Interior Staging
There are professional stagers or realtors who will bring in or rent home furnishings, including accessorizies, in order to update and maximize the “WOW” factor for potential buyers. Your Senior Move Manager, realtor and/or professional stager might also:
- Request interior to be painted a light neutral color. You may not like or agree on the color choice; however, you want to pick a color that statistically appeals to the masses. Let the professionals help you understand what is trending now.
- Replace or shampoo rugs or refinish hardwood floors. Remove rugs covering hardwoods.
- An easy update is to replace hardware in the kitchen and bathrooms, including the ceiling fixture in the dining room.
- Have a cleaning crew come in and clean all surfaces: bathrooms, floors, wall and door smudges,chandelier, light fixtures, refrigerator,oven, microwave, wall trim, etc. If you presently have a cleaning crew come in from time to time, consider hiring someone different.
- Wood burning fireplaces: Remove ashes and clean. Place new logs neatly in the fireplace for the visual appeal. White Birch is preferable.
- Remove curtains from windows to let light in. Sunshine is the world’s best decorator.
- Replace old, outdated lamp shades, and replace bulbs with a higher wattage. Add more lighting. Use daylight light bulbs to bring out the colors in your home.
- Change out throw pillows, bedspreads, shower curtains and bath towels. You can’t go wrong displaying white towels and bedspreads with accent colors.
- Remove some of the furniture and/or re-arrange for a cleaner look with more space.
- Remove or replace wall pictures/art.
- Fix all the little things: nail pops, wall cracks, base board dents, leaking faucets and other interior repairs.
In addition, your realtor may ask you to remove most things from your kitchen countertops and other countertops when taking pictures for the brochure, internet listing and showings.
