Any realtor worth her salt will tell you the necessity of staging your home before you put it on the market, and our design consultants agree. It’s an advantage that you can’t afford to overlook, as it’s an inexpensive way to increase your home’s charm. By following a few simple tips, you can revamp your home and see it sell for the highest price possible.
The trick to selling any home quickly at the best possible price is to convince prospective buyers it’s already theirs. When people can imagine themselves living in your space and building a life in your home, it’s harder for them to leave without putting in an offer. In order to fashion a house that encourages people to insert themselves and their lives into its space, you need to remove any quirky or problematic design choices that are alienating prospective buyers and limiting your home’s allure.
Home staging gently redesigns your home to make it an attractive space to the average person. It doesn’t have to include lengthy renovations with large price tags; some of the most successful staging methods are basic changes to your existing design. By working with your home’s natural strengths and weaknesses, home staging tows the line between practicality and fashion. It can be as complex or as simple as your budget allows, but our experts agree that there are a few fundamental tips all homeowners should follow.
1. Declutter & Clean – A messy and disorganized home is guaranteed to sabotage your realty dreams. Prospective buyers don’t want to see overt evidence of the current home owners infused throughout the house, and neither do you as the homeowner; it makes it harder for buyers to envisage the space as their own. Remove anything that could potentially put someone off, like untidy piles of children’s toys, stacks of papers and bills, and family photographs. Your house should be clean, warm, and inviting. More importantly, it should be a blank slate waiting to be personalized.
2. Downsize & Reposition – Often times, practicality isn’t very fashionable, and our living spaces reflect that. That amount of furniture we have and how it’s positioned doesn’t always look like it came out of a magazine. Typically, designers remove half of the furniture from a home during staging to make the space look bigger. The remaining furniture is repositioned to create a logical flow between rooms and to highlight pockets of inviting and cozy living spaces.
3. Brighten & Illuminate – Lighting is incredibly important to your home’s saleability, so harnessing natural and unnatural light to your advantage is essential. No one wants to be in a room that is either too dark or institutionally bright, so keep that in mind when shopping for lights. Outfit your house so that there are enough light fixtures throughout the space, and be sure to use a variety of ambient and accent lighting. Natural light is valued above any fixture you could buy, which is why it’s important to furnish your windows with blinds that will let the most amount of sunlight in without sacrificing privacy.
While we’ll leave the cleaning and tidying up to you, our design consultants are happy to help you find the blinds that will make your house beautiful and bright. Whether your current home is blessed with multiple, large windows or it only has a few windows to work with, our consultants will find blinds that flatters your space. Give us a call today to get started on staging your home with your window treatments, and we’ll help you get one step closer to selling your home faster for more money.