Home staging—a popular trend in the competitive housing market—is often the next step in selling your house more quickly, and sometimes at a higher price. Staging is preparing the home before it goes up for sale. The practice has become somewhat of an industry—there are certified stagers, staging assessments, and a spattering of literature on the subject. Since the ’90s, staging has been practiced by designers and now increasingly by homeowners themselves.

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