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—Place a welcome sign in the garden or mat at the front door that welcomes buyers into your home. Consider a festive door wreath or add interest to landscape with colorful flowers or park bench.

Depersonalize

— Remove photos of your family. This allows buyer to envision themselves in the home.

Incorporate colors

—Incorporate key colors (brown, black, red). Accent with placemats, lampshades, rugs, table runners, pillows, throws to add color to make a room more vibrant and inviting.

Appeal to the senses

—Softly playing easy listening or jazz music and/or baking cookies can trigger positive emotions in Buyers.

Make rooms appear larger

—Remove excess furniture and clutter. Evaluate each room.

Best Secrets on home décor:

1. Hobby Lobby
2. Kirklands
3. Ross
4. Garden Ridge
You can get 1/2 off most items at Hobby Lobby and be sure the print coupons for Kirklands.

Make an Impact

—Add impact pieces, accessories, greenery, silk trees, pillows and large wall décor to enhance each room and make it inviting to prospective Buyers.

When it comes to selling a home “less is more.” Keep in mind that nothing eats the equity in your home more than clutter!

Lighten Up

Leave the lights on during a showing and open blinds wherever possible to let the natural light pour in! Turn on all lamps and ceiling fans (not overhead lights).

Be a Neat Freak

When staging your home to sell, it must be immaculate~beyond the way you would normally keep your home for day to day living. Keep in mind, you only have one chance to make a first impression and it only takes 1 Buyer!

Execute Neutral

Staging your home involves packaging your home so that it appeals to a larger number of potential home buyers. If a home buyer has an aversion to the wall color of your home, for example, it may be difficult for that buyer to imagine your home as their own. Appeal to the masses with soft cappuccino/beige tones to your walls.

Smells

No cigarette smoke. Eliminate any cooking smells with lightly scented plug-ins or soft fragrance.

Make it Current!

A home with dated furniture and fixtures is a turnoff to potential home buyers. Remember that Buyers typically narrow their home search to about 2-3 homes before deciding on just one. A staged home outshines the competition by trumping up your home’s decor to give it the “WOW” factor Buyers crave!

If you are selling a home, then you’ve obviously been on the other side of the process as a home buyer. Think back to your home buying experience. Try to recall the difference between the homes you thought were “just okay” and the homes that made you say “wow!” Professional home staging will make an impact and can help you turn your “okay” house into a “WOW” house.

Benefits of Staging

· Staging forces you to think like a buyer. When you set out to prepare and stage your home for the market, look at your home as if you were a buyer. Evaluating each room with a critical eye will help you put all in perspective.

· Staging forces you to organize and de-clutter. Remove all newspapers, bills, clutter, personal photos, cosmetics, curling irons, refrigerator magnets, calendars, etc. When you stage your home; think ahead to that exciting new home you are getting! This will create a positive mindset and jump start the packing process for your move.

· Staging gives you marketing edge & increases likelihood of a sale! When selling your home, you must do everything within your power to increase your chances of selling. Elbow grease, squeaky clean homes and great décor helps sell your home quickly.

· Staging reduces the home’s time on market. Absolutely when you put in the extra effort to stage your home effectively up front, you will move closer to a quick sale. Anyone who has sold a home before can attest to the fact that the least time the home is on the market, the better. This is especially important if you will be paying two mortgages until the home sells (as is the case when you buy a new home before selling your existing home).

· Staging helps justify the asking price. Your are in a Buyer’s market. You need everything in your favor to justify your asking price. Showcasing your home by adding pizzazz, works magic!

· Staging can be fun! It may sound like all work and no play but staging your home can be a creative process, and many people find they enjoy it once they’ve begun.

· Don’t procrastinate. Adding these special techniques and finesse WILL do the trick!

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