Lights, Camera, Action

When preparing to sell your home, we feel that staging your home is one of the most important things that you can do to appeal to a variety of buyers. Your Realtor will have many helpful ideas on staging or you may hire a professional stager if you prefer. Either way, you will want to make sure the focus is on the features that your home has to offer while downplaying any shortcomings.

The very first step in staging your home is removing clutter and unnecessary or personal items. Staging may also involve moving or rearranging furniture, redefining a room's purpose, or possibly changing color tones. The purpose is to make your home seem larger and more appealing. Buyers want to walk into a home and imagine it as theirs.

If you choose to stage your home yourself, you should make sure that you at least get some tips and ideas from other people. Sometimes, we become so use to the way our home looks and works for us, that we may not realize what actually needs to change for it to appeal to others.

HGTV's website is a great source with lots of information and ideas. Here is a link for 15 Secrets of Home Staging on their site.