When you purchased your home, was it staged?

[5stones]

And a bit off topic, but on our home hunt we cracked up at the sellers who obviously watched a bit too much HGTV and tried every cutesy gimmick in the book. Whoever decided that the scent (however artificial) of wafting baked goods was a sure way to keep the buyers circulating should have mentioned that a little goes a long way. I wanted to beg sellers to keep the sugar cookie candles, lemon pie air fresheners and cinnamon bun warming sticks to a minimum. LOL, a stale and stinky home is no good. But a potpourri nightmare I swear is seriously worse. I could handle a staged home, and REAL food at an open house is usually pretty cool. But the headaches some of the overly fragrant homes gave me under the guise of wooing my nose? Awful!

Yes! SMELLS... curry and garlic also stick with a house!

Hint...I usually try to leave out a bucket with water bottles and cookies. (it's hot and tiring to house hunt!!)
also in the "play room" we put out coloring books and crayons and a toy basket for the kids... it's hard to look at a house with whiney kids, and it's hard for kids to see a "playroom" full of toys and not be able to touch!