Staging Secrets For Hiding Stuff

Houses in the US are amongst the largest found anywhere in the world. When buying a home, one of the biggest tradeoffs is location versus home size. Housing in a city has lower square footage and a smaller yard than homes outside the city, so homeowners who want more space will migrate to a community in the suburbs. Where creative storage is critical in city homes, plentiful storage becomes a key requirement for your typical suburban home. The magic in home staging is the unattached, unemotional perspective of someone representing prospective buyers.

Where Do Buyers Expect Storage in a House?

Prospective home buyers start their tour of a home at the curb. They'll enter through the front door and quickly settle to the kitchen which is the heart of any home, and after this they'll check out the bathrooms. While buyers might not focus specifically on storage as they view your home, having enough storage space in the right locations will influence a home buyer's decision.

If you don't have a front hall closet, show buyers how you've solved this problem. Do the same for each type of storage your prospective buyers will look for:

* Kitchens should have lots of storage for food storage, cooking gadgets plus glasses, dishes, etc. A mini home office for handling mail is important too, along with storage for children's activities.

* The most important room in the house is the family room with all the electronics. Entertainment centers offer the perfect storage for the various electronic devices and physical media.

* Bathrooms should have lots of storage but the trick is showing you've got more space than you need is to leave the space well organized by de - cluttering.

* Front hall closets are used for coats when entertaining visitors.

* Families more often have a mud room or similar storage by the side/back door where family members enter the house.

* Bedroom closets, here you should start purging and/or packing early to make your closets appear generous in size.

* Storage in your attic, basement or garage can tell buyers you've got plenty of storage space but only if the space is organized, i.e. where you can see and access everything easily.

Where Do Sellers Hide Stuff When Selling a Home?

It's time to clear the clutter if you don't feel your home has enough storage space. It's time to sort and let go of your stuff If your house looks cluttered and there's stuff visible everywhere until it fits comfortably in your home, where it won't capture the eyes of prospective buyers.

Genevieve Benton, owner of A Perfect Move based in Kittery, ME works with seniors helping them let go of their stuff. She demonstrates her method of sorting things by emptying her purse onto a table and sorting her own personal belongings.

Here are the categories Genevieve groups things into:

* Things you can't live without, so they'll move with you.

* Belongings you want to give to family and friends, or sell as they're valuable.

* Other belongings that you want to donate as there's useful life left, or dispose of.

* Strategy for De-Cluttering

Walk around your home and gather up all the items cluttering your visual space, from too many family photos on the table by the front door, to sad looking plants, discarded clothing and the paperwork that inevitable invades every room in our homes. Take your collection and apply Genevieve's technique, packing up what you plan to take with you.

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