4 Staging Tricks that Won’t Break the Bank

When selling your home and showing it to potential buyers, your job is to make sure they get that look in their eyes the moment they see your property. It’s the look that says they’re imagining themselves living in the home for the next several years.

This is where staging comes in. In essence, staging is about putting your home’s best foot forward to attract more potential buyers. In fact, according to a Coldwell Banker survey, staged homes tend to sell in half the time that non-decorated properties do.

Fortunately, staging your home doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, with the budget-friendly upgrades and changes listed below, you can make your home more inviting in time for your next open house.

1.Bring in the Light

When it comes down to it, nothing beats the quality and glow of natural light. So, by all means, do everything you can to let more of it into your home.

• Pull your curtains back to keep windows unobstructed
• For privacy, you can use sheer curtains, which still let sunlight in
• Place decorative items with reflective surfaces in the room

For artificial lighting, you can add a variety of floor lamps and table lamps to create a layered look. You want multiple light sources providing varying levels of lighting, which will accentuate surfaces and parts of the room, making it look larger.

2.Don’t Use Walls as a Crutch

Most people slam furniture against the wall because they think it creates space. But the wall doesn’t have to be a guide for furniture placement; in fact, putting space between walls and your tables, chairs, and sofas can create the illusion of space, not to mention it can make it easier for people to get around the room.

Remember, when staging a home, you want buyers to be able to explore it. The best way to arrange furniture with this goal in mind is to use the natural flow and traffic pattern of your home as a guide.

3.Place Flowers in the Room

Even though fresh flowers are a cheap addition to any room when staging the home, you’d be surprised how many home sellers ignore it. Flowers add three things to any room: color, beauty, and a pleasing aroma.

For starters, you can use elaborate bouquets as center pieces in your dining room or kitchen, while smaller flower arrangements can be placed on your living room’s side tables. Even something as simple as a few stems placed in a mason jar make for a nice touch in any room.

4.Remove Your Personal Touches

The goal of staging your home is to help potential buyers imagine themselves living in the home. That being said, it’s hard for them to do that when they see smiling pictures of you and your family during an open-house. Same goes for your children’s finger paintings—just take them off the fridge until the open house is over. Removing all traces of the home’s owners turns it into a blank canvas, which is what you want for buyers to visualize themselves living in the home.

Don’t have time to stage your home? Sell it right away as-is to a real investor like Blue Hen Homebuyers. We buy all kinds of homes, regardless of their age or condition. Call our offices today at 910-802-2222 to learn more about how we can help you.