Staging Your Home To SELL! by The Ramsey Group

May 26, 2009 · Print This Article

In the current real estate market and economic situation, it’s more important than ever to do everything right when trying to sell your home. The question I get asked all the time is, “How do I stage my home to sell in today’s real estate market?”

How To Stage Your Home!

While there are plenty of do’s and don’ts of staging a home their is one most important thing to remember. That is, staging a home is NOT decorating it! You stage your home to sell while you decorate your home to make it the most enjoyable to live in. Specifically, the goal of decorating your home is to personalize it while the goal of staging your home is to depersonalize it!

Tricks To The Best Home Staging

Think of it this way, when you go into a model home, there are no personal photos, minimal furnishings and tasteful colors throughout. This is the goal that each seller needs to take in preparing their home for the market. There is much more to it than just what’s in the home… it’s very important to position the furnishings correctly. Moving a piece of furniture 8-12 inches can make a big difference. rotating a table 45 degrees car really open a space.

The Ramsey Group understands that staging a home before placing it on the market is key to getting your home sold. That’s why we study staging and offer this service at no cost to our sellers. That’s right… there is NO COST to the seller for our staging. We help you stage your home for free… even if you don’t use us to sell your home!

Written by Mark Ramsey