The final item to complete when preparing your home for the market is the staging of the home. Once the staging is completed, though, the sellers may look at their staged home and say “this isn’t how we would live in the house” and immediately start moving furniture around to where they would like it. Sometimes a half a day can be spent deciding where two chairs and a couch will be relocated. Sellers feel they know their house the best and what they think a buyer would like, but in reality, it’s how they would like to live in their home.

I advise my clients that the purpose of staging a home is to maximize the effect for buyers and to trust that a professional stager knows what will entice a buyer to bring a great price for the home. Once your home is staged, please don’t UN-stage it.