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More About This Title Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money
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In any real estate market, Staged homes sell faster or sell for more money--or both. With Home Staging, you'll learn how to play up your home's strong points and improve its presentation. By rearranging furniture, trimming overgrown bushes, painting a room, and clearing out the clutter, Home Staging will help you spotlight your property for a fast, profitable sale.
Filled with organizing tips and checklists, plus before-and-Staged photographs that dramatically show how Staging can transform your home inside and out, Home Staging has all the answers you'll need when looking to increase the sale price of your home.
*Staging is a federally registered trademark of StagedHomes.com
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Mary Seehafer Sears is one of the decorating industry's most sought-after creative minds. A former editor at House & Garden, Country Living, and Child magazines, she has written more than a dozen books about gardening, style, decorating, and family traditions.
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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 So You’re Selling Your House . . . 11
CHAPTER 2 Ready, Stage, Sell: Home Staging Guidelines That Work 15
CHAPTER 3 Staging Magic: How to Stage Each Room in Your House 31
CHAPTER 4 Take the Staging Magic Outside 59
CHAPTER 5 Getting It Done: It’s Commitment Time 79
CHAPTER 6 Staging on a Dime 91
CHAPTER 7 Showing Your Staged House: Lights! Music! Action! 103
CHAPTER 8 Welcome to Barb’s House: Staging to Live! 109
CHAPTER 9 What Do You Do When You Need Help? ASPs to the Rescue! 119
CHAPTER 10 Staging Tales from the Trenches 125
CHAPTER 11 How to Work with Your Real Estate Agent 151
CHAPTER 12 How Home Staging Is Changing the Real Estate Industry 161
STAGING RESOURCE CENTER
Recipe for a Sale 175
Why Should You Stage Your Home? 177
Your Personal Moving Checklist 179
Barb Schwarz’s Home Staging Wisdom: Words That Work 183
Who Is an Accredited Staging Professional? 185
What You Can Expect If You Work with an Accredited Staging Professional 187
Barb Schwarz’s Staging Criteria 189
Showing Your Staged Home 201
Quick Tips for Staging Your Home 203
Index 207
