Home staging tips and tricks

How to: Stage your home
Woo potential buyers with these DIY tips for home staging.
There’s no escaping the raw power of first impressions, especially when it comes to selling your home. Each time a potential buyer walks through your front door, you want their immediate thought to be: WOW!

Home staging made easy
Top home staging tricks from industry pros that will sell your house.
Nowadays, if you want to sell your house quickly and for top dollar, a coat of paint and a good cleaning aren’t enough. To inspire the all-important fantasy element that makes a buyer want to live there, you’ve got to romance it a little -- and that’s where home staging comes in.

How to: Stage your home's exterior
Curb appeal can make the difference between selling your home and not! Check out these five outdoor home staging tips.
When selling your home, you essentially have to sell it to a potential buyer three times.  Once online, once when they drive by, and if that brings them in, once they come inside. Most likely, if they don’t like what they see on the outside, they’ll keep on driving.

Home staging on a budget

Budget-friendly decorating
A show home in South Surrey, B.C., is designed to sell with budget-friendly decorating details.
When her builder husband Rob completed a new subdivision in South Surrey, B.C., Kimberley Wiens of Laurel Ridge Homes set about decorating the 3,300 sq. ft. show home. Her goal: to appeal to as many buyers as possible as cost-effectively as possible. A designer for 16 years, Kimberley knows what sells. She teamed up with Jeannine Foley and Kelley McNamara, owners of design shop Stella Bleu Home, to create a neutral but inviting palette enhanced by decorating details that make a big impact on a budget.

Pretty up your porch
7 outdoor design tips to give your home porch appeal.
Does your home have the "It Factor" it needs to sell in this buyer's market? Experts say potential buyers make a split-second decision the moment they pull up next to your house. If your home exudes curb appeal, you’re already more than halfway to "Sold." But if it doesn't, you’ve got an uphill battle convincing potential buyers to buy.

10 cheap home selling tips
Easy ways to make your home more attractive to potential buyers.
Getting ready to sell? Move your property fast – and for the highest selling price possible – with these easy, affordable staging tricks. These deal-sealing changes will make your home attractive to the largest pool of potential buyers, and the best part is, you can start at any stage in the game. Who knows – you may love your home’s new look so much that you decide not to list after all!

Lead image courtesy of Restoration Hardware.