Field Guide to Preparing & Staging a House for Sale

Here are some articles related to home staging for Sellers and Realtors.

Here's some articles related to home staging for Sellers and Realtors:

Article from Realtor .org  - http://www.realtor.org/field-guides/field-guide-to-preparing-staging-a-house-for-sale

(Updated January 2014)

Banish the clutter! Trim the bushes! Hide your Star Wars collection! Take down the family pictures! What can you do to prepare a house for sale? Here are tips, hints, thoughts and ideas for sprucing up, cleaning out, decorating, staging, creating a great first impression and making a house appealing to buyers. (A. Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist)

Staging a Home

34 House Staging Tips, (Sustainable Personal Finance).

4 tips for effectively staging your home for sale, (Realty Times, Dec. 18, 2013).

Want to sell the home faster? Stage it first, study says,  (Styled Staged & Sold, Oct. 7, 2013).

Staging an Empty Home (Coldwell Banker Blue Matter, Aug. 2013)

Discussion: Does home staging pay off?,  (The Wall Street Journal,  Nov. 19, 2012).

Be a staging star, (RealtyTimes, Feb. 16, 2012).

10 home staging tips from a TV designer,  (MarketWatch, May 29, 2012).

Five tips for selling your home in winter, (USA Today, Nov. 20, 2011).

Tips for Specific Areas of the House

Dress up the laundry room with staging, (Styled Stage & Sold, Jan. 6, 2014).

Home sellers: keep kitchen counters clutter free, (Realty Times, Dec. 3, 2013).

Hiding an Ugly Garage Door (The New York Times, Aug. 14, 2013).

Key Rules to Showing Your Home: Preparing the Exterior (Realty Times, Aug. 9, 2013).

You Are What You Refrigerate (The New York Times, June 6, 2013)

Side-yard appeal can help sell your home,  (Realty Times,  May 31, 2013).

Are you staging homes for the holidays?, (Styled Staged & Sold, Nov. 26, 2012).

A real estate Christmas? Decorating the client’s homes for the holidays,  (The Chicago Agent, Nov. 26, 2012).

Seduce buyers with the master bedroom suite, (RealtyTimes, May 11, 2012).

Staging bathrooms.  How to get that spa look, (Prep Your Home, Apr. 25, 2012).

10 steps for staging kitchens and dining spaces, (The Complete Guide to Imperfect Homemaking, Mar. 22, 2012).

Home staging, how a front door can sell your house, (ActiveRain, Jan. 10, 2012).

Selling the city, (REALTOR® Magazine, Oct. 2010).

How to stage your laundry room to sell your home, (laundry.about.com, n.d.).

Staging the garage for open houses, (realtor.com®, n.d.).