Home Staging Tips for Fall

Home staging really does change with the season. You play up different features and decorate your house differently each season, so why not do then when selling your home?

Here are a few tips on how to stage your home to be especially appealing in the fall season, from AOL Real Estate:

• “If you can’t see it you can’t sell it: Make sure you rake up those leaves and keep the outdoor greenery looking fresh.” For autumn, [professional home stager Barb Schwarz] boils down the outdoor staging to these simple tips: “Trim and shape.”

• “Inside a home with a fireplace sometimes an owner wants to light a fire, which can be OK. However, candles should not be lit.” Schwarz warns that it’s an accident waiting to happen. “By all means put candles out, they can make a nice feel for cool fall days, but don’t light them. You can get oil rings and put vanilla on them and put them on your lights. It was made for the light, but it wont burn. You can also set the scene in the fireplace, and of course use a gas fireplace.” You want the home to set a scene and this will do it — safely.”

• “Fall means Halloween and Thanksgiving, so we are getting into the holiday season now,” the professional home stager says. “And know this: Less is more.” Reconsider decorating with too much holiday spirit: If people are looking at your Halloween decor they aren’t looking what you want them to — the house. Have the party at the neighbors’ this year and the kids can live it up at school, but at home keep your celebrating to a minimum.

• It’s also back-to-school season and your kids will bring home artwork they want to display. “You also want to keep this to a minimum,” says Schwarz. “Narrow it down — have them pick one and put it on the side of the door.”

Click here to read the full article and see home staging tips for all four seasons. Click here to see our other recently posted home staging tips.

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Home Staging Tips for Fall

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