Kathy's Home Staging

Introduction: My goal is to help people sell their homes by making it more presentable to sell. I do the following: 1. Get it clean (stager arranges this or owner does it). 2. Make it clutter-free (seller or stager does it). 3. Use color wisely. Put soft colors, neutrals, on the walls and floors. This expands the size of the room -- no red bedrooms and no purple. Put the punch in accessories. 4. Compromise -- When you can, put the money in something that's in poor condition, such as replacing a vinyl kitchen floor that's in bad shape, but if the bathroom counter is pink, diffuse it and go retro by hanging black hand towels, putting up a new white shower curtain, and painting the walls white. 5. Creativity -- Staging is not about spending money. I can stage homes with a ball of rope and a pair of clippers. Angle the bed, so that it opens walls and makes the room look bigger. Use nice sheets and pull back the bedspread to show off the sheets. 6. Communication -- What is each room communicating to the buyer? Do we have to change the message? Is the room calm or peaceful? 7. Commitment -- The seller has to be committed and say they can do this and not be afraid of changes.