Staging Your Home for Summer: Fresh Outdoor Ideas That Help Boise Homes Sell Faster

Summer is the peak season in the Treasure Valley for gardening, getting out on the Greenbelt, enjoying the Boise River and also buying and selling a home. Peak season in real estate means there are lots of options up for sale and lots of buyers looking for their dream home. Here are a couple outdoor tips to help you ensure that your home stands out on the summer market.

Dress up your yard with furniture

Staging the outdoors is just as important as staging the indoors. Whether you have abundant space to run or a smaller intimate yard, there are some great ways to accentuate your space to highlight your outdoor spaces. A well placed hammock or table and chairs creates a living space in the outdoors and encourages potential buyers to sit back and relax. Making a potential buyer feel comfortable in the yard helps them start to imagine how they would entertain and enjoy the outside space.

Potted plants make places pretty

A couple of well placed pots can dress up any portion of your outdoor space. Draw potential buyers eyes to any area of your yard and highlight the outdoor space with a pretty potted plant. Lavender and gardenias are both great examples of plants that do well in pots and provide amazing aromas to entice buyers. We all know that fresh baked cookies help sell a house, but fewer people take advantage of fragrant plants to highlight outdoor spaces. Highlighting the potential for gardening is also important for building excitement for outdoor spaces with home buyers. Growing herbs like mint and basil add attractive aromatics and can inspire the gardeners and cooks with ideas for what they can grow. Tall pots can help create a feeling of added space and dimension in smaller yards.

Make your yard bigger

How do you add space to your yard? Highlight the surrounding public spaces. Have information on hand and easily accessible to home buyers about what public spaces and features are close by. A sign that shows that a park is near and the distance to nearby schools and restaurants is key to highlighting the surrounding areas and making them a part of the home. Knowing a park or outdoor dining area is nearby can make a huge impact for potential buyers. Also, highlighting driving time to parks and schools can help a potential buyer imagine how they might enjoy the surrounding area. Bringing in the surrounding community can make your yard seem so much bigger because the buyer knows the benefits that are in the surrounding area.

We hope that these ideas inspire you to take as much care highlighting your outdoor space as your indoor space when selling your home. If you are stuck trying to find creative ways to make the outside space a desirable feature of your home and increase the interest from potential buyers I am always excited to help. I am happy to help with any questions about home and garden, buying, selling, real estate and beyond! Give me a call today, I’d love to hear from you.