Staging tips for the holidays!

          

Example of bad Christmas decorating during sale.                                                 Example of proper decorating during the sale of a home.

Christmas is a hard time of season to deal with as we work full time, have gifts to buy, parties to attend or host, and you may have added the sale of your home as well. Here are the top 5 tips for decorating your home so you can still enjoy the holiday as well as still appeal to potential buyers.

1) Think "Holiday festive" thank birth of Christ, Hanukkah, etc. you still want your decor to stay neutral so you appeal to the most amount of buyers. You want your decorative items to used to celebrate a holiday rather than a specific religion as Ottawa is multi cultural and we want to appeal to all religions.

2) Don't skip the Decluttering: when it comes to selling a home decluttering is a natural part of the process. Just because you may be in a time crunch because of the month don't skip this part as adding holiday decor to a home with out decluttering will be overwhelming. For every holiday decor piece you add remove one normal decor piece (or two if you have many decor pieces or collectibles)

3) Add comforting feelings: This is the BEST time of year to have baked cookies, cakes, cupcakes etc displayed and presented in a way that buyers want to enjoy the delicious treat! Because of the time of year you'll want to hit home with the potential buyers that their home could be just as cozy and comforting.

4) To tree or not to tree.....that is the question! Well if you can decorate the home in a festive way with out a tree i would say go for it. However if you have small children it will be hard to convince them that Santa will still be able to give gifts with out a tree. So when it comes to trees try and select one that is about two feet from the ceiling and as skinny as possible with out it looking top heavy. This will allow for more floor space to be shown off and give the appeal of a large floor home.

5) Curb appeal- You still need to attract buyers up into the home so don't put out anything large or what may be considered tacky by potential buyers. Hide giant blow up snowmen, reindeer, Santas, candy canes, snowflakes, or even lots of flashing lights. Opt in for the simple look as when it comes to selling "LESS is MORE" simple white lights lining the roof peaks, walk ways and large attractive windows (Note: if your window's need replacing or look rough don't highlight them with lighting)

 Now your ready to sell this winter season or maybe even decorate your home in a way that will appeal to everyone!

if you have any holiday decorating or staging questions please do not hesitate to call me!

Kristy Morrison
Capital Home Staging & Design
(613) 832-8958 / info@chsd.ca
www.CapitalHomeStagingAndDesign.ca
@OttawaStager + @CapitalHStaging

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