Home Staging For Dummies - Softcover

Rae, Christine; Saunders Maresh, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470260289 ISBN 13: 9780470260289

Publisher: For Dummies, 2008

Synopsis

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 it
• Know what needs doing and what doesn’t
• Master the three-step home staging process
• Add real value to your home without breaking the bank
• Decide whether to DIY or call in the pros
• Create curb appeal
• Make a great first impression with a beautiful entryway
• Spruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining rooms
• Turn your bedrooms into a buyer’s dream
• Whip your mechanicals into top shape
• Avoid staging nightmares

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

About this title

About the Author

Christine Rae is the founder and President of Certified Staging Professionals.

Jan Saunders Maresh is a nationally known television personality and journalist, specializing in sewing and design.

From the Back Cover

8 full-color pages of before-and-after photos

Make your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money!

Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? This no-nonsense, practical guide shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way. You'll see how and why to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house, and much more to get top dollar!

Discover how to:

• Make the improvements that buyers want
• Clear out the clutter
• Show off your home's best features
• Woo buyers with curb appeal
• Depersonalize and neutralize each room
• Get rooms photo ready

From the Inside Flap

8 full-color pages of before-and-after photos

Make your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money!

Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? This no-nonsense, practical guide shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way. You'll see how — and why — to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house, and much more to get top dollar!

Discover how to:

• Make the improvements that buyers want
• Clear out the clutter
• Show off your home's best features
• Woo buyers with curb appeal
• Depersonalize and neutralize each room
• Get rooms photo ready

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470260289
• ISBN 13: 9780470260289
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374