Staging Your St. Charles Home

House Staging for Selling Your St. Charles Home quickly from the Remax Realtor experts at the Discovery Crew. This is a simple concept, but often times never fully utilized. It may even seem contradictory to empty out your house, paint neutral colors, remove photos and beautiful pieces of furniture, but a correctly staged house can sell 5 times as fast as one left alone. Type "staging your home" into Google® and you'll see that this has become a full-fledged industry money maker for many businesses. It is a real thing and you should really do it.

Q-tip Clean

For those of you who hate to clean, get out your scrub brush or call an expert. Many home owners feel that their house is clean, but we've got news for you. As an example, walk through most display homes and see if you can spot a thing out of place. Here is a quicklist of helpful tips::

Clear the air:
If your home has anything but a new home smell to it, chance are that's not a good thing. Fresh flowers and candles easily make a room pleasant to walk into.
Clear the clutter:
Clear all unnecessary objects from furniture throughout the house. Keep decorative objects on the furniture restricted to groups of 1, 3, or 5 items
Clear the counter:
Clear all unnecessary objects from the kitchen countertops. If it hasn't been used for three months... put it away! Clear refrigerator fronts of messages, pictures, etc
Rearrange:
Rearrange or remove some of the furniture if necessary. As owners, many times we have too much furniture in a room.
Pack up the car:
If it's not helping, get it out of the house. You're car may soon look like you live in it, but better to have a packed car than a house going unsold.
Take down the family photos:
While you're family may be precious, that doesn't help a prospective buyer "see themselves" in your home.
Light the way:
Turn on the lights, add lamps, do what you can do to let the light shine in and on your home. A clean, well-lighted place is very inviting.