3 Tips to Staging the Inside of Your Home Like a Pro

Are you considering putting your house up for sale, but not sure where to start? Afraid it will take too long to sell, or that you won’t get the price you want? Think about “staging” your home, or in other words, setting the scene for immediate buyer interest in your property. To be really effective, you need to look at both the outside and the inside of your home.

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Here are 3 tips to get you started with the inside of your home:

De-clutter

This is one of the most important things you can do. It might be easier to think of de-cluttering like this – you’re moving anyway, so why not start packing now?

Pack up everything you don’t need and store the boxes out of sight in the garage (or consider temporarily renting a small storage locker). If you’re selling in the summer, pack away all the winter items that don’t get used, this instantly gets rid of items you’re not using. Create a cosy corner where you can stage your vases, mood-boosting houseplants, and ornaments, as this makes it look like a staged home and not have everything everywhere.

Organize your closets

Put similar colors together, pants together, skirts together, shirts together, etc. Why? Because it will make the closets look bigger. (Really.) An organized closet appears bigger, and you want your closets to look as spacious as possible. When everything is much bundled in it looks messy, you want it neat and tidy. Creating an organised look will make buyers think their new house can be organised and neat.

Make your home look like a model

You want to de-personalise as much as possible so potential buyers can imagine themselves and their own belongings occupying the space in your house. That means minimizing – putting away everything you don’t need or use. Clear off kitchen counters as much as possible – stash all those appliances you don’t use, and put miscellaneous small clutter in a few attractive baskets or boxes. It’s also worth considering hiring a company offering professional carpet cleaning in Tacoma, WA (or elsewhere more relevant for you) so that your carpets look brand new. Doing this can help buyers to look past the lived in status of your home and it generally improves the appearance and feel of your carpets as they walk around.

You don’t need to remove all you’re photos and personalised items, your home is a home and it needs character, love, and warmth. It needs to feel lived in and loved. That way the new buyers will feel like they are moving to a loving home and they will be happy too.

And the biggest tip of all? Imagine yourself as a potential buyer looking at your property for the very first time. What impressions are you getting? Would YOU buy your house? What would you like to see changed before you put an offer on your house?

And don’t worry about spending several thousand pounds to get your house ready to sell – you’ll get it all back when your house sells. Proper staging helps you sell your house in a shorter time and at the price you want.

Don’t forget the outside of your home, and here are some tips on staging the outside of your home like a pro as well.