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Preparing your Home to Sell and Staging Ideas
1. ASSESS EACH ROOM
How is it used and can it be used for any other purpose?
2. TAKE INVENTORY
What stands out about the room? Pick a focal point and draw attention to it.
3. REMOVE CLUTTER
Do one room at a time, going from small spaces to larger ones. Box up all non-essentials, including closet clutter.
4. DEPERSONALIZE
Remove personal collections and most pictures. Make your property appealing to the largest pool of buyers.
5. RENEW, REPAIR, REPLACE
Fix the little things that make buyers wonder, “What else is wrong?” Before doing renovations, check in with your sales associate.
6. REARRANGE FURNITURE
Minimize furniture in dining rooms, bedrooms and living rooms. Whatever you remove can go into storage or in other rooms.
Setting the stage Staging your home systematically allows you to plan and prepare your property for sale. We suggest going room by room and that you do not stage the entire house at once.
7. RE-ACCESSORIZE
Highlight the focal point of each room. You may need to go back to items you removed from one room to add to another.
8. FINE-TUNE YOUR WORK
Concentrate on details and revisit your focal points. If the focal point still isn’t clear, revisit steps 1 through 7.
