Staging your Home is the First Step in Letting Go
Letting go of your “home sweet home” is not always easy. If you are preparing to put your home on the market, it’s time to make the shift from thinking about it as your home to seeing it as a property that is about to be SOLD. To help navigate the process, think about the 3 D’s of Home Staging: Dissociate, Declutter & Depersonalize.
The 3 Ds of Home Staging: Disassociate, Declutter & Depersonalize
Disassociate:
Whether you’ve been in your home for 1 year or 20 years, you must try to disconnect with the things that you love about your home. Let’s say you love purple and your primary spaces are in tones of eggplant and mauve. When you decide to sell, you might assume a potential buyer has the same preferences… but realistically, that may not be the case.
A “staged home” may not be as comfortable as you are used to
If you want to sell your home fast and for the most $, consider painting primary spaces in neutral tones
Declutter:
Remove anything that does not feel tidy and straight. A clean house with little to no clutter helps showcase SPACE, which is what a buyer is trying to purchase.
Clean out closets (donate items, clear floors and remove furniture in closets)
Remove items in corners and on floors
Clear off kitchen counters and other flat surfaces
Pack up books, toys and unused exercise equipment
Remove clutter in laundry room
Simplify office desks and put away items in drawers
Depersonalize:
A buyer wants to see the property not your personal items, so we have to disassociate from what we love and think about what they want. All personal items should be removed when selling any property. We want the buyer to mentally “move in” their furniture.
Pack up personal items (family photos, collections, small items)
Remove religious, political, cultural and ethnic items
Hide diplomas and trophies (anything with a name)
Ready to transform your property? Call us at 804.652.5301.
