{"id":14676,"date":"2020-02-28T08:32:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=14676"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:09:52","slug":"home-office-staging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/home-office-staging\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Office Staging 101: Where Functional Meets Inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"

An office hardly evokes the prestige of a chef\u2019s kitchen or tranquil master oasis. In fact only 9% of top agents<\/a> say the office is the most important space in the house to stage when selling your home. However, fail to tidy up your office or leave it as an ambiguous bonus room, and you\u2019ll miss an enormous opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith so many people working from home these days, it’s advisable to stage one bedroom as an office,\u201d says Brett Jennings<\/a>, a top-selling agent in San Jose, CA<\/a>. According to a study from Flexjobs and Global WorkPlace Analytics, 53%<\/a> of the U.S. workforce have careers that are compatible with telecommuting, and that number has increased by 140% since 2005.<\/p>\n

Whether your office is currently a catch-all for papers, supplies, notebooks, random cords, and junk (because, whose isn\u2019t?) or you’re restaging the kids\u2019 bedroom from scratch, follow this home office staging advice to create a room that inspires productivity and function, not work stress and tax season.<\/p>\n

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Sort and file any important loose desk paperwork. Toss the rest.<\/h2>\n

In your typical home office, you\u2019d walk in to see a desk covered in paperwork. But your goal is not to remind buyers of reality. You want to inspire them to imagine a dream world. You need to give them proof that, if only equipped with an amazing home office, they too could be organized! To take back control over this space (the mounting piles of mail, endless documents, and recurring bills would have you think they\u2019ve got all the power), you need two things: a great filing system, and a place to put your files.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the first. How can you decide what to keep and what to toss? While the final call is up to you, follow these general rules for wrangling your office paperwork.<\/p>\n

Pick your filing categories.<\/h3>\n

Home Storage Solutions 101, a blog that\u2019s featured innovative organization tips and ideas since 2011 and has over 100,000 Facebook followers<\/a>, has a great list of categories for your home filing system<\/a> (visit the post for more details):<\/p>\n