Tips for Staging a Successful Open Home

The primary element of a stylishly presented home is one that is visually inviting. Potential buyers do not want to feel like they are walking into a warzone of junk mail, shoes piled near the front door and dishes from the morning's hastily eaten breakfast.

Rather, the decor scheme should be soothing to the eye. If you are having problems arranging furniture and accessories identify an inspiration by ripping out pages of magazines that feature rooms you would like to emulate in your own design. Often what is needed is a clean slate.

Try as you might to have your home give off the same ambience as your favourite home decor store or magazine style, there always seems to be aspects that fall short of perfection. Just how do those that specialize in home staging create an environment that is both beautiful and warmly welcome?

There are specific elements that make up a room that welcomes a guest, these can be traced to the five senses. A room that engage all five senses (sight, scent, sound, taste and touch) will instantly put your guests as ease. 

Staging companies specialize in addressing these elements and can do so with a budget in mind. Of course, once styled, professional photographs will capture the mood and flow of your home. Without this step the job is only half done particularly as the internet supports the newspaper advertisements to attract those to your door. 

Article written by Lori Collins - Harcourts Home-Zone Annerley -  homezone.harcourts.com.au