3 Tips for Successfully Staging Your Home's Kitchen

As a homeowner who is preparing your home for sale, it is important for you to successfully stage your home's kitchen. Staging will help your home's kitchen look its best for showings and open house days. Additionally, proper staging techniques can evoke emotional responses from your potential buyers that can help to sell your home more quickly.

Here are three tips to get your kitchen looking like a model home:

Tip #1: Start with a Deep Cleaning and Decluttering

Even the cleanest of kitchens can typically benefit from a deep cleaning from time to time. Before you list your home for sale, you should clean every single surface in your kitchen. 

Using a strong degreasing cleaner, clean the

• floors 
• countertops and backsplash
• surfaces of all appliances

If you can, you should apply a fresh coat of paint as well. If you are not going to be able to paint, then you need to wash down all of the painted surfaces in the kitchen to remove dust and grease buildup.

You should clean all of your kitchen windows with glass cleaner and remove any curtains or draperies. Allowing the light to shine into your kitchen will make it appear larger and more family friendly. Additionally, removing the curtains and draperies will allow the buyer to more easily envision themselves in the space.

You should also remove any family items from your refrigerator, and any excess furniture or decorations that are not essential to the space.

Tip #2: Ensure Your Home's Kitchen Has Ample Lighting

Once your home's kitchen is clean and sparkling, then you need to verify that the kitchen has enough lighting. After all, not all sales showings will be during the daytime when the sun is shining into your windows. 

You can brighten your kitchen easily by

• installing under-cabinet lights
• turning on the light above your sink and stove before showings
• installing the brightest bulbs possible for your light fixtures

In addition, if your light fixtures do not sufficiently light the space, then you should have an additional fixture installed. When it comes to kitchen lighting, more light is always better than not enough.

Tip #3: Bring in Health and Nature Elements

To add a bit of health, nature, and wellness into your kitchen, place a vase of fresh flowers and a bowl of fresh fruit on the countertop. Visitors to your home will see these items and will begin to think to themselves how much healthier and happier they will be in their new home.

Conclusion

By successfully staging your home's kitchen, you can make it appear clean, bright, and healthy for potential buyers. If you have more questions about success strategies for staging your home for sale, take a look at show homes for more ideas.