Selling a house? There is more to worry about than if your house is tidy and smells nice when prospective buyers come to your open house. Depending on your photos that are included in your online listing, buyers may never stop in to see just how great your house really is. The buyer's first impression used to be made when they drove by or stopped into your open house. It is now made when home seekers look at photos and virtual tours online and homes are eliminated from the running from the computer screen.

To effectively attract the attention of buyers, a house must look good in internet photos. In order for a house to look good in photos, it must be properly prepared or 'staged'. In comes the Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit by DesignStyleTaste. This kit helps people learn how to stage their house so it looks great in photos and will attract potential Buyers.

"I saw a photo on an internet listing where two dogs were fighting in the front yard. Would I want to visit that house in person? Absolutely not...I might get attacked! Unfortunately, a lot of Sellers don't understand the power of the internet. Internet photos will either attract or repel a Buyer, making or breaking a sales opportunity for the Seller."

~Bonnie Dell of DesignStyleTaste.com

A majority of buyers start shopping for a house on the internet first before dealing with any Realtor. If a house meets the buyer's requirements and looks good in the internet photos, chances are good the buyer will want to preview the house in person. If a house looks awful, or dangerous as in the case of the fighting dogs, buyers won't waste their time. There are plenty of other photos of homes that look better and they'll be clicking to those.

The objective of house photos on an internet listing is to promote the features of the house, not the stuff in it. Since Internet photos can be unforgiving, houses for sale should always be staged before they are photographed in order to give potential buyers a favorable first impression and tempt them to call the Realtor to arrange a personal viewing.

Home Staging puts the house in showcase and move-in condition. Staging helps a Buyer see and appreciate the architectural features, space and decorating possibilities of a house so it appeals to the broadest range of potential Buyers. On average, a Staged House spends 50% less time on the market and increases the sale price by 6.9% over an unstaged house.

Toronto design firm, DesignStyleTaste.com, wrote the "Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit" for those who want to understand why and how home staging works. It will help them whether they want to do the work themselves or work with a Professional Stager. The Home Staging Kit also helps the Sellers get more organized and gives them a sense of control and confidence, relieving stress. The Kit helps the Seller maximize the value of their house for a potentially faster sale and a higher price.

The Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit can be purchased at www.Home-Staging-Kit.com in e-book format for $34.95.

10% of the purchase price of the Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit will be donated to DesignStyleTaste's "Kids Helping Kids". This is a program to raise funds for Our Lady's Missionaries, www.OurLadysMissionaries.ca an international community of women who have devoted their lives to service, by sharing life with the poor and least privileged.

DesignStyleTaste.com is a design firm helping Homeowners achieve a more comfortable and enjoyable environment in their home whether to live in it, entertain in it, or sell it. DesignStyleTaste.com has helped Homeowners and Realtors sell over $35 million in real estate in the last three years. DesignStyleTaste.com is an extension of Millennium Dimensions Inc established in 1987 by Bonnie Dell and Marty MacPhail.

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