6 Tips For Staging Your Edmonton Home This Winter
If you have been thinking about selling your Edmonton home this winter, be sure to keep these 6 tips for staging in mind:
Create Winter Curb Appeal
Edmonton winters are both picturesque and cold. Use that to your advantage when staging your Edmonton home this season. Start by maintaining safe walkways, steps, and entryways. Not only will clear walkways look more appealing, removing snow and de-icing will ensure Edmonton home buyers have easy access to your home. Scrape walkways and steps and sprinkle them with sand or salt. Be sure to clear a path from the street to the walkway so visitors aren’t wading through drifts. The snow may be falling but visiting Edmonton home buyers shouldn’t be.
Plan for Winter Clothes
To enjoy winter here, cold-weather clothing is essential. However, often front entrances become cluttered with soggy heaps of mittens, scarves, and boots. An organized entrance is more inviting so hang up coats and leaving room for visitors to hang theirs as well. Keep a rubber mat by the front door for storing winter boots, regularly vacuuming sand or gravel tracked in from outside and mopping any water left behind. Consider using decorative bins to store your hats, scarves, and mittens. A tidy entryway makes the best first impression.
Give Buyers a Warm Welcome
Homes become sanctuaries during the chilly winter months so stage and decorate your Edmonton home accordingly. Create layers of comfort by adding area rugs, throw blankets, and pillows. Use bedding appropriate for winter. Set the thermostat to a comfortable temperature. If you have a gas fireplace, turn it on before an open house or showing. Place seasonal floral center pieces on tables and countertops. The warm, inviting atmosphere will leave a lasting impression on Edmonton home buyers.
Light Up Your Edmonton Home
You want to show your home in its best light so try to schedule showings during the day. Brighten rooms by opening curtains and washing windows. Some buyers will need to see your Edmonton home in the evening so clean all light fixtures, lamps, and bulbs to ensure they are as bright as possible. Also replace any burnt or weak bulbs. Think about adding lighting to dim areas. If you can, set up indoor and outdoor lights on a timer so your home will always be bright and welcoming.
Keep it Cozy
You want rooms to appear cozy, inviting, and warm so your home becomes the perfect respite from chilly temperatures. Place wine glasses and a bottle of wine on the counter, toss fluffy throws across the arms of your sofa, set your dining room table for a dinner for two. In the bedroom, put a breakfast tray on the side table set with a coffee cup on a clean napkin next to a book. Buyers will have no trouble imagining themselves in your home.
Show-Off Your Summer Yard
Don’t miss the opportunity to highlight your outdoor living space in the summer. Display pictures of your yard in a photo album, standing frames, or with larger prints on standing easels. Use bright shots of your outdoor spaces taken during other seasons. Show off your garden, landscaping, or deck. Let Edmonton home buyers see your pond, fire pit, or pool. Evoke a sense of summer around the photos by placing vases filled with flowers around them. This will help buyers imagine how they might enjoy the home in warmer months.
Wondering what your Edmonton home is worth? Let’s chat, we would be happy to provide a complimentary Edmonton Home Evaluation. Selling your Edmonton home has many advantages, to learn more, be sure to download our paper on the benefits of selling your Edmonton home this winter and 10 mistakes to avoid.
