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Staging Your Master Bathroom to Sell!

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Like millions of people around the world, you start and finish your day tackling important hygienic routines in your bathroom. With so much important time spent in this room, it's safe to say that it's a pretty important space in your home. Remodeling your bathroom can be an effective way to improve your home's value. With a little effort, you can improve your master bathroom in a way that any buyer would fall in love with. Here are a few easy ways you can update your bathroom before selling your home at the Lake of the Ozarks! Add New Flooring Old, chipped linoleum can date a bathroom faster than anything else in the space. You can get away with laying new linoleum in your bathroom, but if you really want to update the space, opt for something updated and timeless like tile. Ceramic tile is still just as popular as ever, and you can even get a tile that mimics the look and texture of wood so you aren't straying from a warm spa-like feel. Freshen Up the Hardware...

Staging Your Master Bedroom to Sell!

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Staging your home to sell is one of the easiest ways to show off your home's full potential and entice buyers. We've covered staging your home's living room and kitchen so far. This week we're going to focus on the master bedroom, which can be a very important room to many homebuyers. At eXp Realty , we care that you not only sell your home but that you find buyers who will be a great fit. Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you prepare to stage a Lake of the Ozarks home. Use Caution with Color Choices The key to staging your master bedroom is to create a place that will feel comfortable and homey. Choosing the right colors can make a definite impact on the feeling of the room. If you currently have bold, bright colors, you may want to tone them down with something calmer like a light blue, green, beige or gray. Be Minimalistic One of the keys to staging is making sure that your room is completely decluttered. Allow potential buyers to see the room for itse...

Staging Your Kitchen to Sell!

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With up to three meals a day, multiple snacks, and catching up after your kids are back from school, the kitchen in your home is always hopping. Since your kitchen is typically the hub spot for family gatherings, you want to make sure that this room shines above all of the others. Remodeling your kitchen can be one of the most effective ways to improve your home's value , so here are a few things to keep in mind as you make changes. Start with a Facelift Sometimes the only thing your kitchen really needs is a bright coat of color to make it look new. You can repaint the walls, and/or cabinets to keep things fresh. If you'll be repainting, just remember to stick with satin and shiny paints so that splatters can be easily wiped up. If you'll be selling your home in the near future, try to stick with colors that are timeless and neutral. Greys, beiges, light browns and greens are always a great option when you are selling your home. Potential buyers can imagine themselve...

Staging Your Living Room to Sell!

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People buy homes, not houses. That's why it's recommended to stage your home with buyers in mind when you're listing your home for sale . At first, staging your home may seem like a daunting task, but with the help of an expert real estate agent, and some simple tips to guide you, you'll see just how easy and fun it can be. At eXp Realty , we want to help you sell your home quickly and efficiently while still making the most bang for your buck. One of the greatest ways you can improve the look of your home is by strategically staging your home to shed the best light on your space. Today we're going to talk about ways you can stage your living room and create a space that people can actually imagine themselves living in. Identify the Focal Point Every room has a focal point, and when you are staging, it's important to find it and focus on it. While for many homes the television is the focal point, and in this day and age, many people will want the televis...

Home Staging Tips that are Worth Your Time

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Selling a home at the Lake of the Ozarks is a big choice to make. You've lived in your home for many years and have made many great memories there. But sometimes, it's just time to move on. The best real estate agents at the Lake of the Ozarks want to make sure selling your home is a smooth and quick process. So, this week we're sharing with you some home staging tips that'll prove to be worth your time. Get Rid of the Clutter We tend to accumulate a lot of stuff over the years, and where does all that stuff go? That's right. Stuffed in every nook and cranny we can find in our homes. Most of the time, never to be touched again. So before you list your home for sale, the first thing you should do is purge your home of all the unnecessary items you've collected over the years and simplify. Not only will this help make your home look more spacious and clean, but it'll leave less for you to move once you do sell your home. Plus, you'd be surprised at...

