Staging Diva Home Staging Tips for the Attic

Debra Gould
When staging a house to sell, you can´t just ignore a room because it presents a staging challenge, or because you don´t think it would be as important as staging the kitchen or bathroom.

The goal of home staging is to have a buyer make a strong emotional connection with a property and who´s to say their dream isn´t to have a study in the attic or a craft room in the basement?

Your job is to make the property you´ve been hired to stage appeal to as many people as possible. This means you have to pay careful attention to every room of a house because you can´t assume nobody will care what the basement, garage or attic looks like.

If you have a usable attic to work with when you´re staging a house, show buyers how much storage they´ll have when they buy the property. Don´t let the homeowners cram all of their stuff up there to hide it while the house is on the market. Have them move their things into storage and / or donate unused items to charity instead.


1. Get piles of stuff off the floor and tucked away neatly in closets and cupboards.

2. Repaint the walls if needed.

3. If there´s a dusty old carpet on the floor, suggest replacing it with laminate.



4. Add lighting so it´s as bright as possible.

All of these decorating tips will go a long way towards creating an attractive and usable space in the attic of a home you´re staging.
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Debra Gould

Debra Gould, aka The Staging DivaŽ, is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by many requests from aspiring home stagers wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Gould has trained 1000+ Staging Diva Graduates worldwide to start their own businesses. All shared a natural talent for decorating and interest in real estate, but didn't know how to make a living in their own house staging business before learning her secrets.

Debra Gould's mission is to inspire and empower others to use their natural talents to earn a living. She followed her dreams and wants to teach others to be able to do the same.

Gould pursued an MBA in Marketing and began a corporate career before moving to advertising. In the 1980s, she launched one of the first integrated marketing firms, which she ran for 10 years. Wanting a more creative life, Debra gave it up to design home accessories. She created the Debra Gould Home Collection, landing a magazine cover story and book feature, followed by her first of several HGTV appearances.

Buying decorating and selling six of her own homes in four years lead to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a new staging career with the launch of sixelements.com in 2002. Since that time she has staged homes for hundreds of clients in addition to providing home staging training.

Gould is the author of "Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home staging tips, tricks and floor plans", "Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The easy way to pick colors for home staging projects", and "Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide: Winning clients with the perfect home staging portfolio".

In addition to HGTV, Debra Gould's media coverage includes: CityTV, GlobalTV, CBC, CBS Radio, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Woman's Day, Reader's Digest, MoneySense, Entrepreneur, House and Home, Home & Decor, Style at Home, Centre of the City, USAA Magazine, FabJob Guide to Become a Home Stager, Home Style, National Post Homes, This Old House, Home Business Magazine, Globe & Mail and others.