Home Staging for Dummies

by Christine Rae, Jan Saunders Maresh

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 itKnow what needs doing and what doesn'tMaster the three-step home staging processAdd real value to your home without breaking the bankDecide whether to DIY or call in the prosCreate curb appealMake a great first impression with a beautiful entrywaySpruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining roomsTurn your bedrooms into a buyer's dreamWhip your mechanicals into top shapeAvoid staging nightmares

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

376 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2008

Reviews

[Surfside Staging]

very good book for start user

[Duckpondwithoutducks]

I don't really know why I picked up this book at the library to read because I'm not planning on selling my home, but it was interesting nonetheless. It shows the difference between an interior decorator (designs the interior to your habits and preferences) and a home stager (gets the home sale-ready to appeal to as many people as possible). The pictures were good at showing how staging can really make a room more attractice and appealing, but it would have been better if they were in colour. I also would have liked if they had included some pictures of the warm neutral paint colours that home stagers recommend.

[Janis]

Not the perfect book--color photographs would have added so much; however I got several good ideas to implement

[Hom Sack]

Some good advice. But I'm not so sure about using Fung Shui. One major negative is the heavy promotion of hiring a certified staging professional.