Here are some great ideas.

1 - Garage sale or thrift store for inexpensive furniture or framed art.

2- Use blow-up or camping matresses for beds and use nice bed linen and throw pillows to dress it up.

3- Michaels craft store for silk plants/trees. Great for kitchens and corners or hiding cords. *Don't forget your coupon!

4- Hang nice towels in the bathrooms and tie off with ribbon or raffia.

5- Cookbook stand & cookbook in the kitchen and some decorative vingar and produce bottles.

That should help,

Good luck!

Andrea

My wife raids our kitchen, my lving room, and even our pictures off the wall. It does not get any cheaper, but you house may never be the same..

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Thank you Gary.

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-A nice plate setting on the kitchen counter calls for a home feel.

-Dress a bathroom with matching towels, shower curtain and a matching vanity set

-a flower arrangement (something small) next to your business cards and broshures

-vanilla airfreshner plug-ins from Home Depot to create a warm smell in the house

-nice area rugs at the front door

-sheers on the front living room windows...it doesn't have to be curtains, a one tone sheer set to create more of a home feel

Good luck,

Irina ;-)

As an Accredited Staging Professional, here are some rules that I would like to share with you.

1.  If you can't see it, you can't sell it.  A tree or bush covering the house will not attract buyers.

2.  If you can smell it, you can't sell it.  Smell is a total turnoff to buyers.  Use Febreze and scented candles for your open house.

3.  Clutter will not definitely sell.

With a limited budget, paint is the cheapest.  Use warm bright colors - no white and dark colors.

Have your sellers start packing and organize them in the garage if there is no money for a rental storage.  Maybe they have a friend or relative who can accomodate their boxes and extra furniture.

Buyers like to see space.  Make sure that every room has minimal furniture that will showcase each room.

De-personalize each room by removing family pictures and collectibles.  The kitchen counter must be clear of all clutter.

If there is money left, replace lights.  If not enough, at least clean every light fixture and replace bulbs.  Make sure that the entry door gets a fresh coat of paint with new hardware and don't forget a new doormat that you can donate (for Feng Shui purposes - buy  a black mat, this will help bring more clients to your listing).

Emphasize features of the home through paint (i.e. fireplace, windows, doors, arches, etc.)

And, a lot of cleaning and de-cluttering.  

Good luck!

I use the Kirkland stores. For a few hundred dollars you can get some decorator pieces you can use over and over. Talk to a consignment shop and see if one of their customers would like to do a temporary lease of their furniture. Craigslist.

I managed to do quite well with some furniture from my office. I had purchase a new couch and loveseat and had picked up odds and ends of small tables for years. It has not been a big investment. I just staged the living room and bathroom. Bathroom, towels and soaps and a new shower curtain. Living room my couch/loveseat and couple of table lamps and tables. If you can get the buyer to sit they can get a feel for the space AND feel like they are at home. Of course, the wife liked the couch and loveseat so I promised to throw them in with a full price offer, we are closing next week.

Hi Sharon,

If this is a brand new home, the thought and smell of a brand new home will surely attract a buyer.  However, not because it is a brand new home is a guarantee to sell quickly.  Do you know that majority of buyers cannot imagine their furniture placement if they are looking at a vacant home?

Depending on how much budget the seller can give you, check out furniture rental places around.  Depending in your location - Cort is one of the biggest furniture rental and us Home Stagers we use them.  They also have a service were they can provide you someone who will check out the place and will give you recommendations on what to do -I think this is free but I am not sure.

Dress up the windows as well with simple curtains but with bold colors to stand out and give color to the room.  Make sure that your curtains will blend with the furniture, rug and bedcover.

Be creative.  If you have nice table napkins, you can use them as window treatment for the kitchen or dining room.  You can also drape unsewn soft fabric around the window.  Get your color from the accessories.

You don't have to fill up all the bedrooms with beds.  A chair, table and lamp in one room is enough.

Have fun!