Field Guide to Preparing and Staging a House For Sale
(Updated February 2011)
Banish the clutter! Trim the bushes! Hide your Star Wars collection! Take down the family pictures! What things 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)
Getting your house ready to SELL, (ActiveRain, Dec. 11, 2011).
Selling your home? Get more money with these easy (and inexpensive!) design tricks, (shine.yahoo.com, Feb. 4, 2010).
How to prepare your house for sale, (homebuying.about.com, 2010).
Clutter-free helps sell homes, (Realty Times, Jan. 9, 2009).
Speed your home sale with these fast fix-ups, (MSN Money, May 4, 2009).
Finishing touches, (REALTOR® Magazine, Feb. 2011).
Staging for the five senses, (Realty Times, Jan. 27, 2011).
Home staging on a dime, (AOL Real Estate, Sept. 9, 2010).
Home staging tips that focus on largest customer segments, (RISMedia, Apr. 10, 2010).
Styled, staged & sold, (www.realtor.org, 2010).
The Staging Pro, (REALTOR® Magazine, 2010).
Home staging strategies to remember!, (Real Estate Home Staging, Jan. 7, 2010).
Innovative home staging is the key to home sales in a down market, (RISMedia, Dec. 21, 2009).
Staging in a virtual reality, (REALTOR® Magazine, Oct. 2009).
Tips for Specific Areas of the House
Staging bathrooms without breaking the bank, (homebuying.about.com, n.d.).
Bonus rooms and man caves: make something out of nothing, (Staged, Styled & Sold/REALTOR® Magazine, June 25, 2010).
Home staging tips: living room staging ideas, (Massachusetts Home Buyer Network, Jan. 8, 2010).
Staging the kitchen, (homebuying.about.com, 2010).
Staging the bedroom no less important than kitchen or bathroom for a fast house sale, (American Chronicle, Dec. 23, 2009).
Home Staging Atlanta–Living Room Before and After Pictures, (ActiveRain, Apr. 16, 2009).
Staging to make a dining room look bigger, (House Calls, Mar. 31, 2009).
5 cheapskate tips to staging your spare room, (www.ezinearticles.com, Feb. 4, 2009).
