Putting a home on the market can be a stressful experience. Sometimes it seems like homes sell almost before you can get them listed, while others appear to languish due to shifts in the economy and buyer enthusiasm. Fortunately, there are ways that you can increase the likelihood of your home selling even if the market isn’t at its best. One of these options is to improve your home staging so that potential buyers will be wowed by the property and want to make it their own.
Some people view home staging as simply making sure that everything is
neat and orderly so that buyers can see the home at its best. While this is
important, it’s not the only thing that you can do to improve the appeal of
your home. Here are a few unexpected ways that you can make your home look
better to prospective buyers.
Bigger and Brighter
When staging your home, you want to make sure that you not only present
its best qualities but that you also reduce the impact of some of its
less-great aspects. Take your bathrooms for instance. If one or more of the
bathrooms in your home seem kind of small, try putting a larger bathroom mirror
in there to make the whole room seem bigger. Also, hang it slightly lower if
possible so that you don’t have a large mirrored surface looming over visitors’
heads; ideally, the center of the mirror should be slightly below eye level for
the average person using it.
Another tip that can work in both bathrooms and any room that seems a
bit too dark is to lighten up the walls to improve the overall brightness of
the room. This can be as simple as replacing dark colored curtains with light
white ones or adding white hand towels and decorative items to add light areas
to the room. If you feel like taking in a larger project, add a couple of coats
of paint in a light color that goes well with existing decorations, such as a
light blue or soft light green.
Upscale and Comfortable
Tweaking your
furniture and decorations is another way that you can improve your home staging
and make your home a must-buy. If you wish that you had some more upscale
furniture to show off, talk to developers that have model homes available in
planned communities around where you live. Much of that furniture is used
solely for staging, and excess pieces can usually be bought relatively cheaply
since they’re considered used. Staging companies in your area may also have
furniture available for rent or purchase under similar terms. The best part is,
if you buy the furniture for your staging then you may be able to recoup some
of your money by selling the furniture along with the house.
While you want buyers
to like the way that your home looks, it’s also important that they think it
looks comfortable and ready for them to move in. Add fluffy comforters and knit
throws to beds, drape a soft blanket along the back of the couch, and add other
little touches to make it look like the house is just waiting for someone to
make it theirs. Just be sure that you remove photos and other personal items
from the home before the staging since you want potential buyers to picture it
as their house and not yours.
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