With the second most decorated holiday right around the corner, we thought it would be a great time to discuss a home staging issue that comes up each year... Should a home seller put up holiday decorations?

Typically, sellers should use VERY little or NO decorations for ANY holiday. WHY? Well, for this simple reason... when selling a property the house is to be the "star" not the stuff.

It is a fact that a house holds the greatest appeal when it is neutral. This makes it easier for a buyer to map their lives into a house that is for sale. If a holiday is not a part of the buyer's life, then the decorations are no longer neutral and they then become a distraction.

But even if you suspect that most likely the buyers looking at your home do celebrate the holiday you want to decorate for... the decorations can be a distraction. Holiday decorations, by design, are made to stand out from the ordinariness of our lives and to be looked at. The time a buyer allots to look at a home is short and precious... having it used up looking at decorations is not the best use of it when in reality the house is what they have come to see and are considering buying.

So, if you insist on putting up decorations for upcoming holidays, we strongly recommend that those decorations then be taken down immediately. Ideally, the day after the holiday.
 
These home staging tips are compliments of Center Stage Design.  Let's work together at setting the stage for selling your home.