Staging Your Home Can Sell It Quicker and for More. Here’s How to Hire a Pro

Staging Your Home Can Sell It Quicker and for More. Here’s How to Hire a Pro
Laurie Flemming looks at art in the warehouse of her home staging company Fix Design Haus in Plymouth, Minnesota, on June 5, 2023. Renée Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS
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You love your house and have invested much time and money into making it just the way you want it.

But now it’s time to sell, and your real estate agent advises undoing all that work. Neutralize it so someone else can imagine living there.

That can be upsetting for a seller to hear, but it’s the not-so-secret strategy for selling a house quickly and for the highest price: home staging.

“The way that we live and the way that we sell are two different things, especially in today’s world,” said Kris Lindahl, founder of Kris Lindahl Real Estate (KLRE) and a proponent of staging.

Even though it’s still a seller’s market, staging your home might still be a worthwhile strategy to consider. Here’s some advice on how to do it:

What Is Staging?