Remember every day clean is not always clean enough for a photo shoot.  The idea is to make the house like you would for an “open house”

Here are some tips you may not always think of:

 

  Outside

 

No cars in the driveway (Park them away from the front of the house)

no visible garbage cans

no visible garden hoses

patio furniture neat

pool tools and toys put away

front door closed

nothing that can put a date on your picture (holiday decorations etc.)

no political signs

 

  Inside

 

All lights on, including lamps

take up small area rugs that are hiding nice floors

all window treatments open, unless you can see the next house to close

de-clutter

take down restraining gates if possible

nothing that can put a date on your picture (holiday decorations etc.)

 

  kitchen

minimize the amount of small appliances on the countertops

no dish drying rack on countertop

no dish towels hanging on handles

no garbage cans

no dish soaps or sponges on the sink

no clutter on top of the refrigerator

no clutter on the refrigerator (magnets pictures etc.)

no pet dishes

 

  Bathrooms

toilet seats down

shampoo bottles put away (we can see them through the glass doors)

no robes hanging on hooks

de-clutter countertops (no tooth brushes, razors, etc.)

no bath mats on the floor

 

If there are a lot of kids toys that have to be put away.  I understand you can't put them all away at once.  The idea is to put them all in one room, before we get there.  A room off to the side somewhere not visible from other rooms.  And then we can shoot that room last.

 

Remember this is one shot to make an “open house” that hundreds of people are going to see and look at everyday

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