Home Staging on a Budget: Affordable Ways to Transform Your Space

By Mark Spain Real Estate

Home staging is an age-old tactic for selling real estate. However, many homeowners are under the misconception that staging a home is an expensive investment. Though this may be true for larger or luxury homes, most homes can reach their full potential with home staging on a budget. 

At Mark Spain Real Estate, we know how important home staging is for a successful sale. That’s why we offer hopeful home sellers valuable home staging strategies and exclusive market insight! With decades of industry experience, our listing agents promise to maximize your listing’s potential, even if that means sticking to a tight budget! Read below for affordable ways to transform your space before listing. 

Home Staging on a Budget: Affordable Ways to Transform Your Space

Clean and Declutter

Cleaning and decluttering your space should always be the first step of the home staging process. And luckily – it comes without a cost! If you’re cleaning yourself, all you’ll need to purchase are staple cleaning supplies. Or, you might hire an affordable, professional cleaning service to do the job, which generally costs $90-$250 per hour, depending on the size of your home. 

Decluttering is a huge part of the cleaning process. Home sellers typically tackle this step on their own, as it’s up to them which belongings should be kept or tossed. We recommend eliminating as much clutter as possible, like unnecessary duplicates like dish sets, books, or clothing, and letting go of cheap items that can be replaced later. The less clutter, the better! 

Rearrange Furniture

Rather than spending money on new furniture to stage your home, use existing pieces! Though you might’ve grown tired of your couch or coffee table over the years, your buyer will see them with fresh eyes. One easy way to spruce up your space without buying new furniture is to rearrange existing items. The best rule of thumb is to position your furniture to open up traffic flow and make your space feel bigger. So, if you have clunky pieces of furniture inefficiently filling your space, look for ways to open things up! 

Create Vignettes

Vignettes are a cheap and easy way to take home staging to the next level. Creating a vignette involves grouping small, decorative objects to create an eye-catching room statement. Compelling vignettes should be strategically placed somewhere to accentuate rather than distract from a home’s best features. For example, if your home has large, open windows, you might create a vignette using a cozy chair, a book, and a plant to help the buyer envision themselves relaxing and reading in the sunlight. 

Add Pops of Color

When it comes to the do’s and don’ts of home staging, keeping a neutral color palette is advised. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t add decorative pops of color here and there to brighten things up! Adding colorful accents is an affordable and straightforward way to tie a room together and elevate your home’s neutral decor. Whether adding a bright throw pillow to your living room couch or a colorful vase to your dining room table, scattering pops of color throughout your home keeps things fresh and exciting! Not to mention, it won’t cost you much!

Focus on Lighting

The ultimate life hack for home staging on a budget is to focus on lighting. You’d be surprised how much of a difference it can make! If you have dim bulbs throughout your home, consider switching them with new ones with higher wattage to maximize brightness. We recommend bulbs with more hues, which are softer and more flattering for listing photos. We also recommend focusing on your natural lighting, which can be a home staging tool in itself. Before taking listing photos or hosting home showings, open all of your curtains and blinds to bring in natural lighting and make your home feel more open and inviting. 

Sell a Home with Mark Spain Real Estate

Need some help staging your home? The industry professionals at Mark Spain Real Estate are here to get your listing looking its best! Delivering unparalleled customer satisfaction, our team of experienced listing consultants promises a seamless and stress-free selling experience! 

Or, if you want to sell a home fast and skip the home staging, check out our Guaranteed Offer Program! Our guaranteed offer participants receive the most competitive all-cash offers in the industry and close in as little as 21 days. Contact our agents today to learn more about our Guaranteed Offer Program and sell your home hassle-free!

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