Staging Your Home Like a Pro

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When selling a home at the Lake of the Ozarks , staging the home to show off its full potential to buyers is a MUST! By doing this, you'll highlight your home's strengths and downstage it's weaknesses - thus appealing to a greater number of potential buyers. eXp Realty has some helpful tips on how to stage your home like a pro: Furnish Your Space A common misconception that many homeowners tend to follow when furnishing their home is that by pushing furniture against walls they're making the room feel larger and creates better functionality. Actually, by doing so you're taking away from the room's potential. When staging rooms, you need to consider the function of the room. What purpose does it have in your home? For most people, the living room functions as a place of gathering for family and friends. To embrace this function, re-position your furnishings into comfortable conversational groups, and position them away from walls. This will create a more i...

Improving Your Home's Value One Room at a Time: Master Bathroom

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When you're selling your home, you want to make sure that everything is spic and span! Of course, sometimes areas of your home either get neglected, or they become dated over the years. There is one space of your home that is prone to both, and that's your master bathroom. We know you've seen it before, either in your home, someone else's home, those fixer-upper shows, or on real estate sites as you're browsing - those master bathrooms that look like they're trying to bring back shoulder pads and perms. With a little effort, you can improve the value of your home with a master bathroom that any buyer would fall in love with. Here are a few easy ways you can update your bathroom, and maybe a few crazy ones too! Deep Clean This may seem obvious, but your bathroom can get really, really grimy. Take time to clean all of the nooks and crannies that don't get attention on a routine cleaning basis. Does your previously white grout have a dark gray appearanc...

Improving Your Home's Value One Room at a Time: Your Garage

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The garage is a wonderful space that is used as a catch-all room , we mean, place to store your car! Unfortunately, it's all too common for this space to receive the brunt of the years of collecting, and when your potential buyers walk into this space, you want to highlight how much space there is, and not have them wondering if a mouse will scurry out soon. As the best real estate agents at the Lake of the Ozarks , we want to make sure you're prepared for every aspect of selling your home. Here are a few tips to help you stage your garage and create a space that any buyer will be jealous about! Purge and Gather Start by purging and gathering all of the items in your garage that aren't necessary. In fact, because you'll be moving, you can pack up almost everything so that you can make the garage look as large as possible. If you've been saving boxes of clothes and toys for a garage sale, it's time to either have the sale or take everything to a thrift sto...

Improving Your Home's Value One Room at a Time: Living Room

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When selling your home, one of the most important things you can do is to actually sell your home. If you're trying to decide between leaving your home empty or staging it, we'd like to encourage you to stage it. People buy homes, not houses, and when you set up your living room into a space where they can easily imagine themselves living in it, that can make your job as a seller much easier. At Gattermeir Davidson, we want to help you sell your home quickly, and efficiently while still making the most bang for your buck. One of the greatest ways you can improve the look of your home is by strategically staging your home to shed the best light on your space. Today we're going to talk about ways you can stage your living room and create a space that people can actually imagine themselves living in. Identify the Focal Point Every room has a focal point, and when you are staging, it's important to find it and focus on it. While for many homes the television is the f...

Improving Your Home's Value One Room at a Time: The Master Bedroom

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Every month we have been featuring one room of your home, and giving you tips on how to make this room shine. This month we're going to focus on the master bedroom, which can be a very important room to many homebuyers. At Gattermeir Davidson , we care that you not only sell your home but that you find buyers who will be a great fit. Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you prepare to stage a Lake of the Ozarks home . Color Choices The key to staging your master bedroom is to create a place that will feel comfortable and homey. Choosing the right colors can make a definite impact on the feeling of the room. If you currently have bold, bright colors, you may want to tone them down with something calmer like a light blue, green, beige or gray. Be Minimalistic One of the keys to staging is making sure that your room is completely decluttered. Allow potential buyers to see the room for itself, while offering them a few suggestions about what can be put in there. Remove all cl...