In home staging you must know which part of the house you must pay attention first. The kitchen is a good place to start removing clutter.

You must first get everything off the counters. Even the toaster must be removed. Find a place where you can store everything in the cabinets and drawers. Clean them out. Put everything in a box and put the box inside the storage room.

Home buyers usually open all the cabinets and drawers, most especially in the kitchen. They want to be sure there is enough room for their stuff. If your kitchen cabinets, pantries and drawers look jammed full, it sends a negative message to the buyer and does not promote a positive appeal of a lot of storage spaces. The best way to do that is to have as much “empty space” as possible.

If you have a rarely used crock pot, put it in storage. Do this with every cabinet and drawer. Create open space.

If you have a large amount of foodstuffs crammed into the shelves or pantry, begin using them – especially canned goods. Canned goods are heavy and you don’t want to be lugging them to a new house, anyway – or paying a mover to do so. Let what you have on the shelves determined your menus and use up as much as you can.

Underneath the sink is very significant, too. Make sure that the area underneath the sink is as empty as possible, removing all extra cleaning supplies. You should scrub the area as well and verify if there are any tell-tale signs of water leaks that may cause a homebuyer to hesitate in buying your home.