The National Association of Realtors estimates that staging increases home offer prices by 1 percent to 5 percent.

Stage lighting has a variety of functions such as: indicating time or location being used in an abstract or symbolic way to communicate a message being used to direct the audience’s focus ...

While home staging is a great way to put your home in a good light, there are limits. "Under no circumstances should major defects be glossed over or damage concealed," Bauer says.