HOME STAGING
Follow these effective, low-cost tips:
* Remove scatter rugs and knickknacks from every room.
* Get rid of all appliances on the kitchen counters, except for the coffee maker.
* Remove as much as you can from closets.
* If necessary, hire a cleaning service to make the house spotless. Scrub floors, walls and
windows. Pay special attention to the microwave, oven and refrigerator.
* Focus on the living and dining rooms and the master bedroom. Additional bedrooms are best left
empty or minimally furnished.
* Arrange the furniture to show off each room's best features.
* Set the dining-room table with napkins, plates and flatware.
* When showing the house, turn on soft instrumental "buying" music, preferably classical or jazz.
Not only will these home staging ideas help your home appeal to the widest possible audience, but they may help to sell your home at the best possible price.
Inexpensive steps to makeover a bathroom include:
· Rip out the dated medicine cabinet and replace it with a big mirror.
· Replace the lighting with new sconces on both sides of the mirror, plus a new overhead fixture on a dimmer.
· Re-caulk the tub and shower.
· Repaint with a neutral color, but decorate with big, fluffy, colorful pillows.
· Hang some framed art.