When Selling A Home, Use Rooms For Their Intended Purpose

Many of us have found better uses for rooms than their traditional, intended purposes. Guest rooms become exercise rooms. Dining rooms become easy places for the kids to do their homework, so the pencils and laptops just stay there. I have known someone who put a filing cabinet along with work paperwork in the dining room because the family just ate in the more relaxed kitchen.  Extra bathrooms that are infrequently used by humans get converted into the place where the kitty litter goes. Spare bedrooms become craft rooms. Plenty of people do it.

Now, that’s great because it works for us, right? When showing a home that is on the market, these repurposed rooms are disadvantageous to selling though. Professional home stagers say that if you’re trying to sell your home, it’s time to pack that stuff up. Remove the exercise equipment from the guest room. Rent some bedroom furniture, or borrow some and turn it back into a guest bedroom while you show your home. Turn your dining room back into a dining room and put up a nice centerpiece or vase with fresh flowers. It’s a hassle, sure, but it’s not as big of a hassle as your home being on the market for longer just because potential buyers have a hard time visualizing the dining room as a dining room when it’s being used as a folded laundry staging area.

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