You are selling your Virginia Beach home and the first Open House only a week away. The house if filled with clutter and things you don’t want to throw away. But the clutter is not appealing to potential Virginia Beach home buyers. What do you? Here are staging tips for an Open House. 

8 Staging Tips For A Virginia Beach Open House 

1. Remove the clutter.
Having a garage sale is out when removing clutter because the Open House is only a week away. You don’t want to stuff the garage or closets to the gills either. One solution is to rent an off-site storage facility or stack boxes neatly in a basement or crawlspace.

 2. Stage each room.
The first thing to do is clean from top to bottom. Make sure windows and light fixtures shine and are in working order. If the room is crowded, put some furniture in the storage facility. Finally, pick a focal point that will attract buyers when they see the room. For example, the focal point of a bedroom is usually the bed, and for a music room, it’s the piano. 

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