Design Recipes: Cathy’s Home Staging Secrets - Home Staging Ideas for the Kitchen

Design Recipes: Cathy’s Home Staging Secrets - Home Staging Ideas for the Kitchen
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The kitchen is one of the main features that prospective homebuyers notice in a home.
The kitchen is one of the main features that prospective homebuyers notice in a home.

The kitchen is the main hub of activity in most houses, and a main area of consideration for prospective homebuyers.

If you have a great kitchen, then some buyers will even be willing to overlook other aspects of the house that might not be quite up to par. This is one reason why this area in the home deserves special attention when you’re getting ready to sell. When staging your home, it’s important to ensure that your kitchen looks its best. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Clean and Simplify

When it doubt –simplify! While it may sound basic, cleaning the kitchen thoroughly and removing all unnecessary clutter is a simple, yet effective improvement. Limit the number of items you have sitting out, and give yourself a blank slate to work with. A simplified kitchen will help to give potential buyers an idea of what can be done with the room, leaving it open to their imaginations. Don’t get caught up in the details –clean and simplify your kitchen before you do anything else!

Cathy Hobbs
Cathy Hobbs
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5-time Emmy award winning television personality Cathy Hobbs (ASID) is the founder and creator of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes™. Cathy currently hosts her own self-branded design television series, Design Recipes, airing on the top rated “PIX Morning News” on WPIX-TV in New York City. Cathy was a finalist on Season 6 of HGTV's Hit Reality Series "DESIGN STAR and most recently served for a year as the green expert for “The Life Improvement Squad” a national campaign with IKEA and O Magazine.
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