A new year always brings aspirations of a fresh start. You know, wiping the slate clean. As stagers, we love new beginnings, and like you, we could not be more excited about watching the calendar turn from 2020 to 2021.
This January, we’ve decided to take that “clean slate” feeling literally and open our House Dressings staging bag to reveal what’s inside. That’s right – we’re going to be sharing some of our most recommended cleaning & organizing products and tips for sellers. From foyers to bathrooms, and lots of spaces in-between, we have an amazing list of tried-and-true suggestions to help make your home totally dazzle buyers in 2021. It’s an HD Fresh Start Product Guide created just for you!
HD’s insider list of go-to cleaning & organizing products and tips for sellers:
Foyers:
· Give a scentsory welcome! Our stagers love Bath & Body Works plug-ins, especially the Sandalwood Vanilla, Mahogany Teak or Clean Linen scents. But, a tiny word of caution – go very light on scents within the home. We typically say to use just one source within a 2500 SF or smaller home, positioning it in the dining or living room.
· For front door glass – keep that window squeaky clean for each showing by using the #1 favorite glass cleaner in the U. S. – Windex Original Glass Cleaner!
Living Rooms:
· Those floors! Please don’t settle for dull and scuffed wood floors. For less than $25 and an hour of your time, you can add luster and vibrancy to your floors with the mop-on Rejuvenate Wood Floor Restorer.
· Is your wood furniture looking tired from scratches? We always keep a set of furniture touch-up wood markers in our staging bag to give some quick love to those dinged up pieces.
· What about those seriously abused fireplace interiors? Rust-Oleum black “High Heat” specialty spray paint can refresh fireplace interiors in a snap!
Dining Rooms:
· Yes you can – get those dusty drapes dry cleaned! Short on time? Second best is running window fabric panels in the dryer on a low heat setting for about 10 minutes to help remove the dust.
Kitchens:
· Want to make your kitchen look and smell like you’ve been cleaning all day?! Nest All-Purpose Cleaner is great on kitchen counters.
· We’re all in with using enviro-friendly microfiber clothes instead of paper towels for cleaning throughout the house.
Laundry Rooms:
· Does an octopus live in your laundry room? On closer inspection, maybe it’s just a messy tangle of mop and broom handles. No matter how small your laundry area, you can charm buyers with your tidiness by installing a wall-mounted broom and mop organizer.
Bathrooms:
· Are your glass shower doors just not playing nice anymore? No need to break up! Bar Keepers Friend Cleanser can be your new date for cleaning water-stained shower glass.
· Clearly, there’s a little more to be said about glass & stubborn water stains. For a quick short-term fix, we also recommend a Baby Oil wipe down (nickel-size squirt on a dry clean cloth) on dried shower doors. While the effect doesn’t linger long, the glass will look fantastic for those last-minute showings.
