Staging a Dining Room that Invites Your Buyer to
Buy Your Home

Staging a dining room as if you were preparing for a lovely dinner party will tickle your buyer's imagination. It helps them visualize living their dream of a perfect life in your home. And when your home creates positive emotion in the buyer, they will move heaven and earth to buy it.

Set the Stage for a Delicious Meal

What Happened in this Room?

• Since this is a tiny house, there was room for only a small table and two chairs. Make the room look as big as possible. You're selling space and in real estate, space = money

• Red place mats coordinate with the accent color chosen for this house

• Black cloth napkins "ground" the color scheme and keep it from being overwhelming

• Green plates with a red tomato (fake) suggest a meal

• Add two pretty wine glasses

• Finish with red hydrangeas in an interesting vase

• Before, this house sat empty and on the market for a year

• After, it sold within one month!

Another Dining Room

What Happened in this Room?

• Different art adds more color and interest

• Table was set with colors that coordinate with the rest of the house

• White tulips add a touch of elegance

Do You Have an Eating Bar? Make it Appetizing Too!

What Happened in this Room?

• All the tiny wall hangings were removed and replaced with a nice big mirror found in another area of the house. The mirror expands the space and makes it feel bigger

• Greenery in the corner adds freshness

• Bamboo place-mats on the bar add contrast and provide a neutral background for the pretty blue dishes each containing one red tomato

• Blue-stem glasses continue the blue theme found throughout the house

Inviting Dining Room Basics

1. Remove any furniture that blocks walkways, makes the dining room small, or makes it difficult to pull out a chair and sit down. More on this in arranging furniture
   
   
2. Unless you have a very large dining room, remove all extra table leaves, and leave only 2-4 chairs. Use your discretion here. The table should feel appropriate to the space, and the dining room should feel roomy

3. Large art or mirrors on the most visible wall add color and interest. Choose art that will help sell your home

4. Use place-mats that are natural or neutral

5. Dishes should continue the color scheme found in the house.
   Layer them: dinner plate, salad plate and bowl. It looks richer

6. Use fake fruit or vegetables for color, to invite prosperity (feng shui), and to add a touch of fun

7. Add cloth napkins that continue the color scheme and coordinate with the place-mats

8. Don't forget some pretty glasses

9. Top it off with a beautiful floral in a pot or vase, or some fresh looking silk greenery. Flowers will have more impact if you stick with one color family

10. If your dining room is large enough, Decorating a Dining Room Buffet will add dazzle and style to your dining room. DIY with these easy tips.

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