This Sold House: Staging Your Home to Sell in Today's Market - Softcover

In this instructive manual, she guides you through each room and explains how you can create bigger, brighter and warmer spaces for the prospective homebuyers to imagine themselves there. Armchair Interviews says: Even if you aren't selling right now, this book gives you some excellent ideas for making your home better. -- Connie Anderson, president, Armchair Interviews "Amazon.com and Arm Chair Interviews http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/this-sold-house-staging-your-home-to-sell-in-today/"

"This Sold House has made a big difference in how I approach a client to list their home. Staging has become a mantra for me when discussing listing a home for sale. I plan to give a copy of This Sold House to each prospective client at the listing appointment. ...It's a great tool for Realtors. -- Bill Golden, Realtor "Kansas City, KS / Amazon.com"

"Tops on my wish list for Diane Keyes' This Sold House is that it would have been published about a year sooner. My family spent over a year trying to sell a home. If I'd had this incredible expert's wisdom to call on, we might have saved ourselves money, time, and a fair amount of anxiety! Diane entertains and educates in this easy-to-read book. -- Joan Steffend, host of HGTV's Decorating Cents "Testamonial"

"After having our condo for sale for a year, we got This Sold House and followed Diane's advice. We spent $100, borrowed a few itemsm and spent a week getting it ready. Although there were six other units for sale in our buildingand lots of new construction around uswe sold our home after the first showing! It sold our house...!" -- Will Harpest, teacher and homeowner "Testamonial"

"If you are one of the millions of people who will sell their home this year, this book is an absolute must-have! I always thought that getting my house ready for sale meant spending lots of moneynot true! As Diane Keyes points out, it's not about having the right stuff that's so importantit's having your stuff in the right place!" -- Colleen Szot, author, TV scriptwriter "Testamonial"

The winner of two gold awards at the 19th annual MIPA Book Awards, This Sold House by Diane Keyes is an entertaining, easy-to-read do-it-yourself staging book designed to help sellers sell their homes quickly and for the highest price. Filled with hundreds of quick, easy, low- and no-cost ideas, tips, and techniques, it gives home sellers all the information they need to create the most marketable property with the least amount of money, time and effort. NO decorating savvy required! This book not only shows sellers how to attract buyers and get the best price, it contains the eight keys to a quick sale, the seven secrets of successful staging and a detailed checklist to make the process foolproof. Buying a home is an emotional response to how someone feels about a house-it's about psychology not decorating. This Sold House shows sellers how to create an environment where buyers feel comfortable because the more comfortable they are in a space the more it feels like home.