The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging your Home to Sell

by Julie Dana, Marcia Layton Turner

It’s show time! Home staging transforms rooms from that everyday lived-in look to ready-to-be sold for top dollar. This step-by-step guide offers the tactics used by home stagers—from de-cluttering and cleaning up to arranging and remodeling—that will often yield a quicker sale and higher selling price.
--Decorating tips to make a house appeal to the widest range of buyers
--Cost-effective techniques to highlight the home’s selling points, whether it’s the floor plan, the high ceilings, or a newly renovated bathroom
--Suggestions on how to downplay or eliminate features that might be considered negatives— such as smaller rooms, minimal storage space, or ghastly wall colors

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2007

Reviews

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always hear people talk about "staging" and wondered what it was. This is a good beginner's guide, and will hopefully give some ideas to sellers to help them in this slowing market. It had some things I hadn't heard on HGTV before, and some were more detailed instructions on following through with ideas I've seen on TV. It gives you information on old and new tricks to staging, and lets you know which ones are out (like baking brownies right before a showing), and why.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty much common sense. Do agree that vast majority have no idea how to visualize a home's potential unless it is "staged." Some ideas such as replacing aluminum wiring is ridiculous. If a home has never had problems, why go to the expense? All the wiring from the street to our homes is aluminum wiring! Should we have the city replace that too?

[Katina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had already known the stuff in here because you can generally find it on the internet pretty easily...but if you're someone who doesn't use the internet frequently, this may be of great use since all the information is contained in one spot.

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Should I ever have to sell my home I will purchase a copy of this book to help stage it so I can get a better offer on it. It was very helpful in making your home appeal to the largest amount of buyers.

[Marianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas and suggestions, but I think it needs to be updated.

[Hom Sack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much better than Home Staging For Dummies. Lots of practical and useful DIY advice here.