The Home Decor Genie!

Home Staging: Improve Your Curb Appeal!  If you’re selling a home, this is the first thing a buyer will see!

Staging your home to sell?  If prospective buyers don’t like the outside of your home, they may never go inside!  So, make sure that the front is inviting.

What is the yard like?  Are there toys scattered all over?  Or do you leave the trash cans sitting within sight of the curb?  Are flower beds and shrubs neatly trimmed and weeded?  All these things may seem like picky things, but if you want to sell your home quickly, you must present a home that is neat, clean and polished.

Home staging is a principal that will help you feature your home in the best light.  For instance, has it been awhile since you’ve painted the front door?  And check it for spider webs and debris.  Scape any loose paint, sweep it away and then give it a coat of paint.

Keep the lawn mowed and neat.  In the fall, be sure to pick up leaves and sticks, and add some grass seed if needed.

A charming front door

If you have a front porch, give it a little ambiance with a chair or two and some colorful plants in pots or hanging down. 

Your goal is to get buyers into your home and see what it has to offer.  Most people will not want to deal with bad landscaping, peeling paint or dirty entrances.  Do what you can to make it welcoming and inviting!

For more help preparing your home for sale, get my ebook:

“Stage Your Home Yourself – Insiders Secrets That Will Get It SOLD!”

• Get my exclusive “home staging checklists” to stage each room!
• “Going Green” tips that you can feature in your home sale
• Help to budget your home staging project
• Lists to help you prioritize your home staging and get it done!
• Good design principals that you can use in your new home.

Stage Your Home With My “Going Green” Tips!  Want to help our environment and give your home an edge when you stage to sell?

Here are some of my “Going Green Tips” as featured in my ebook,

“Stage Your Home Yourself-Insiders Secrets That Will Get It SOLD!

• If you’ve put in native plants, or landscaped to take advantage of your areas natural features, let your realtor know and make it a selling point!
• Use low VOC paints, available from many manufacturers, to cut down on toxins added to the environment.
• Recycle your unwanted furniture: you give others a chance to use it and help us all.
• Replace old flooring with renewable flooring such as bamboo.  It’s also beautiful!
• Plants are the epitome of going green.  Use them well, and they enhance your rooms.  But, used to excess or not taken care of, they actually detract.
• Replace bulbs with energy-saving ones and let your buyers know that you care about the environment. Use long-lasting fluorescents wherever you can to cut down on the usage.
• If it’s time to replace appliances, buy energy saving ones. It will save you $$ and it’s good for the environment!
• Replace old bedding with renewable fabrics like bamboo – they are luxurious and feel wonderful!
• Use less paper and keep more on the computer.  Don’t print it out if you can help it. 

These are just a few ideas.  You can probably come up with more.  If we all do our part, we can make a difference!  Go Green!!

What is home staging?  Why Should You Stage Your Home to Sell? 

Home staging is all about getting your home ready to sell.  You want it to sell it in record time and get a good price for it.  Whether the economy is good or bad, preparing your home for sale just makes sense for many reasons.  It may seem odd to spend money and time to stage your home to sell when you will not be living there anymore, but the benefits make it all worthwhile.

Uninviting basement room BEFORE home staging

If it’s time to market your home, you have some options:

• Don’t do anything, it will sell eventually…maybe
• Just listen to your realtor and do the absolute minimum…you’re moving afterall, he/she can do the work!
• Get serious about getting the best price for your home and getting it sold quickly!

If you want to sell now and sell at the best price, get yourself a great, professional home stager!  They can quickly assesss your home and tell you exactly what you need to do. Of course if you’re in the Denver area, I’d love it if you call me to stage your home.  But if you aren’t in Denver or the Front Range, check your area for a good one.

The same room, AFTER home staging!

But, maybe you’d rather do it yourself.  That’s certainly an option.  It may save you money, you’ll have control over the project and you can set the budget. 

Right now, you can get my ebook at a special price!  Stage Your Home Yourself-Insiders Secrets That Will Get It SOLD!

Instead of $27  you can get it for a limited time for only $19!   Download it  instantly to your computer. 

You can print out the parts that you want and use them as a guide to stage your home!  You’ll get:

• My exclusive “home staging checklists” that will guide you as you work
• “Going Green” tips that you can feature when selling
• A way to plan out and prioritize your home staging
• Help you set a budget so you know your costs!

Whether you plan to use a home stager or do-it-yourself, home staging is just a good idea.  Statistics show that homes that are staged sell much faster than those that are not.  Afterall, if you are looking for a home, don’t you want to see those that are well-kept and maintained, are not cluttered, and look like you could “just move right in?”  Most people do.  So, hedge your sale in your favor and do the work.  Some realtors even help with the cost of staging your home!

Debbie Fiskum, The Home Decor Genie!

Debbie Fiskum, The Home Decor Genie is the owner of

Perfect Transformations Home Staging and Decorating in Denver

She specializes in staging occupied homes and provides many different levels of service to fit all budgets!