I can clean and declutter; why do I need a home stager?
It’s incredibly difficult to view your own home with the eyes of a highly critical buyer. A professional home stager can objectively assess how best to use what you already have and determine if anything else needs to be added or taken away. You’re emotionally involved in your home and the contents, so it’s hard to be completely objective. It’s hard to see your collection of beloved family photos the way a stranger will when they’re trying to imagine themselves living in your home. You’ve been living there so long that there are many things you don’t even see anymore. Also, just the idea of moving can be overwhelming. It’s natural to want to pretend everything is okay the way it is because you have no idea how to deal with it otherwise. Home staging usually goes beyond cleaning and decluttering and into decorating and rearranging furniture, art and accessories.
