Selling and Decluttering – The Front Hall Closet

Posted on August 27, 2010 
Filed Under Listing and Selling Your Home, Staging Your Home, Valerie Zinger

Your front hall closet is going to be viewed when Buyers come to look at your house.  Most people have the front hall closet packed tight.  Before you put your house on the market,  de clutter the closet. 

Buy a box of wooden hangers (they look solid and substantial while costing less than a dollar each).  Take out all the coats and jackets and choose one or two for each person in the house – one if there is little space, two if there is more room.  Take out anything that is not coat, boot, scarf and glove related.  Find a different place in the house for these items.  If it summer, take out the winter coats and vice versa.  You can pack your seasonal coats and outerwear now, in anticipation of the move.  You might take this opportunity to have your coats cleaned and/or given to the Salvation Army.

When everything is out of the closet, sweep and wash it.  Toss the bent hangers and mismatched mittens.  Find a new home for your dozen purses, vacuum cleaner and the kitty litter bag. 

Hang on to your Buyers with a clean, organized and spacious closet.

Photo credit:  Coat Hanger Cintre @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/21025851@N00/2169219432/

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