The Home-Staging Cheat Sheet

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Barb is the Creator of Home Staging and continues to pave the way for this industry - educating Sellers, Realtors, and Stagers on what Staging is and what it is NOT. . . I love her saying that "Buyers only know what they see, not the way it's going to be" - and when less than 10% of the population can picture a room in a way other than how it is presented, Staging is the most important marketing tool for selling a house. Without it, 90% of the buyers out there are left scratching their heads wondering how a house could look better or be something they could live in as their home.
Realtors that incorporate Staging as a marketing tool and Sellers that work with a professionally trained Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) Stager are making sure buyers find their house appealing - and that is the goal - to SELL the house - in a tough or hot market.

Jennie Norris, ASPM, IAHSP - We Stage Sacramento of CA 12:49AM July 09, 2008

when you show!

R Lapus of MA 3:23PM July 07, 2008

If you have the $, tile the outer and inner entry. Also add fancy front door, one with glass insert. First impressions are big stuff with those basing everything on appearances. Good luck, and don't take a low ball offer!

Ed Roberts of CA 2:44PM July 07, 2008

As usual, Barb has wonderful advice. I've been staging homes for three years now, and it still amazes me how a few hours of manpower and a couple of timely accessories can update a home and make it appealing to all buyers. Once it's staged, many of these homes sell immediately, even in this market. If your house is for sale, don't think twice about staging.

Donna Caselden, Staged for Sale of MA 3:35PM July 05, 2008

These are some great tips! I actually piggyback off your blog and a spin off blog: http://staged4more.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-home-staging-cheat-sheet/
Barb gave great tips as usual. My only addition is to if you are thinking to stage your listing or home yourself, DO IT FOR THE BUYERS. Ultimately the space is for the buyers, not for your enjoyment or personal taste as they may not appeal to everyone. These 6 tips are a great start.
Cheers,
Cindy

cindy*staged4more of CA 3:52PM July 03, 2008

It's too bad we have to resort to "staging", as though buyers reject us and our properties for living real lives with real stuff. But they do. And staging works.
Causes me to wonder if maybe we ought to just unload a bunch of it permanently so that we too get to look at uncluttered beauty---not just our potential buyers to have that privilege.
Nah. I gotta go. Garage sales in neighborhood. Never know what I can add for cheap. (Not planning to sell the house anytime soon.)

Daniel David of NM 3:08PM July 03, 2008

The writer apparently has not been in a La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries recently. Not only does La-Z-Boy make cushy recliners, but they craft an entire line of handsome wingback chairs, high-style stationary wood-accented chairs, gorgeous contemporary chairs and pub-style chairs. To assume all La-Z-Boy chairs are "cushy large-scaled recliners" is incorrect and shows the writer did not research his/her topic and based the assumptions on old information.
We own four La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries and we complete entire homes, including bedroom, dining, family and living room furniture from our many La-Z-Boy, Inc., owned companies including Hammary, Kincaid, American Drew. We offer entertainment centers, lamps, rugs, art, waterfalls, sculpture, silks and more.
And we have designers who can come to your home and stage it for sale. We do hundreds of these a year to great success. We also stage empty homes that builders cannot sell which increases their sellability tremendously. We did one home that hadn't sold empty for 2 years and sold 30 days after we furnished it . . . with hard and soft surfaces.
People need to pay attention that La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries are not the home of the large ugly recliner but a full-service design source used by owners of some of the most expensive homes in California.

Elizabeth Reego of CA 12:11PM July 03, 2008