When selling a home, no homeowner would like the home to sit on the market for an extended period. This is why you must stage your home in one way or another. However, staging your home should not cost you an arm. Here are several cheap methods you can use to stage your home for sale.
1. De-clutter and depersonalize
The best way to attract someone to want to live in that house is to remove your personal stuff. You have to get rid of the clutter such as books, knickknacks, pictures, and anything else that exclusively belongs to you and.
2. Paint the walls neutral
Research indicates that certain colors can readily inspire the potential buyer to place a deal. Thus, you need to repaint the house with a neutral hue such as beige, white, tan, etc.
3. Turn on the lighting
If the light is insufficient in a room, the room tends to appear dreary and drab, especially if you are displaying the house on a gray day. You can decide to place floor lamps in dimly lit rooms. You can even borrow some table lamps from friends or family to help brighten up the house during the display.
4. Set the table
An empty dining table tends to give an annoying appearance. Thus, you need to set the table for dinner. Doing so will create a “wow” feeling when the buyers see the well-arranged table.
5. Place some mirrors
Wes Edens, a real estate guru, says, “mirrors help to make a room appear more spacious.” You can achieve this by buying cheap mirrors whenever you can.
6. Ensure the furniture is proportional to the room
When you have a smaller space, place minimal furniture in it. This works better than overcrowding the room with too much furniture.
7. Minimize the decorations and art
Use landscape or abstract paintings or figurative art. These tend to emphasize the accent color without being too prominent.
8. Give the bathroom a spa effect
Making your bathroom look like a spa has a positive impact on buyers. Buy solid white shower curtains, towels and rugs when preparing to sell your house. These items can be obtained cheaply, but they are very effective in changing the feel and look of a room.
9. Add some color
After painting the rooms a neutral color, consider adding color pops such as colorful pillows on beds and couches, or a bowl of green apples in the kitchen.
10. Organize and clean the closets
Experts recommend that you should make sure that the hangers in the closets are evenly spaced apart. You should also match your purses, accessories and shoes to give a color coordination and an organized appearance in the closet.
11. Clear the counter-tops
Ensure that you remove all clutter from your kitchen and bathrooms, except for the necessities such as your soap dish and hand towels in the bathrooms, and the coffee machine in your kitchen. You can also place a cookbook on the kitchen counter and have it open to a page that has an unusual recipe. Your kitchen is the number one area in the buyer’s scrutiny list. Thus, ensure that yours looks spacious, clean ans as open as possible.
When you put your house up for sale, it is always your wish to have it sold as soon as possible. These staging techniques will ensure that you achieve this goal. The good thing is it does not cost you too much to accomplish these staging procedures.
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