Staging Small Homes

When it comes to real estate, there seems to be two wildly different schools of thought: palatial 6 bedroom homes or purposefully tiny homes of 500 square feet or less. In fact, the average square footage in the United States is now over 2,000 square feet and this, of course, accounts for the outliers that skew the average on either end. So if you find yourself trying to sell a house that isn’t small on purpose, how do you make it the most appealing listing? 

It comes down to one word. 

Staging.

Okay, okay, it’s actually two words: intentional staging. 

To start: pare down. Wildly. Whether that means purging your home of unneeded items and making a huge donation run or yard sale, or whether you choose to simply store extraneous items while your home is on the market, that part is up to you. The main idea is that in a home with limited space, removing all clutter and absolutely anything but an essential can actually make a space seem bigger. 

Another trick of the eye is to remove doors off their hinges. This might sound odd but the reasoning is there. If you take off the doors between main rooms (not bathroom or closet doors), it tricks the eye. Essentially, the further a sightline you have, the better. 

Finally, one relatively easy thing to do is to stick to one main color for all your rooms and accessories. This isn’t an artistic cop-out, but rather, it serves a purpose. If your walls and ceilings are all the same color, it prevents the spaces from feeling ‘chopped up’. Additionally, if you’ve committed to also using the same color with accent pieces, it creates flow from room to room. 

Utilizing tricks like these can help make a smaller-than-average home more marketable!