The Difference Between Staging and Decorating

What’s the difference between staging and decorating? I’ll go over the answer to that today.

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What is the difference between staging and decorating?

People sometimes get nervous about staging their home because they’re not quite sure what staging means. Unlike decorating, which promotes a personal aesthetic, staging showcases your home without being style-specific.

When staging, we make good use of color while tying everything together, and our stager can give you some great suggestions on how to use the items you have to best play up the color and your home.

What if the style is very pronounced in your home? If you have a Victorian-style home, for example, we will work to make sure it looks more modernized, as a modern style does the best on the market right now.

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Modern-style homes are doing the
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We will also help you remove a lot of your personal items. Buyers need to visualize themselves in the home and depersonalizing will ensure they don’t get distracted.

Your kitchen and bathrooms need to be as neutral as possible. Those are the two rooms people often base their decisions off of, so make sure those are neat and tidy.

It’s also a good idea to remove any items that look like work when staging. For example, don’t leave your lawnmower out for prospective buyers to see because it will make them think about the chore of mowing the lawn.

If you would like a complete list of suggestions on how to stage your home for the market, if you’d like to get in touch with our professional stager, or if you have any other questions, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I’m happy to help!