What Staging Is (and is not)

One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding staging is that it’s something akin to setting the stage for a magazine shoot or ‘overdecorating’. Nope.

Decorating or designing (the terms most commonly used) appeals to the person living in the home; staging is removing the owner’s personal connection and targeting the buyer who is likely to purchase your home.

Here’s a quick chart that should help:

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Staging focuses on improving a property by transforming it into a welcome, appealing and attractive product for sale.

Remember, timing is everything. Stage your home before you list so that you don’t risk making a less-than-favourable first impression with a potential buyer.

The Best Paint Colours for Selling Your Home

Take a look at the best paint colours for selling your home and which ones you should avoid via the linked article (below) from Homestars.

Quick recap:

Bathroom - best colour is light blue - colour to avoid is white

Dining room - best colour is dark blue - colour to avoid is down

Kitchen - best colour is blue - colour to avoid is yellow

Living Room - best colour is beige or taupe - colour to avoid is blue

https://blog.homestars.com/the-best-paint-colours-for-selling-your-home/

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10 Often Overlooked Tips to Getting Your Property Sold

This is a great article written for Home Staging Newswire by Christine Rae (www.stagingtraining.com).  

Christine Rae, is known as the leading expert, trendsetter and powerhouse authority on shaping the future through real estate staging industry vision, innovation and focused intensity.

The 10 tips quickly recapped:

  1. Don't get personal

  2. Pack and store/dispose of 2/3rds of every closet and cupboard

  3. First Impressions are the only ones that count

  4. Understand staging is about condition more than décor

  5. Update the kitchen

  6. Keep all bedrooms gender neutral

  7. Bathrooms are the second most important room in the house

  8. Odor and Allergens ALERT!

  9. Lighting

  10. 74% of prospect buyers will drive by your property before they even think about viewing it and half of them will do it at night

To view the full article click on the image above or here.  Enjoy!