Unique Ways to Stage Your Home and Get Results

Life changes and you have made the decision that it is time to move. All the Staging shows on television make getting your house ready to sell look so easy. You never know who the prospective buyer for your house could be. He or she could be an investor, a single man or woman who plans to work out of their home or a family who lives down the street. I have a few ideas for you on how to prepare your house to look inviting to sell to anyone who might want to buy it.

As a first impression walking into your house do you use your couch or other pieces of furniture as a room divider? When you are decorating your home to live in it using the couch as a room divider can be fine and can look great. However, furniture placement many times must be different when you are selling your home. When selling your home a couch can appear like a visual barrier instead of a room divider. You need to have the rooms as open and inviting as possible. Make sure you do not have too much furniture in each room. The buyer needs to be able to visualize their furniture in your house. Many times a prospective buyer can not see the architecture of the house because all they can see is a crowded room and too much stuff all around. Your goal is to make each room look as large as possible. Less congestion creates a feeling of mental ease and the ability to concentrate. You are not trying to sell your décor or furniture you are trying to sell the architectural assets of each room.

Have you been "creative" with your décor in your little girl's room? When you are trying to sell your house sometimes your creativity is good and sometimes it is bad. Try to make your daughters room look like it could be either a room for a girl or boy. Sometimes changing her room to a gender neutral room is not possible. You can at least change the color on the wall if it is pink. A pink wall is not the best color to have on the wall when you are trying to sell your house. Also, a sheer canopy hanging from the ceiling over a bed is not good either. If her bedspread is pink replace it if possible with a neutral color.

Choosing the right paint color is very important when you are trying to sell your house. The most common colors that are used to prepare a home to sell are the neutral or creamy tones. You will notice when you go into most model homes through out the United States you will usually see neutral paint colors on the wall and small scale furniture to make the room look larger. A model home will never have too much furniture in one room. You will never see it dirty or cluttered. Having your house staged like a model home is a great example to follow in order to sell it quickly.

About the Author: Jan Britt is an Interior Decorator as well as a Home Stager. The State of Georgia has approved Jan's CE Home Staging Course for Real Estate Agents. Jan has created and teaches Interior Decorating and Staging classes at Kennesaw State University and Marietta Adult Education. She is a guest speaker for women's groups and Church groups. Jan has had multiple appearances on HGTV demonstrating how to make No-Sewing Window Treatments which are perfect for staging. She may be reached at decorate@decoratewithjan.com or at (770)919-2393.