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Staging our house for sale with our old, mismatched furniture

10 years ago

Homes that are spotless and staged well are selling like hotcakes in my area. It's time for us to move closer to the center of our social and academic universe, so we'd like ours to sell fast, too. The problem is that we have mismatched furniture and wood furniture that's damaged. We don't want to buy new yet (though it's in the budget) because we want to get items that fit and look good in the new house, and we don't have time or budget to get the wood furniture refinished. What to do!

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abbyjean
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Do you have a home to move in to NOW? IF you do, this might be the exception to staging and an empty house might be the way to go. Leave it to the imagination of the new owners. OR leave just the nicest things in each room. I have seen card tables set up with a beautiful cloth and two nice chairs and that is IT in a dining area. Just a bed with a beautiful quilt in the bedroom......skimpy, but nice and it will still show the size of the room, too. Maybe pretty towels hanging in the bathroom and kitchen. A few canisters on the counter for color.

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