Tip #47 Bedrooms

Aside from the kitchen and bathrooms, the bedrooms are the most closely observed areas of your home. Therefore, be certain that the bedrooms are especially presentable.

The beds should all be made, and as wrinkle-free as a 5-star hotel. The entire space should be free of all clutter and overly-personal items, to allow the largest appearance, and to permit the prospective buyers to imagine themselves and their things in the space.

Even the closets of the bedrooms should be tidy and organized, with as little extra stuff in them as possible.

Any extra furniture should be removed from the bedrooms to give them a larger appearance.

Keep all surfaces clean and clear. Tuck extra little items away while potential buyers are viewing your home. Every little bit will count towards the overall clean and larger impression.

Tip #48 Straighten the Closets

While no buyer will expect that your closets will be perfectly neat or empty, but they are looking for a large amount of storage space for their own things.

To help with this impression, the rule of thumb is to take everything out of your closet, and only put half of it back in. The rest of the stuff will need to find a new home; in the garbage, the clothing donation charity, or packed in your suitcases.

The reason for doing this is that partially empty closets look much roomier than they may really be. And remember, it’s space and storage that sell.

The same can be done for your kitchen cabinets and other storage areas. An added bonus is that when you’re done sifting through your stuff to get half out of the closets, you’ll already have gotten rid of a lot of things that you’ll no longer have to move.

Moreover, if you’ve packed up the extras, that’s work done that you would have had to do sooner or later anyway.

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