Staging simply means making the home appealing to the common buyer. Less is better. Arrange the furniture, remove a lot of personal items, de clutter the closets, etc. If its a vacant home, window covers, small furniture, a few things here and there add character.

Decorating involves personalizing a space and staging involves de-personalizing. Staging is important to highlight the best features of a home and prepare it to appeal to the most potential buyers. In the current market, it is critical that sellers use every tool possible to help their property stand out from the competition. Staging alone will not sell a house, but when used in conjunction with correct pricing and effective marketing can help sell a house quicker and/or for a greater profit.

If you had a choice between two identical model cars, would you rather buy the one that was just detailed, waxed and smelled good or the one that was dirty and smelled? Same thing goes for homes and that's why you clean, decorate and stage the property correctly.

I think staging often involves removing clutter and sometimes furniture from a home so that it gives a more spacious feel. Obviously there is some decorating that should be done as well, but it should be kept relatively neutral so that a prospective home buyer can picture themselves living in the home. If there are bold decorating choices that don't agree with a buyer's particular tastes, then it's hard for them to get past it and see the home itself.

Staging a home is important because you want your home to stand out in a market where there are twenty other similar homes nearby for sale. Your home has been important to you and a place you created many memories. The pride and love should shine through . Putting yourself in the buyers shoes is very important. If you were buying your home today, what would you be looking for?
I believe simple flowing decorations, sparse furniture to show room size and neutral colors go a long way. You don't have to spend a fortune to make your house look beautiful.
Remember when you are looking at the home for the first time,a well manicured yard, a nice welcome mat ,and a simple potted plant is very eye appealing. Also the pleasant aroma when you first enter a house is important, leave the rest up to me!

Staging is, in fact, a form of decorating. Staging is important to selling a home because the concept involves making the home as appealing as possible to buyers. Staging means creating an environment that sheds the best possible light on the subject property. It usually includes decluttering, rearrangement of furniture and decorations, maximization of space, improving light and more. The main objective of staging is to maximize desirable elements and minimize faults.

Staging emphasizes a home's assets and it's decoration is meant to be generic enough to to appeal to the largest possible number of buyers. Decorating, on the other hand, is more about personalizing a home to reflect the owner's tastes and interests. When you're selling, you want the home to appeal to as many buyers as possible.

Staging is recommended in many homes so that a home can reach and appeal to the broadest segment of potential buyers. The best stagers know what works. Sometimes they use some the the seller's furniture. Other times they supply all of it. They also recommend other items such as painters and colors if needed. This investment in many cases gets the home sold faster and for a higer price.

Staging a home is preparing the home for the buyers that will be looking at it for purchase. Each area has different buyers, a professional agent will have an opinion of what types of buyers will be seeing the home and will likly have a good idea of the type of person(s) that will eventually find the home to valuable to pass up! That is why staging is so important.
Decorating is more of a personal touch, most decore can be incorpiorated with the staging, but the decore of your home is your style. You want potential buyers to see themselves in your home, not to see it as yours.
A properly staged home will accomplish the task of making the buyer see the home as "thiers".

Staging is decluttering, depersonalizing and clearing the space so a buyer can visualize their belongings in the home. When you sell a home you are selling the space, not your collections, photos, etc. Decorating is adding that personal touch and style with furniture, accessories and color.

Home decorating describes the way the home is designed to look when someone lives there. This usually reflects the owner's taste and preferences for style and function. Staging describes how the home is prepared to touch the emotions of and to show off the architectural features to a potential buyer. The "look" of each can be very different, even though both can be very beautiful. Staging is based on proven principles of furniture placement, color scheme, placement of accessories, and more. One basic principle is "clutter eats equity".

According to statistics collected by Staged Homes, these homes sell in about half the time and for up to 10% more than unstaged homes. It is certainly worth the effort and expense for sellers to have their home -- large or small --staged, as the cost is typically less than the first price reduction which often accompanies an unstaged home. Sellers can research how to stage their own home by typing "home staging" into a favorite search engine. Some real estate agents have special training to assist sellers with this project, and there are professional staging companies which offer a variety of packages from which the seller can choose, depending on budget, time, and effort required.

Decorating emphasizes your personality and staging the homes assets.

Decorating is to put your personal touch on your home. It would include personal touches and preferences. Staging a home is to clearly define how a sapce might be used but with out personal touches such as photographs or the choice of bold colors or themes.

Decorating usually reflects the owner's personal taste. Staging is designed to emphasize the home's assets and minimize its shortcomings, as well as appealing to the largest number of buyers.