It’s all about making the home easy to remember! Buyers can visit six to 10 houses in one day and they remember the little things: cookies on a plate for buyers to eat, for example.

Here are some other tips to get your house ready for selling:

Use your imagination. Creativity is the trend in staging. Beyond neutral colors and a fresh smell, stagers are looking to make rooms more interesting. For example, you can transform a boy’s basic beige room into a fishing theme by replacing a broken curtain rod with a fishing pole. Make a lamp out of an old fishing boot and put a vase with a branch (cut from a tree in the yard) in the other.

Clean up your act. Get squeaky clean. Colors should be neutral, use brighter color in accessories such as bath towels. Put away personal collections, family photos.

Create ambience. Firstly, turn on the lights! Classical music, cream walls and white ceilings are all great ways to brighten and entice buyers. Take down wallpaper. Put air conditioning on in summer if its hot out anf turn on the heat in winter. A cold house doesn’t encourage buyers to linger!

Follow your nose. You need to neutralize the home. No pet, smoking or cooking odors. Hire a cleaning service to jump-start the process.

Let it shine. Use timers on lights.People drive by houses at night.

Get ready for your close-up. After you get your house staged, take photos of your work. Eighty-three percent of buyers are looking online before first showing!