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An Introduction
The Number One home improvement that will give you 973% Average Return on your investment is REMOVING CLUTTER. Remove clutter by storing items in basement, attic or friend's home. Rent a storage space or sell excess items, if needed. In order to sell your home faster and for top dollar, you need to start saying goodbye to your home by staging it to sell! Here’s how:
Attic, Basement, Garage
Clean out or organize any area that you walk into.
Box items you are taking with you to minimize clutter.
Rearrange or consolidate all storage to maximize space.
Increase wattage in bulbs.
Create a workbench area if there isn’t one.
Do a good sweeping, no cobwebs!
Rearrange garage so a car can fit in.
Think zones, not haphazard.
Bathroom
Limit the “stuff” inside the shower stall: makes it look bigger
Consolidate bottles and go through old make-up
Make sure grout is clean.
New bath towels/floor mat?
New shower liner and/or curtain?
Clean out what opens
Cabinets, medicine chest, linen closets
Fold towels in closet
Guest towel and liquid soap on sink
Bedrooms
Organize children’s toys: Categorize and Containerize
Clean out what opens
Cabinets, dresser drawers, closets
Closets
Clothes hang straight, not smashed in
Matching hangers
Too much clothing says, “Not enough room.”
Master bedroom: aim for restful, retreat, book open?
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