Selling Your Home? Tips for DIY Home Staging

If you're planning to sell your home this summer, regardless of whether you'll sell it yourself, or utilize the expertise of a REALTOR®, you'll need to showcase your home in its best possible light. Sprucing up your home for potential buyers is known as home staging. Staging can be done to both the exterior and interior of your home, and while there are professional home stagers, many people prefer to do it themselves.

Here are five DIY ways to stage your home to attract potential buyers.

1. Store, De-Clutter, and Simplify.
   Clutter in a home detracts from the home's inherent attributes. From items left lying around to a poorly organized pantry, messy closets and cluttered cupboards; when it comes to home staging, less is truly more. Pack up extra pots, pans, clothes, books and store them for the time being. The same goes for extra furniture. Don't let a cluttered living space detract from the home's natural beauty.
   
   
2. Let There Be Light
   Make the most of your home's windows and views, while also ensuring your home looks like and bright. Heavy curtains or blinds drawn inside your home will make your home appear dark, and often smaller. Open all blinds and curtains (making sure the windows and sills are clean), to give your home an airy and spacious feel. 
   
   
3. Clean and clean again
   Chances are, if you've been looking for a new home, you've seen homes that are extraordinarily clean, and those that are not. Chances are even greater that a messy or dirty home didn't exactly make your heart flutter. Clean homes show that the home has been cared for, and home buyers want a well maintained home. 
   
   
   If you don't have the time or inclination to clean your home yourself, it's probably worth the investment to have professionals come and clean the house. Remember that you're trying to show the house in its best possible light, so cleanliness is of utmost importance. 
   
   
4. Showcase Storage Space
   Potential buyers need to know that there is enough room in your home to store all of their personal items. Organizing your closets and storage areas is one way to ensure that they can see how much space your home has to offer. That's why it's also smart to minimize the number of items in your kitchen cabinets, pantry, and coat closets. Store items you won't need for the next several weeks, so that potential buyers can accurately assess the amount of storage in your home. 
   
   
5. Add a Bit of Loveliness
   Subtle touches of color and pleasant smells can help make your rooms "pop." Consider scented candles in your bathrooms. Add a fresh fruit bowl to your dining room table. Leave some potpourri in a pretty bowl near your front door. Put a healthy green plant on your front porch. A little effort to excite the senses will go a long way. 

Summer is the perfect time to sell your home and buy a new home. True Homes are available in dozens of communities throughout North Carolina. True Homes are energy efficient, and made with only the finest quality products. For information on buying a True Home this summer contact us today at www.truehomeusa.com or call 704-271-1191.