5 Luxury Real Estate Staging Tips for the Holidays

Category: Real Estate News, Selling a home, South Florida Real Estate and posted on December 16th, 2011

South Florida Luxury real estate holiday staging tipsThere’s nothing like holiday decorations to give an ambience of cheer and coziness.  However, when it comes to staging your luxury real estate to sell, the question is should you decorate at all?

We believe the perfect combination of well-placed decorative touches can help those holiday real estate shoppers envision your house as their own.  After all, you want them to imagine cooking their own holiday meals in your kitchen, sitting down with friends and family in your dining room and entertaining guests in your living room.

So to create an inviting scene that they can see themselves in, try these 5 holiday tips to get home buyers in the mood to celebrate in your house:

1. Use Natural Items To Bring A Holiday Flair

You don’t have to invest in costly décor.  Make your home inviting to all buyers with natural holiday decorative items such as:

  • Greenery – place a wreath on your front door, accent your window boxes with spruce tips or use fragrant balsam cuttings in floral displays.
  • Flowers – use holiday bulbs such as amaryllis or paper whites on mantels or bookshelves or in bathrooms.
  • Nature’s decorations – Consider a holiday display with shells or sand dollars for your ocean-front home or a bowl of pine cones to bring the outside in.

2. Keep Your Décor Neutral

Remember, you want every buyer to see all the wonderful parts of your home so stay away from decorations that take attention away from the house.

Use colors that complement rather than compete with your wall, floor and furniture shades.

In addition, use decorative items that fit your home’s unique aesthetic.  Plastic Santas or inflatable reindeer don’t add a high quality feel to an already luxurious home.

3. Use Décor To Show Off Your Home’s Best Assets

Buyers eyes will naturally be attracted to charming holiday decorations.  Put those items where you want buyers to really look.  Do you have a kitchen island made of Italian marble or stunning granite?  Place a holiday arrangement or plate of cookies in the center.

Is your fireplace on of the living room’s finest features?  String greenery across the mantel or hang a wreath on the stone chimney face.

4. Influence With Fragrance

We’re not talking about home fragrance sprays here, we’re suggesting that subtle fragrant touches can tap into buyers’ happy holiday memories and give them a positive feeling in your home.

Try these tips to infuse a holiday bouquet:

  • Place a bowl of cinnamon potpourri on a sink
  • Have fresh-baked bread or cookies in a warm oven
  • Put a pot of apple cider on the stove
  • Choose a fragrant balsam Christmas tree

If you’ve got fragrant bushes outside your home or your steps away from the beach, open some windows to bring a feeling of freshness into your holiday nest.

5. Decorate for Entertaining

You know the feeling of walking into a home dressed and ready for entertaining?  The table is set, the fire is lit and the ambience invites guests to make themselves comfortable.  You can give this feeling to home buyers by putting your home in entertainment form.

Use holiday place settings in dining rooms to showcase your home’s entertainment friendly space.  Place holiday cook books or glass ware in the kitchen and decorative soaps and hand towels in the powder room.

Use holiday lighting outside to extend the warmth of hospitality.  While more is usually not better, well-placed lights give a festive feel that’s hard to ignore.

With all the luxury real estate for sale in South Florida, it’s critical to make your listing stand out and what better time to do this than the holidays.

Let your holiday spirit spread through your house with a tasteful display of proven decorative favorites.  By incorporating the senses of sight and smell and helping buyers see themselves celebrating in your house, you’ll create an inviting atmosphere sure to make a lasting impression and even bring you the best gift of all, an offer.

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