10 Tips for Staging Kitchens and Dining Spaces


Here are 10 tips I feel will help your kitchen and dining spaces look their best for prospective buyers!

1.  Clean your kitchen as if the sale of your home depends on it.  This is the simplest and cheapest way to make your kitchen look more attractive!

2. Limit counter top items to 2 essentials. 

3. Consider removing extra furnishings.  Free standing islands, kitchen trolleys and dining hutches can close in a space.  If you cannot remove these pieces, ruthlessly edit the items displayed on or in them.

4. Pot racks, although super handy, send the impression that the kitchen does not have enough storage.  Either remove pot racks or stage them sparingly with only 3 immaculately clean items.

5. Remove extra chairs from around the dining table.  Four to six chairs is ideal.  You can easily tuck one out of sight for showings.

6. Choose a centerpiece for the kitchen table.  A vase of flowers, urn full of fruit, or a series of 3 simple decorative items will work well.

7. As a rule, remove table linens from tables. 

8.  Let as much natural space into the area as possible.  Remove heavy drapes and consider replacing them with something light, like sheers.

9. If necessary, make upgrades to the kitchen.  This will depend largely on your budget and the age and style of the home.  New hardware can make a huge difference for a reasonably small cost.

10. Replace or remove any damaged or broken items.  Broken items send the message that the house is a fixer-upper....complete with a fixer-upper price! 

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