Focus on Furniture — Less Is More! Staging is the art of creating a visibly inviting space. Like any homeowner, you’ll take your furniture with you when you move out of your home. Until then, your personal taste and style will be showcased while your home is on the market. Create space by keeping furniture to a minimum. Buyers are attracted to homes flooded with light and roominess. At the same time, they are repelled by homes filled with cramped and un-navigable spaces. Remove all unnecessary furniture from your living spaces and store it elsewhere while your home is on the market. Home shoppers want to walk through your home without obstacles. Space and storage are high on buyers’ lists, so every area of your home should feel spacious. All closets, pantries, and storage rooms must be organized and free from clutter. Remove the things that aren’t necessary for daily living and store keepsakes, photo albums, rarely used appliances, and so forth out of sight, preferably off the premises. This will create interest and showcase the home’s space and storage capacity. Strategic furniture placement is an easy way to highlight unique features of your home. A grouping of chairs in front of a fireplace, for example, will draw attention. Avoid pushing the furniture close to the walls. Reposition easy chairs into floating group spaces. Every roomhas to be staged to show function, as well. An empty room used for overflow of boxes, possessions, or unwanted items should be transformed into a usable, desirable space. Clean it out and create an office space with a desk and chair or a reading room with a lamp and recliner. If you have exercise
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