Staging a home for sale is important to make a positive first impression on potential buyers. Staging involves detailing a home like you would detail a car for sale. It helps sellers showcase how rooms can be used by removing clutter and personal items. Common staging truths include replacing worn items like carpeting and wallpaper with neutral paint and flooring to broaden a home's appeal. Before and after photos show how staging techniques like removing drapes and adding fresh bedding can transform a space. Staging is important as most buyers begin their home search online, so staging ensures a home is presented optimally to the widest possible audience.

1. REAL ESTATE STAGING How Staging Will Help You Sell Your Home Presented by: Celeste Williams, ASP Accredited Staging and Pre-Listing Professional Seller’s Advantage 302.668.3662 This presentation, including the design, text, graphics, and arrangement thereof, are Copyright © 2009 Seller’s Advantage and RCW Renovations, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any use of materials of this material, including reproduction, modification, distribution or republication, without the prior written consent of Seller’s Advantage is strictly prohibited.

2. What Is Staging?

3. Simply put…it’s the process of detailing a home…

4. … the way you’d detail your car if you were selling it!

5. Because this will not sell…

6. For as much (and as quickly) as this will sell.

7. Effective staging helps homes make positive first impressions…

8. In person… AND in photographs

9. According to the National Association of Realtors, at least 80% of buyers start their home search on the Internet!

10. Your “open house” will be open 24/7

11. Sellers want, need and DESERVE to know what needs to be done to sell a home!!!

12. Some Staging Truths

13. Staging Truth: Wallpaper is a very personal choice and limits the buying audience

14. Instead: Use fresh, neutral paint to open up a room and broaden its appeal

15. Staging Truth: Worn, dingy carpeting ages and darkens a room.

16. Instead: New carpeting and some minor staging brighten this sunroom!

17. Staging Truth: Clutter does not sell and buyers will not see beyond it!

18. Instead: You need to show buyers the way a room can be!

19. Staging Truth: Not too many buyers would want to sleep here.

20. Instead: Removing the drapes and adding some fresh bedding makes all the difference!

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