If any of my former staging clients are reading this, they are probably nodding along right now. No one wants to imagine you using the bathroom. When you understand this flow of events, you understand why staging the bathroom matter so much: They are never, ever going to be able to imagine themselves giving their sweet babies a bubble bath in that tub, and those emotional touch-points are what sells houses. If the bathroom smells like your damp towel and they are looking at your beard hairs in the sink or your crusty washcloth in the tub, they are going to want to get out of there. You want to give people the grace and respect of being able to see your home in as relaxed a way as possible so that they feel good. It’s honestly no big deal in the big scheme of regular life, I get that. Your dirty mirror or wet bath mat is no big deal to you. Please make it a neutral, clean, bright and comfortable experience for them. Two: People’s comfort (and therefor good feelings) in the very personal space of a stranger is a fragile thing. The house can be crossed off the list based on a feeling.

Without liking your home, feeling welcomed and relaxed there, and being able to imagine themselves and their family comfortably in the house, it is very difficult to go any further in the decision-making process.

Their feeling about the house is the foundation to the rest of the decision. They make a very real, physical decision (one that involves location and money and tons of other ‘hard facts’) from a place of pure emotion. One: People make a purchase decision based on their feeling about your home. It’s easy to overlook the power of someone’s comfort in your home when you are selling it, but in my staging experience this is a crucial thing to understand. There are a few places in the home that I think are critical to have staged just right and the bathroom might just be the most important of them all. Why is bathroom staging so critical? Two reasons:īefore we get to the ‘what to do’, let’s lay the foundation for the ‘why’, because understanding why something matters is pure motivation for getting the work done, and you are going to need a little energy and fire beneath you to get these bathrooms staged perfectly! Now you can know what one pro would tell you to do if she were there with you in your house, too! In this article, I’m going to share with you that exact advice I give my clients for their bathrooms and I’m going to tell you everything you need to know about why these three areas are so important to get right.

This means that almost every single week I meet with people getting ready to list their homes for sale, walk through their home room by room with them and give them a detailed to-do list to get their home in it’s most beautiful, styled, photo-ready shape.īecause of this, I’ve seen a LOT of bathrooms over the years and one thing has become pretty clear: I’m always giving out the same 3 main pieces of advice. I’ve been an interior designer for 21 years and in my work with a local reality team in the last few years, have staged over 450 local homes. Wondering why you should listen to my advice? I love making things easier for my clients so I’m happy to be sharing this one today! It’s long and detailed, but by the end of this article, I hope you have all the information you need to get your bathrooms staged perfectly and you are able to cross it off your list (I know there’s a lot on there right now!) A 3 step strategy to cover the essential things you need to get absolutely right before listing your home.Īre you getting ready to sell your home and looking for more than just real estate staging tips & tricks?

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