Engage your potential buyer

I'm so excited you're interested in home staging! It's such an important process in selling your home. My professional skills and knowledge help present your home in the best possible way to make it the most competitive house on the market.

Here are some things you can do:

• Clean up clutter. If you have a lot of stuff, it can make the room seem smaller, so get rid of anything that doesn't have meaning or purpose. You can donate it or sell it. If you can't part with something, put it in storage and keep only what's necessary for now.

If there's still too much stuff after this step, consider hiring a professional organizer who will help you do a deep clean and purge your space of unnecessary items.

• Make sure everything works well together. For example, if your bedroom has dark walls and dark furniture, consider using lighter colors or white paint to brighten things up and give the room an airier feel. This also goes for rooms with lots of windows—if they're covered by curtains that are too heavy for the light coming through them (like black curtains), try switching them out for lighter shades that let more light into the room without blocking the view outside completely.

• Consider investing in new lighting fixtures