Home Staging Tips
and Home Selling Advice
California flowers
picked in the wild. It doesn't take a lot of money to
stage your home.
It
Takes More than Home Staging to Sell Your Home
By Jeanette Joy Fisher
The average home buyer only
spends four minutes previewing a home. You must get
them to invest more time to CONNECT emotionally to
your home. The more time a buyer spends in a home, the
more they think about where their furniture could go.
That's you goal when showing
your home--to get buyers to imagine living in your
home. People PAY MORE for a home they fall in love
with and can't live without.
How do you get home
buyers to spend time in YOUR home?
To get buyers to imagine their
grandmother's clock or their green sofa in your living
room, you need to allow plenty of empty space.
This is where so many home stagers overdo it; they
think they need to fill a home with furniture.
On the other hand, many real estate investors paint a
fixer all white, install boring beige carpeting, and
show a stark house with no accessories to spark the
imagination.
The happy medium: stage
suggestions of happy living in your home.
Of course, you know to deep clean and declutter your
home. Beyond these steps, take YOU out of the home.
Pack up accessories like
family photos and anything that doesn't speak to a
buyer. You want the buyer to imagine their possessions
in the space.
Remove extra furniture that makes the space feel
crowded. This is especially important in warm weather.
Fewer furnishings make your rooms feel cooler.
One you've lightened your rooms, take a critical look.
You might want a friend to come in and help you
evaluate the space. If the home feels sparse instead
of "homey," add accessories that will make your
potential buyer feel at home. For instance, a game
table with a chess set for upscale buyers or a family
board game for first-time home buyers.
Adding suggested activities to your home gives buyers
something to look at and keeps your buyers in your
home longer than four minutes. You just might get them
imagining their new home!
Learn how to profile your buyers and create rooms
that sell.
Plus, get the added benefit of expert real estate
advice. Explore Jeanette Fisher's
Home Staging with Design Psychology books.
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