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Staging Tips You Can Use in Every Room
If you want to generate more buyer interest in your home, staging your home's rooms will help you accomplish this goal. While many home sellers focus on a home's primary spaces, like the kitchen and living room, our real estate agents know that it's important to stage every space in your home. Here are a few tips to follow.
- Declutter
Aside from cleaning, decluttering is one of the most important tasks for staging the rooms in your home. Your goal is to pack up anything that you aren't using for the staging process. An added benefit of such stringent decluttering is that you'll have less to pack when it's time to move to your next home.
- Keep Flat Surfaces Clear
Whenever possible, keep flat surfaces, like shelves, counters, tables, and desks clear of clutter. A few strategic decorations are okay, but you want to remove most of the items that you use on a daily basis.
- Stow Personal Items
Your personal items are what make your home reflect your tastes and personality. Unfortunately, overly personal or customized items make it difficult for potential buyers to see themselves in your home. When adding your home to the list of Augusta homes for sale, store any personal items that might distract potential buyers, like collections, family photos, memorabilia, and knick-knacks.
- Opt for Neutral Paint Colors
Even though the paint is an element that's relatively easy to change, some potential homebuyers find it difficult to see past loud colors or vibrant patterns. To ensure the rooms in your home are universally appealing, stick with neutral paint colors, like light gray, beige, or white, that are likely to appeal to more homebuyers.
- Remove Any Evidence of Your Pets
While your pets are a valuable part of your family, they're a deterrent to potential homebuyers. Unfortunately, homes with visible pet evidence are more likely to be viewed by prospective buyers as dirty. Make a plan for quickly removing your pets from your home when you have an open house or showing. You also want to grab all of their equipment whenever possible, including litter boxes, toys, scratching posts, and food and water dishes.
- Embrace the Natural Light
Natural light is a fast, effective way to instantly make any room look larger and more inviting. Go for sheer window coverings that won't obscure your home's natural light, or even remove your window coverings entirely.
- Use Decorative Mirrors
When staging your home's room, you need decor that's universally appealing. A mirror tends to be a fairly neutral object that appeals to a variety of aesthetic preferences; it also helps any room appear larger than it really is because it reflects the space and light in the room.
- Pull Furniture Away from the Walls
Avoid the temptation to push furniture against the walls in hopes of making a room look larger. Instead, pull your furniture out from the walls a few inches so that it has some breathing room. This will make the room appear larger and more balanced.
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