Staging Your Home for Sale
When listing your home for sale this spring the place to start sprucing it up is from the outside - in! Spring cleaning can lift your home out of the winter blues and blahs just as easily as washing your windows. Start outside using a mixture of 1 bucket of warm water, 1 cup of ammonia, and 1 tablespoon of dish soap. Apply with a sponge then shine with newsprint or paper towels. Voila! The first step to staging your home is complete. Now you'll be inspired to keep going.
When someone first steps into your home the first impression they get is when they first step into your home! In other words, the foyer, or entrance way, needs to feel welcoming, spacious, clean and enticing. If this is a place where everyone takes off their shoes and leaves them to trip over, start training the troops to put their footwear in the closet. There, it's out of sight but still convenient for everyone.
Experts agree that there's nothing better than a fresh coat of paint to renew your home for the prospective buyer. And if you're worried that maybe you don't have color matching savvy or that you're not sure of the latest color trends, there are now paint kits available with beautiful, trendy colors pre-matched for you.
General home staging tips include de-cluttering in order to create the illusion of more space. Whether it's the bathroom or the kitchen, the tip is the same: clear the deck! Put things in baskets and tuck them away where they're easily accessible. When you simplify by de-cluttering, others can imagine your home belonging to them and that's precisely what you want!
