If you're eager to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you may be tempted to handle a lot of the work involved in preparing your home for listing. When your home has limited square footage, this can mean running into issues with things like furniture placement and clutter. 

Since these issues can affect how many people will be interested in your home, it's wise to work with a home staging real estate agent to make your home look its best.

Create an Illusion of Size

With small homes generally around 1,000 square feet or less, a home staging agent can make the most of the small space you're working with. While you can't hide the size since the square feet will be on the listing, a home staging agent can make the most of the space. This means moving furniture around, removing patterned rugs, and hiding clutter. 

By rearranging and redecorating your home to make it look bigger, you can create the illusion of more space that prospective buyers are looking for. 

Show Off the Best Features

Another way staging can make a difference in your home is by locating the best features and highlighting them as part of the staging efforts. The best features can include anything from large windows to a kitchen that opens into the family room. Redecorating and changing window treatments to highlight your home's best features can make an enormous difference in how your home looks. 

It can be difficult to determine which areas and features in your home appeal most to buyers, making it wise to work with an experienced agent to stage your home for sale.

Move Personal Items Out 

Along with moving furniture around and redecorating, you'll need to consider any of the personal items you have on display. It can be difficult to determine which personal items should be moved elsewhere, making the help of an agent useful for this process. Photographs, handmade blankets, and artwork should all be moved to a storage facility for your upcoming move. 

As you prepare to stage your home for sale, you may have many questions that are best answered by a home staging agent. Staging can make an enormous difference if you're eager to sell your home and feel hesitant to list it due to its small square footage. With the above benefits of staging, your home can be ready for photographs and open houses without worrying about making it look too small. 

For more information, contact a local home staging real estate agent.