Home staging sets the stage for selling your home

Planning on selling your house?  Soon?  Within the next year?  Three years?  The time is now to start staging your home to get maximum value.  Why not start living your life in a way that when the time comes to sell, the heavy lifting is done?  This means home staging, which results in an organized living space for you today!  It also means an organized storage space. No fun you say!  Not true. No fun is not being ready to sell when the time comes. Or, not being able to sell at all because potential buyers can’t see the beauty of your home.

Each room serves a purpose, so does each storage space

Your bedroom is your oasis.  Your place to relax, unwind and do other things that are good for the soul. Each piece of furniture serves a purpose.  The bed linens and the drapes were chosen for a reason.  Now, open the closet.  Can the same thing be said for your bedroom storage space?  It should have items that belong in your bedroom: clothes, shoes, oh glorious shoes, and other items to delight and fill your oasis.  It shouldn’t have office supplies, stationery, or photo albums. Keeping yourself organized is reason enough, and eventually, a potential buyer may take a look and start to believe that the home doesn’t have proper storage space.  You do not want that!

Small room, small closet – now what?

Size matters.  You have what you have, now let’s figure out how to make the most of it.  Just because the room is small and the closet it as well doesn’t mean you can’t, and shouldn’t, make the most of it.  It also means that it is even more important to organize, be clutter-free, and purposeful.  Living clutter-free is liberating; trust me, you will love it and so will potential future buyers.  It will also make a small room look roomier.  It is very important for a room to serve a purpose; home buyers need to see that room is functional. Whatever purpose you’ve given the space, make sure the closet is as organized and purposeful as the room itself.

So what exactly is home staging?

Thanks for asking! Home staging involves a professional home stager offering you professional advice to help showcase your home’s true potential for future buyers. They work within your budget and with what you already have in your house – making it look bigger, brighter, and most importantly, make potential home owners want to buy it.

By expert Lisa Beaupré of Lisa Beaupré Home Style Solutions.