Sell Your Home Faster: 5 Home Staging Tips

First Impressions mean everything, especially when it comes to selling your home. Most home buyers know they like a home within the first few minutes of viewing a listing. So what is the best way to stand out and make your home attract more buyers than other listings? And the answer is easy, staging your home! Don't think so? The numbers don't lie. Staging your home brings in an average of 8-10% return on investment! Staged homes spend less time on the market compared to non-staged home and on average can increase your home's value by 1-10%. So let's figure out the top staging tips to get your listing sold!

Home Staging Tip 01: Remove Clutter

The most important staging tip is to declutter your home. Potential buyers want to be able to picture themselves in the home, which is hard to do when your personal items are everywhere. But, this does not mean taking everything out of them, so there's no personality left in the home.

You need to find that happy medium. You can start packing up family photos, organizing your storage room, mimimize tabletop decor, and cleaning your laundry room.

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Home Staging Tip 02: Curb Appeal

Yes, we know the interior of the home is the main focus, but a home's curb appeal is the first impression of a home. This is very important, it sets the stage for what a potential buyer will see inside. It's like a present. Would you rather receive a present that's wrapped nicely with a big bow, and a Hallmark card?

A simple pressure washing to remove dirt from your siding, roof, and gutters does wonders. Then add fresh greenery around the front door and, if possible, highlight the potential for an outdoor living space. And finally update mailbox numbers, doormat, or mailbox if they are outdated.

• Mailbox Numbers ➡️ Modern Numbers & Letters
• Front Entry ➡️ Entryway Planters
• Outdoor Living Space ➡️ Outdoor Furniture
• Doormat ➡️ Washable Doormats

Home Staging Tip 03: Build Fantasy Lifestyle

Investing in high-end accessories can go a long way in building this luxury fantasy that many buyers like. And just because an accessory looks luxurious, doesn't mean it's expensive. It just needs to look super-high quality and expensive.

Including oversized art and fashion books in your living room are a great example of this. While in the kitchen you can include a decorative oil dispenser, walnut cutting board, soap and cleaner dish, or cooking utensil container.

• Cooking Oil Dispenser ➡️ West Elm Oil Set Under $25
• Cutting Board ➡️ Custom Cutting Boards
• Soap & Cleaner Dish ➡️ 5 Piece Set
• Cooking Utensil Container ➡️ Stoneware Utensil Holder

Home Staging Tip 04: Fill Spaces with Potted Plants

You've decluttered your home and now you have a bunched of empty, awkward spaces in your home and you don't know how to fill that space. You want your home to feel welcoming, not cold and bland. So what can fill the space, without cluttering it with chunky, unnecessary furniture? Not only do potted plants clean the air, but they are the perfect filler for empty spaces.

Just like a picture frame elevates the value of a painting, choosing a quality, interesting container will make an indoor plant look more impressive. Never leave a new plant in the original container because it makes the plant look cheap and not well thought out.

• Living Room Container ➡️ 2 Piece Planter Set Under $40
• Bathroom Container ➡️ Hanging Planter
• Table Container ➡️ 3 Piece Planter

Home Staging Tip 05: Add Purpose to Every Room

You want all potential buyers to be able to picture your home as their next home. Spark a vision of where they would put their furniture and what they would do to each room. You don't want a room that is confusing about what its purpose is.

Have an extra "bonus" room? Stage the room to be a potential home office. Many of us are working from home now, and more than 70% of home buyers are looking for that extra space for a home office. Here is more about executing a home office renovation. More Info.