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Home Staging For Dummies book cover

Home Staging For Dummies

Authors:

Christine Rae ,

Jan Saunders Maresh

Overview

Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? Home Staging For Dummies delivers all the secrets to making your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money! It shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way.

Featuring eight full-color pages of instructive before-and-after photos, this completely practical guide demonstrates how and why to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, and pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house. You’ll get a handle on what buyers want and how to show it to them, find plenty of do-it-yourself tasks that add real value to your home, and get tips on producing photos of your home that will have buyers craving to see more! Discover how to:

See your home as prospective buyers will see it
Know what needs doing and what doesn’t
Master the three-step home staging process
Add real value to your home without breaking the bank
Decide whether to DIY or call in the pros
Create curb appeal
Make a great first impression with a beautiful entryway
Spruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining rooms
Turn your bedrooms into a buyer’s dream
Whip your mechanicals into top shape
Avoid staging nightmares

Get top dollar for your home — all you need is a little help from Home Staging For Dummies!

Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? Home Staging For Dummies delivers all the secrets to making your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money! It shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way.

Featuring eight full-color pages of instructive before-and-after photos, this completely practical guide demonstrates how and why to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, and pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house. You’ll get a handle on what buyers want and how to show it to them, find plenty of do-it-yourself tasks that add real value to your home, and get tips on producing photos of your home

that will have buyers craving to see more! Discover how to:

See your home as prospective buyers will see it
Know what needs doing and what doesn’t
Master the three-step home staging process
Add real value to your home without breaking the bank
Decide whether to DIY or call in the pros
Create curb appeal
Make a great first impression with a beautiful entryway
Spruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining rooms
Turn your bedrooms into a buyer’s dream
Whip your mechanicals into top shape
Avoid staging nightmares

Get top dollar for your home — all you need is a little help from Home Staging For Dummies!

Home Staging For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Staging your home properly can not only help you sell it, but help you get a good price for it. The effort spent in finding the right accents and accessories can pay dividends in selling time — and you can take new purchases with you! Staging your home for an open house takes things to a new level and you need to prepare carefully to make sure you cover all the bases.

About The Authors

Christine Rae is the founder and President of Certified Staging Professionals.

Jan Saunders Maresh is a nationally known television personality and journalist, specializing in sewing and design.