Consider Staging When Selling
By Lee Morales, ASP
If your idea of preparing your home for sale is putting the kids toys in a box, lighting a scented candle, getting out the Swiffer and sweeping the front porch, you’ve a little behind the curve. Today, staging a home for sale can involve a complete redesign, repainting rooms, renovations, renting furniture and decorative items, or even hiring a family to give a home that lived-in feel.
Per staging diva Barb Schwarz, staging can boost the selling price 6 to 20 percent in a moderately priced neighborhood and as high as 20 to 50 percent for luxury homes or in a particularly hot market.
Vacant homes are particularly challenging for buyers to visualize without a little staging help. In order for a home to sell, it needs to speak to potential buyers. It needs to look good, feel good, smell good and stand out from the crowd.
What is an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP)?
A dedicated professional who has studied and learned the proven and powerful techniques of staging homes, and completed a detailed training course and examination.
What does Inner Beauty Final Staging do?
Stage homes for sale or for everyday living and provides staging consultation services.
SHB contributing writer, Lee Morales, is an Accredited Staging Professional & founder of InnerBeauty Final Staging.
