As a homeowner who is selling your property, you want to make sure that your house looks its very best for viewings. The whole process of home staging, however, can be quite expensive. You have to empty your pockets to hire a professional home stager who might end up buying new furniture and home accessories.
If professional staging is not in your budget, don’t worry! Here are six inexpensive ways to make your home stand out from the competition without breaking the bank.
1. Create Cozy and Homey Vignettes
The purpose of professional staging is to help your potential buyers imagine the kind of life they can have when they live inside your home. You can help your buyers imagine by creating small vignettes like a folded newspaper with a coffee cup in the living room, or a tray of cookies on the countertop in the kitchen. These little things make your potential buyers think of the lazy afternoons or quiet evenings spent inside their possible future home.
2. Quick Bathroom Makeover
The key to a great bathroom is to make it look bright and wide, no matter what its actual size is. To do that, you can paint the cabinets in a light, neutral color. Next, grab a brand new cloth shower curtain. Cloth curtains are not ideal for actual showering, but the texture is gorgeous to look at and will bring a dash of sophistication to your bathroom. Lastly, accessorize your bathroom by placing clean fluffy towels, small potted plants, candles, and a pretty basket filled with new toiletries.
3. Budget-Friendly Bedding Ensembles
If your bedroom needs updating and you don’t have a lot of money, a simple trick is to go buy a new bedding ensemble from the store. New beddings will give your bedroom the ‘hotel look’ without really trying. You could also buy cheap throw pillows to match.
4. Couch Slipcover Camouflage
Dealing with your old furniture can be tough. You know it doesn’t look good, but you don’t want to throw it out for the viewings because you don’t have money to replace it. An easy solution is to buy a tasteful couch slipcover. Ready-made slipcovers can neutralize the outdated or busy patterns of your couch and freshen up worn upholstered pieces.
5. Highlight with Accent Paint
If your walls are already painted in a single color, you can use accent paint to play up the key architectural features of a room. For around $20 or less, you can buy a small can of paint to work on your window sills and skirting boards. Accent paint will give new focus to important features of your home that are otherwise lost.
6. Raise the Roof with Curtains
If your home happens to be one of those with low 8-foot ceilings, you can create an illusion that these are higher by placing draperies from a ceiling mounted curtain rod. This will give any room a lift. You can get draperies at retail stores with beautiful designs that are 96 to 108 inches long.
Even with affordable options, it can still be difficult to stage your home for viewings. If you don’t have time to do any of these things and you are in a time crunch to sell your home, check out Blue Hen Homebuyers for dependable real estate solutions. You don’t need to worry about how your house looks, because we buy homes in any condition! Contact us today at 910-802-2222 for an offer.