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    • Secrets For Staging Your Home

    Written by Brook Reilly. April 9, 2012.

    [caption id="attachment_6348" align="alignleft" width="254" caption="A Fresh Painted Front Door Makes All The Difference"]Staging Homes[/caption]

    Are you trying to sell or rent your home and looking for some tips on staging your house? Take a look at some of these tips courtesy of This Old House:

    Secrets of a House Stager

    Who knew that getting rid of family photos and clearing off countertops could help you snag top dollar for your house? These are just two secrets from Debra Gould, founder of Staging Diva. Gould, a professional home stager, has helped scores of homeowners clean up, rearrange, and style their homes to command top price. That can mean anything from putting extra books in storage to getting rid of moldy caulk in bathrooms to renting furniture to fill up too-bare spaces. "The goal is to make your home clean, organized, and welcoming so potential buyers can picture living there," says Gould. Thus the no-family-photos rule: "They make people feel like they're invading your space," she explains.

    Before: A neglected front door…

    Problem: A dingy door in a blah color, plus out-of-season holiday lights, made this entry less than welcoming.

    After: …gets fresh paint and new fixtures

    Solution: Nixing the string of lights and adding black trim and a fresh coat of white paint spruces things up. Gould also swapped out the exterior sconces for larger ones that match the new color scheme.

    Read more at This Old House

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