Are you selling your house? Then stage your property with the buyer's perspective in mind; in a way that they could already imagine themselves living in it. One way you can connect that message is by having a clear purpose for each and every room.
Here are 5 reasons why every room in your house needs a clear purpose before selling according to Zillow:
Buyers subconsciously feel lost if they don't know what to do with a room
When a prospective buyer walks in a room and can't figure out what it is, they would not feel connected to the home and thus can't imagine themselves living in it.
Buyers don't know how to place furniture in a room they can't define a use for
A big comfy bed in the middle of the room signals "This is a bedroom." Walking into a room and immediately feeling comfortable would send buyers picturing their own belongings where yours are now and that's exactly how you want them to feel. By suggesting a purpose for the room, the buyers can already begin imagining what furniture to buy and fill it with or if they already have something perfect for it already.
Buyers assume they don't need a room they can't see the purpose of
By not knowing what the purpose of a room is, the buyer would either think that they don't need the space or worse that your house isn't what they are looking for since it lacks the room that will serve a purpose they do need. Bottom line is, they pass on your house and move on to the next one on their list.
Buyers don't have time or energy to figure it out for themselves
Buyers have so many other things to worry about - like their mortgage - and figuring out a house is the last thing they want to do. By not properly and clearly staging your house, you miss out on a buyer who would have liked some major aspects of your property (location, neighborhood, etc.) but was turned off when they couldn't tell which room is which.
Buyers can't emotionally connect to rooms they can't see themselves using
You can bring in the best offer possible by bringing buyers to imagine themselves living in your house and emotionally connecting with it. Buyers can only truly connect to a property if they could picture actual activities they could do in your space; like if they can see the family gathering in the living room or having a barbecue in the backyard.
