Five Home Staging Tips to Increase your Home Value

Now more than ever it is important to leave a great first impression to buyers- through photos or via an Open House and the way to do that is to have a beautifully staged home. Follow these 5 staging tips to leave buyers oohing and awing over your home:

1. Clean your home! 

The most important tip of all is to make sure your home is clean. Regardless of if you plan to stage your home it should be cleaned. From a buyer’s perspective, a clean home can give the impression the home has been well-cared for and can make their moving process easier. 

2. Put away your personal belongings. 

It’s much easier for a potential buyer to imagine themselves in your home when it’s not obvious someone else lives there. Store your family photos, sentimental items, clothes, or other personal belongings visible in the home. Be sure to put all your meaningful belongings away before an open house, showing, or photo session. 

3. Stage your home tastefully. 

While it’s not everyone’s taste, a neutral palette often helps buyers imagine themselves in a home, as opposed to an eclectic palette. Having a canvas that looks clean and blank allows the buyers to paint their own vision of how they would design a space! Check out our examples below of stellar stagings. 

4. Use the services of a staging company. 

There are places that can help stage your home until it’s sold. If you’ve already moved out - this is a great option that involves less work for the seller! 

5. Don’t forget the outside! 

Not only is the inside important, the outside is even more so! The first thing people see is the outside of your home so make sure your curb appeal is neat and inviting. Check out our examples below of great curb appeal. 

Staged homes often sell quicker and for more money. It’s a great way to market your home. A beautifully staged home will start conversations and keep buyers thinking about how remarkable your home is.