Stage Your Home for Thankgiving Sales
Home Sellers need to carefully plan how to enjoy Thanksgiving, while making their property attractive to buyers. Keep in mind that while you may have fewer showings during the Thanksgiving season, the people that are actively shopping for a home during the holidays are the most serious buyer’s. You certainly want them to remember your home, not your blowup, gobbling lawn turkey.
Consider our tips for decorating and enjoying the season, without overwhelming prospective home shoppers.
Tips for Staging at Thanksgiving
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When decorating your entrance, think simple. Add a pumpkin, gourds or a few strands of lights, but this is not the time you want to bring out the full display. Keep the decor seasonal, but allow the character of your house to come through.
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Update worn out holiday accessories. Accessorize at Thanksgiving with throw pillows, candles, tablecloths and place settings that bring peaceful, fall colors indoors.
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Use natural items to decorate your home. Pumpkins, gourds, flowers and fruit make an attractive centerpiece, as long as they are not overdone. Try to avoid plastic, sparkling or childish appearing decorations.
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Never hide important architectural details, that may be a selling point to your buyer, behind contruction paper turkeys.
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Instead of entertaining at your house this year, consider going to the home of a friend or relative. Restaurants also provide a great dining experience without the mess of cooking at home.
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If you do your Christmas shopping early, keep wrapped gifts neatly stacked in one closet or provide a special place to store them that is out of sight.
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Light a fire in your fireplace, or stage it to look good, even if it isn’t burning. Try adding decorative logs or pillar candles to an unused fireplace.
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Although clutter busting is always extremely important when marketing a home, holiday decorations make anti-clutter a greater battle to overcome. This year may be a good time to skip decorations, entirely.
It is possible to enjoy the holidays and successfully show your home. Just remember that less is more, and if you add seasonal touches, do it sparingly.
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