When it comes to selling your home, you’re always going to want to try and get the best possible price for it. But that’s not always easy to do. Of course, there’s always going to be a ceiling price for what your home is worth – but wouldn’t it be nice to try and reach somewhere near that. Yeah when your realtor is telling you that you’re falling short of it, do you accept it or do you try to get the maximum for it? If you know that you’re happy to invest a little bit of money in order to make so much more, you might consider staging your home. In this blog post, we’re going to go deeper into the details of how to do exactly that.

What Exactly is Staging?

Maybe you’re wondering exactly what staging is and why you might need to do it. Staging is the idea of styling your home ready for it to sell. It takes away personal touches and your own tastes and essentially creates a space with a design eye, with the aim of it selling. SO when your home isn’t looking all that attractive to the outside world (sorry!), this can really help make buyers interested in it.

The Benefits of Staging Your Home

Of course, there are so many benefits to staging your home. The first is that you’ll have a much better chance of getting the money that you want for it – particularly if there’s a big gap in what you’ve been told you can get and what you want. Another is that it will look great in photos and attract more interest from the start. But also, you’ll find that it forces you to do a bit of the groundwork ahead of time, so that you have less to do when you move too.

8 Tips for Staging Your Home Yourself

So now that we’ve taken a look at exactly why staging could be an idea, if you’re thinking about doing it yourself rather than getting in a team, you’re going to want to know what to do to actually make that happen. So here are some tips to get you started.

1. Declutter First

To begin with, you always need to declutter. Even when you think you’ve cleared everything away and it’s looking tidy, do it again. And then again. Because this is staging and not real life living – so you want it to look more showhome than lived-in. Plus, this can help you get ahad with moving becaus this stage is already done.

2. Pack Away Anything You Don’t Need

Once you’ve decluttered, you can then pack some of those bits away. Again, this is actually going to be super helpful for you and allow you to get one step ahead. Pack up stuff you don’t immediately need and put it into storage so it’s not cluttering up your home and getting in the way.

3. Give Everything a Good Clean

At this stage, you’re then going to want to make sure that you give everything a good clean. If you need to get a cleaning team or a carpet cleaning solution in, then you definitely want to do that. A clean and clear canvas is very much what you want to be working with here.

4. Paint the Walls

Next up, whether you want to or not (because you love what you’ve already gone with), you’re going to want to paint the walls. Of course, if you’re recently renovateed your home, forget this. But if it’s looking a little shabby or chaotic, this will help you hugely. Going for all white walls will make your home look bigger, cleaner, and fresher, ready to be styled.

5. Do Mini Updates

Okay so it’s likely that you’re not going to want to renovate the whole entire house right before you sell it – because you would likely want to stay if you did. But there might still be stuff that you need to do in order to freshed things up. Things like painting the kitchen cabinets or replacing handles in the bathroom could work a tweak. Then, weith a few new accessories, the space could look brand new.

6. Bring in New Pieces

Speaking of which, you might want to think about investing in a few new bits for the entire home to really show it off. Of course, you don’t have to go wild or spend a lot of money on things you don’t like or won’t ever use. But you may find that getting a dining table to stage a dining space instead of having an ironing board in that space will make a huge difference. Plus, bringing in accessories can really show off a space.

7. Store Away Anything Personal

Another thing that you’ll want to remember to do during this process is to store away anything that’s personal. Photos or trinkets might be important to you, but they won’t help potential buyers see it as their home. Focus on styling the space, not making it your own.

8. Add Finishing Touches

And finally, you may also want to think about bringing in some gorgeous finishing touches to really show off the space. Think about lighting candles and having scents burning. You could also put out champagne flutes and dress the dining table, little touches like that tend to go a long way and help people envision themselves in your home.

Getting the Most for Your Home

Ultimately, as much as this can seem like a lot to do, you’ll find that you’ll be able to sell your home for the most money – which is always the aim of the game. Likewise, you don’t have to do everything on the list, but you will find that doing even just half of it will make a difference. Not only will your photos say it all, but it will be pretty impressive in person too. So go ahead and get to work – your home will look amazing as a result.