It happened again.

A non-staged home was on the market for 4 months with no offers. And the thing is, it was priced well because the seller is relocating and looking for a quick sale. 4 months later…I did some staging at this pretty piece of country real estate.

Since it is a country farmhouse I kept it casual, nothing fancy. The stage was set in the kitchen with a few colorful objects to move the eye around the bare countertops, a “making lemonade” vignette (pretty glass pitcher, bowl of gorgeous lemons, glass sugar jar, nice wood cutting board, flour-sack dish towel that says “sugar”); I also added a small mirror hanging at eye-level, a basket of apples, and a bright red colander. The key is the energetic red color placed in three areas (small but effective splashes of color) that the eye can bounce off of, moving around the space.
10 days later there were two offers…one of them was $15,000 OVER the asking price. Amazing–home staging works!

Home owners please take note: staged homes bring faster, higher offers generally speaking (more often than not!)
I would not even think of putting a non-staged home on the market, especially with the current conditions for home sellers.