1. Declutter. Rent a storage unit and move out excess or bulky furniture; unload kitchen and pantry shelves; empty closets so that they're only about half full; box up the stereo system; and clear out the garage so that it can hold a car again.
2. Depersonalize. You love your family photos, mantle piece thimble collection and bowling trophies. Buyers probably won't. Store your personal keepsakes until the home sells. Hide your toiletries, too, except for things like decorative soap.
3. Neutralize loud colors. Purple shag carpet doesn't sell. Nor does the pink fairy wallpaper in your daughter's room. Studies show buyers prefer warm but neutral colors like beige.
4. Clean and deodorize. Goes without saying, you might think. Guess again. Stagers have to remind people to vacuum corner cobwebs, scour the grout, degrease the garage and steam clean carpets.
5. Let there be Light. Increase wattage on light bulbs in darker rooms and remove screens if it helps brighten things.
6. Curb appeal counts. No one will tour a house if it looks shabby outside. Weed the flower beds; trim the shrubs; mow the lawn and edge the sidewalks. Clean dirty siding and stucco. Retire the dented mailbox.
While staging can help you to attract more interest in your home from potential buyers, it is not the be all end all solution to selling it. Serious sellers will also need to price it right, and they will likely need a Realtor to market it for them.
-John Mudd
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