| A major aspect of home sales is presentation. Let | | | | of the home. This even applies to excess art and |
| me rephrase that, home sales is ALL about | | | | decorations and the trappings that you have |
| presentation. When your home goes on the | | | | chosen to make your home uniquely "you." In |
| market it must present the best face it has ever | | | | order to show properly, the home should be |
| had. The simple truth is that it is a highly | | | | depersonalized. Unfortunately, all those things that |
| competitive market right now and sellers are | | | | make your home yours can get in the way of a |
| looking to find any leverage that they can in order | | | | buyer feeling comfortable and "at home" in your |
| to get their home noticed by the buyers. As | | | | home. In an ideal situation buyers will come into |
| markets around the country have cooled off, | | | | the home and have no trouble seeing themselves |
| sellers have had to go to greater and greater | | | | living there. They should have the ability to |
| lengths to separate their homes from the masses | | | | visualize their furniture and decorations without |
| of other listings, and so home staging has evolved. | | | | the distraction of having to mentally cancel out |
| Home staging is now a business all to itself with | | | | portraits of the family and other overly personal |
| companies popping up in almost every city. Home | | | | items. The best course of action is to try to |
| stagers offer a good service, but you as a seller | | | | picture your home as a show home. you may |
| can also do much of it yourself. | | | | have seen one or two of them in your time. The |
| A major aspect of any home staging is the | | | | one thing that is the same about all show homes |
| removal of clutter. This is easy to see in almost | | | | is the fact that they really don't look lived in. Now |
| any home. For the sake of this article we will | | | | this is almost impossible to achieve in a home that |
| refer to it as clutter, but what you are really | | | | is currently being lived in however it can be utilized |
| dealing with here is signs of life, occupation and | | | | as a bit of a guide as to what you can shoot for |
| daily use. Clutter can be classified as almost | | | | in staging the home. |
| anything that is not essential to the visual impact | | | | |