Can a wine label really help you sell your home?  We sell homes in the  Tolland County, Windham County or Hartford County Connecticut area and one thing I would NOT recommend is to put out a bottle of wine with a name like (OOPS), Frogs Piss or Senile Farms – the buyers touring your home may think you are trying to tell them something……

Sell That Connecticut Charm & Elegance

When you are staging your Connecticut home for sale, leaving out a great looking bottle of wine and a couple of wine glasses is a nice touch.  Remember, you are selling not only your home, you are selling a lifestyle and anything you can do to convey how much they will enjoy living there is important. We call it “emotionally moving in” when buyers get attached to a house and start thinking about what it will be like to have this be “their” home.

A Vintage Tip for Staging Your CT Home: Check the Label

So…don’t put out the wine bottles with labels like  (OOPS), Moral Compass, Frog’s Piss or Senile Farms. You may want to try for something a tad more elegant. Go for wines that have simple and refined labels like Oriel, Root:1, Elk and Wolf or Sheva.  And who knows, if they really like the house they may open the bottle and write up a great offer while enjoying the view from your Tolland County CT home – talk about emotionally “moving in!”  

Or, if you want to switch it up a bit, leave out the glasses for a Cosmo…one of my personal favorites, a cocktail shaker with a couple of martini glasses on a great looking tray sitting on a large ottoman or side table with the fire going in the winter – perfect!  In the summer, out on the deck set up on a table placed near a couple of chaise lounges it says welcome home, sit and relax……

Any touches that will help buyers to pause and feel welcomed in your home are perfect – and don’t forget to position furniture in conversational  sized areas – don’t just line everything up against the wall.  I just completed staging a house with the professional stager we use and the seller could not believe it when we pushed the couches in  and away from the walls – it was great, we instantly created a comfortable seating and conversation area,  it only took the seller a few minutes to understand the “new” look.  So check out your favorite wine store, make sure the house is perfectly staged in pristine, move-in condition and invite buyers to really want to live there, I promise, it will help you sell your home faster and for more money!