Decluttering for Home Staging, Part I

Do you want to sell your home faster and for a higher price? It can be as simple as decluttering, which helps set the stage to presenting your home in its best light. For your convenience, 123JUNK offers you a quick list of what to declutter, room by room.

For decluttering, you essentially have two options: stash it or trash it.

Items to Keep:

For items you want to keep, box them up and put them into storage, either onsite or offsite.

Items you Don’t Want to Keep:

For items for which you no longer have a need, donate them, recycle them, or send them to the trash. Let 123JUNK take those items off your hands for you. We’re glad to pick up any items from your home directly. We recycle what we can and trash the rest for you.

123Junk’s Quick Guide to Decluttering for Home Staging

Decluttering Public Rooms

Kitchen

• Clear counters of all small appliances and decorative items
• Keep towels and potholders in drawers
• Place sponges and cleaning products under the sink
• Pack up rarely used cooking items, utensils to clear out drawers and cabinets
• Remove rarely used or highly-aromatic spices and foods in drawers, cabinets and pantry
• Remove any bug deterrents from the home
• Remove pet feeding bowls

Living, Dining and Family Rooms

• Clear away all or most books, magazines and hobby materials
• Pack up personal photographs, knick-knacks and memorabilia from surfaces and mantel
• Remove most artwork, especially personal art
• Leave only a few accent pillows
• Secure or remove throw rugs
• Hide television remote controls
• Limit toys or children’s items. Collect them into a basket or box
• Remove extra furniture to make the rooms look airy and larger
• Pack up out-of-season items from closets and hanging hooks from hallways
• Clear off tops of surfaces, leaving only one or two decorative items for staging
• Remove all pet items

Be sure to read our second post in our series on decluttering. And if you need help in removing items from your home, please give 123JUNK a call at 800-364-5778. We serve northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.