When you decide to sell your property, it just makes sense to stage for potential buyers. That means you have to know who they are most likely to be and what they are looking for. The more you can appeal to their ideal lifestyle by staging, the easier it is for your potential buyers to quickly say YES.
 

Here’s a different way to think of it. Let’s say that you were planning a beach getaway. You start looking online at various options. The first thing you see on one website is an amazing beach filled with shells that you can’t wait to collect.
 

You scroll down and see photo after photo of families with young children. However, your sole purpose is to have a quiet adult getaway. That beach is calling you, but the notion of hearing all those whining and crying kids is a turn off.
 

Many potential buyers naturally go to the worst case scenario in their mind before deciding to purchase. Regardless of whether it’s catastrophic thinking or simply being conservative with how they spend their hard earned money, it matters.
 

Still, you look through the rest of the website searching for some reassurance that this dream destination can actually be a good fit for what you’re looking for.

It takes time. It takes effort. It takes openness.
 

And ultimately, the fear of those whining kids might trump that beautiful beach. So you decide to move on and try to find a better fit.
 

The same process happens for your potential buyers when they’re viewing your listing online and in person. They’re looking for a sense of fit. That’s why, when you’re trying to sell your home, it’s critical that you stage for potential buyers. Help them to quickly and easily see themselves in your property.
 

For more examples of the power and impact of staging, take a look at the Set Your Stage Facebook albums featuring many before and after photos of the various homes and condos that we’ve successfully staged to sell. Let our experienced team stage for potential buyers in your Calgary neighbourhood!
 

Sometimes the joy in my work comes from successfully finding a solution when I’m staging a difficult room. Of course “difficult” is subjective. But when you’re preparing your home to sell, you don’t want to leave anything to chance, allowing unresolved problems to stir in your potential buyer’s mind and become a deterrent. Instead, address the challenge head on in advance.
 

This Killarney Calgary property we staged offered multiple challenges. Most notably, it turned out that the built-in headboard niche in the master bedroom was too small to fit a queen bed AND two bedside tables.
 

Plus, I knew that the room was big enough to more appropriately fit a king size bed, which would also create a sense of added value to meet the desires of what potential buyers would be looking for in that neighbourhood.
 

So this became a perfect example of how important it is to think outside the box (or, in this case, niche) when staging a difficult room to sell.
 

After lots of creative brainstorming, it was the C table that solved this problem. It’s not what would come to mind first when you think of bedside tables, but it was the perfect solution for this difficult room. We chose chrome and glass tables to add some glamour to the bedroom which felt like a natural fit for the feeling we were trying to create.
 

To finish it off, we placed a large piece of artwork across from the bed to balance out the size of the headboard. Colours from the artwork wereechoed in our choices of side chair and accessories. It became a cohesive space that made sense and therefore flowed.
 

After, when the potential buyers walked in the master bedroom, they would notice how bright, spacious, and luxurious it was as they were drawn to the unique private balcony. They would not get distracted by trying to figure out what to do with that niche.
 

Difficult room challenge solved.
 

For more examples of the power and impact of staging, take a look at the Set Your Stage Facebook albums featuring many before and after photos of the various homes and condos that we’ve successfully staged to sell. Let our experienced team stage your difficult room for potential buyers in your Calgary neighbourhood!
 

To see condo and home staging transformations is to prove the value of hiring a trained home staging professional the next time you prepare to sell. Take a look at these Set Your Stage before and after staging photos to understand what I mean.
 

The results of before and after home staging transformations speak for themselves. Just notice how you respond when you look at the photos. Based on your immediate gut reaction, do the spaces seem equal to you?
 

As a potential buyer, which property would you be more excited to see? Or more quickly decide it was the right fit for you?
 

As a seller, which one (before or after) would you prefer to be posting as your listing photos?
 

I’ve written before about how an empty room feels like a sad song. That’s not what buyers are buying.
 

In most cases, your potential buyer wants to find their next home. A place that meets their needs AND feels like a happy place to be.
 

Staging can add life to a space. It can make it feel more updated (which is a bonus for buyers who usually assume that updates will cost more than they do, resulting in hesitation or low ball offers). Staging can make a room seem larger. Staging can guide the potential buyer’s eyes toward a feature you want to highlight, and away from what you don’t.
 

Home staging transformations help buyers say YES to your listing!
 

For more examples of the power and impact staging can create in a space, take a look at the Set Your Stage Facebook albums featuring many before and after photos of the various homes and condos that we’ve successfully staged to sell. Let our experienced team create jaw dropping home staging transformations for your Calgary listing!
 

You may already have everything you need to stage your home to sell. But that doesn’t mean your home is making its best first impression. With advice from a professional stager and by implementing her DIY home staging tips, you can showcase a stunning listing that appeals to buyers for impact and results.
 

Sometimes it takes less than you think to create a positive first impression when you’re preparing your home to sell. For example, in our DIY home staging consultation for clients in Hawkwood, one of our suggestions was a strategic shuffle in the furniture that they already had in their home.
 

By bringing extra furniture from the upstairs area to the downstairs area, these clients opened up their living rooms, creating space to allow their selling feature fireplaces to be the focal point of each room.
 

After all, who doesn’t want to get cozy by a warm fire during Calgary winters? Staging makes it easier for a potential buyer to imagine enjoying that experience which allows the listing to feel more like home.
 

Guess what? After staging, this Calgary home SOLD in TWO DAYS!
 

It just goes to show that, no matter what economy we may be experiencing in Calgary as we start 2016, home staging truly makes a difference! And because the service is so affordable, DIY home staging consultations are especially HOT now.
 

How much would it take to showcase your stunning listing in Calgary? Could you use a strategic shuffle?
 

For more examples of the power and impact staging can create in a space, take a look at the Set Your Stage Facebook albums featuring many before and after photos of the various homes and condos that we’ve successfully staged to sell. Put our ideas and experience to work for you!