hairs and dust love to cling.
- Spruce up your landscaping. The first impression your home gives to potential buyers is its exterior. Ensure you have a freshly mowed lawn, neat hedges and shrubbery, bright flowers, and a clean driveway.
- Set the mood. A home is so much more than just how it looks, so you need to appeal to the other senses. Before having potential buyers over, set the mood by burning delicious-smelling candles and selecting an upbeat, happy soundtrack to play in the background.