Home Staging Tips Part 2

How is the house selling going? Are you getting your house decluttered, staged and looking good? Here are some more home staging tips for you to consider for the family/living room and dining room:

Family/Living Room

• Leave only 3 to 6 items on the mantel
• Follow the 1 to 3 large scale decorative items per surface
• Replace old outdated curtains with new ones or just leave windows with no coverings
• Replace bent and broken blinds with new ones or just leave without blinds
• Repaint or do any touch-ups on the walls
• Don’t arrange all the furniture facing the tv, arrange in conversation groups
• Arange furniture where it allows for easy traffic flow
• If you have a fireplace, lay some logs inside and also add a decorative touch like pine cones and greenery
• Open all the curtains and blinds to let as much natural light in as possible

Dining Room

• Remove a leaf out of the table to make room appear larger
• Only leave out 4 chairs and store the rest away
• Check the chandelier for any bulbs that are out or broken pieces, also wash it so that it shines
• Clean out buffet of any clutter
• Set out a simple place setting on table, but don’t over-do it
• Open up the curtains to let the natural light in