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<p>Acknowledgments ix</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>CHAPTER 1 So You’re Selling Your House . . . 11</p> <p>CHAPTER 2 Ready, Stage, Sell: Home Staging Guidelines That Work 15</p> <p>CHAPTER 3 Staging Magic: How to Stage Each Room in Your House 31</p> <p>CHAPTER 4 Take the Staging Magic Outside 59</p> <p>CHAPTER 5 Getting It Done: It’s Commitment Time 79</p> <p>CHAPTER 6 Staging on a Dime 91</p> <p>CHAPTER 7 Showing Your Staged House: Lights! Music! Action! 103</p> <p>CHAPTER 8 Welcome to Barb’s House: Staging to Live! 109</p> <p>CHAPTER 9 What Do You Do When You Need Help? ASPs to the Rescue! 119</p> <p>CHAPTER 10 Staging Tales from the Trenches 125</p> <p>CHAPTER 11 How to Work with Your Real Estate Agent 151</p> <p>CHAPTER 12 How Home Staging Is Changing the Real Estate Industry 161</p> <p><b>STAGING RESOURCE CENTER</b></p> <p>Recipe for a Sale 175</p> <p>Why Should You Stage Your Home? 177</p> <p>Your Personal Moving Checklist 179</p> <p>Barb Schwarz’s Home Staging Wisdom: Words That Work 183</p> <p>Who Is an Accredited Staging Professional? 185</p> <p>What You Can Expect If You Work with an Accredited Staging Professional 187</p> <p>Barb Schwarz’s Staging Criteria 189</p> <p>Showing Your Staged Home 201</p> <p>Quick Tips for Staging Your Home 203</p> <p>Index 207</p>

Staging a home doesn't require deep pockets, but it does require an open mind. Take inventory of materials you already own and consider how you could use them to make your listing more attractive. For example, take a plastic table from your backyard and cover it with a tablecloth to dress up an empty kitchen. Read the latest book review for more tips.-- realtor.com

<p><i>Mary Seehafer Sears</i> is one of the decorating industry's most sought-after creative minds. A former editor at House & Garden, Country Living, and Child magazines, she has written more than a dozen books about gardening, style, decorating, and family traditions.</p>

<p>The way you live in a home and the way you sell it are two different things. That's the premise of Staging*, a concept that teaches you to look at your home through a buyer's eyes and make adjustments to improve its appeal and value.</p> <p>In any real estate market, Staged homes sell faster or sell for more money—or both. With Home Staging, you'll learn how to play up your home's strong points and improve its presentation. By rearranging furniture, trimming overgrown bushes, painting a room, and clearing out the clutter, Home Staging will help you spotlight your property for a fast, profitable sale.</p> <p>Filled with organizing tips and checklists, plus before-and-Staged photographs that dramatically show how Staging can transform your home inside and out, Home Staging has all the answers you'll need when looking to increase the sale price of your home.</p> <p>*Staging is a federally registered trademark of StagedHomes.com</p>

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