Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House for More Money

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