As your Boston real estate agent, it’s my duty to help you
with the home-selling process in Boston, MA. One part of that is staging your home to sell.
Now, many staging tips you’ve probably already heard. Declutter
your home. Get rid of anything personal, like family photos and kid’s drawings
on the refrigerator. Repaint the walls. Power wash the exterior. Display potted
flowers on your front porch. Rearrange the furniture. Clean!
These are typical staging tips that are very important if
you want potential homebuyers to imagine living in your home. You want your
home to come off as a model home that is move-in ready, not a home that is
being lived in by another family. Everything should look as perfect as it can.
However, today I’m going to share a few out-of-the-box ideas
to help you stand out from other Boston home sellers. The key to staging is
also to help potential homebuyers remember your home above the rest! Here are
some new ideas:
- Add color pops to your neutral décor. Neutral décor is important, but you don’t want it to be so neutral that it looks blah. Add some hints of color, such as couch pillow shams, a throw rug, curtains and flower vases. Try to stick to one color scheme. You could also create a focal point with paint, such as painting one wall a bright color. More tips are available in this Realtor Magazine blog.
- Use the right type of lighting in each room. Certain lighting can show off the features of certain rooms better than other lighting. House Logic recommends that you use halogen lighting to show off art, for task lighting or for mood creation. Use LED lighting on stairs, under cabinets and for landscaping. Fluorescent lighting is best for garages, closets and laundry rooms.
- Make homemade air fresheners. You want your home to smell good for showings and open houses, but you don’t want homebuyers gagging on artificial chemicals! Huffington Post shared some great homemade options. One option is to cut an orange in half, cut out the pulp and fill the skin with salt. Or, dab a few drops of vanilla extract on a cool light bulb, then turn it on.
- Create focal points. Define the best feature of each room, then decorate the room so that your other furnishings fit around it. Is it a fireplace in the living room? A built-in entertainment center in the family room? A table in the dining room? Use the lighting and color bursts we already discussed to enhance each focal point to make it memorable.
Hopefully these tips will help you create a setting in your
home that Boston homebuyers will remember and want to make their own! Have
questions? Need help? Contact me, your Boston real estate agent!
Phone: 617-642-7585
Email: pf@pattifine.com
Patti Fine Real Estate
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