Staging the house for photos is one of the most important steps in the selling process. Often what’s in the picture will inspire a potential home buyer to schedule a walk-through. This is almost as important as the number of bedrooms or whether or not a new roof was just put on. 

 

                                         

                                      for a detailed room by room list of tips for staging your home

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Now, there may not be time or budget to do everything, but do as much as possible. Here are some of the most important general tips:

• Thoroughly clean whole house (vacuum carpet, mop hard floors, clean countertops, clean windows, clean bathroom mirrors)

• Declutter as much as possible- less is more especially in kitchens and bathrooms

• Turn all overhead lights and lamps ON

• Replace all burned out light bulbs

• Use bulbs of the same temperature (no 1 yellow then 1 blue)

• Turn all ceiling fans OFF

• Turn all TVs OFF

• Turn all computer screens OFF

• Tilt open blinds, open window treatments to let in outside light

• Remove or reduce personal photographs (or replace with general landscape/object photographs)

• Make all beds

• If there is upgraded flooring- Remove small floor rugs to reveal actual flooring

• Place all shoes/jackets/laundry in closets

• Remove cars, trash cans, other large items from driveway and front of house

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Please keep in mind, that as the photographer, we keep our costs down by minimizing our time at each listing and only taking photos. The listing should be photo-ready by the time we arrive.