It’s not just about making the home “prettier.” Home staging is about using the principals of space, color and interior decorating. It’s about depersonalizing the rooms. It’s about accentuating a home’s architectural features. And it’s about selling your home faster for the higher price.

You want potential buyers to see the best representation of your home that you can possibly provide. Home staging ensures that your home not only invites but intrigues, through color choice and placement of furniture and décor. Home stagers assess paint, flooring and furniture. They take into account open space – how much is attractive, and how much is too much? And a home stager will address clutter. After all, a cluttered house is rarely attractive to potential buyers who want to see the home, not the belongings in the home…

…which brings us to the concept of depersonalizing rooms. Depersonalizing sounds negative. In fact, it’s the opposite. You want to depersonalize your home so potential buyers can visualize the home as theirs, not yours. This cannot be accomplished if the knickknacks and pictures are too specific to the current owners. Try going into a home, for example, where there are china closets filled with collections of baby dolls. While this might be interesting, what if you hate dolls and can’t get past the visual? If you can’t, your emotional response to the home is also affected. You don’t want this to happen when you are trying to sell your home.

You also do not want to obstruct your home’s architectural features – you want to showcase them. No matter what kind of home you live in, that home has certain features built into the structure. Some of these features are simple, some decorative, some functional. No matter what, you do not want to cover up what makes your home unique and attractive. For example, what if the edges of your walls are curved, as opposed to angled? You would want to make sure furniture is placed in such a way that the ends of walls are exposed. Or say you have a column in your living room. You would not want to put a cabinet in front of it. Architects spend a lot of time designing homes in specific ways. You need a stager to help you identify what those are and highlight appropriately.

A professional home stager has the experience and know-how to make your home attract potential buyers and keep them interested, not only as they tour the home, but after. Home staging creates a lasting visual and emotional effect that truly influences the potential buyer.

Want to see the difference home staging makes? Visit our website. Then call Belinda Jacobson-Loehle at (703) 338-9678 or emailBelinda@JacobsonRealty1.com.