Barbara Corcoran's Tips for Staging Your Home

April 23, 2006 — -- If you're selling your house, you should probably be staging it.

"It's always best to your put your best foot forward in any situation, and this is a way for your house to put its best foot forward," said real estate guru Barbara Corcoran.

Fixing up your home, or "staging" it, as the real estate business calls it, can raise your selling price anywhere from five to 20 percent, Corcoran says.

Here are her tips for staging your house.