When you’re staging a home, don’t neglect the hallways of a home because they’re the paths that lead people through the house. It’s also a great opportunity to leave a strong impression with prospective buyers because most people don’t bother doing anything with the hall before they sell.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when you’re staging the hallway of a property:

• Hallways usually take a lot of abuse so they usually need repainting.
• Long, dark hallways can always use better lighting.
• Remove all clutter.
• Add a table and floral arrangement if you have space at the end of a long hallway and a piece of art to serve as a focal point.

Whether you’re dealing with a garage, basement, attic, laundry room or hallway, remember it’s your job to romance the buyer and you must be doing this throughout the home.

If they’ve seen a dozen houses with horrible garages or creepy old basements, these might be the spaces the buyer is putting a great deal of importance on. Help your clients sell fast and for more money by being the stager who takes care with these less glamorous, but equally as important, spaces in a home.

For more home staging design tips, check out the Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home Staging Tips, Tricks and Floor Plans. It’s sure to be a great source of design inspiration (and direction) for your future home staging projects.

Debra Gould, The Staging Diva®
President, Six Elements Inc. Home Staging

Debra Gould developed the Staging Diva Training Program to create opportunities for others to grow their own profitable home staging businesses. There are currently over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates around the world. Debra created the Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home Staging Tips, Tricks and Floor Plans to provide design direction to home stagers feeling they need it.

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